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Europe for the Holidays: The May Fair Hotel London

For my two nights in London, I booked a category 6 award with Club Carlson for The May Fair Hotel for 50k points per night.  As part of the 2014 Club Carlson devaluation, this hotel is now 70k points per … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz

For my two nights in Berlin, I booked two nights at the Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz.  As this is a category 4 hotel, awards cost 38k points per night.  Coupled with my Club Carlson Visa which saw a lot of … Continue reading

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Tomorrow’s Club Carlson Devaluation

Club Carlson is finally devaluing, after running their points printing presses for the last few years.  Most significantly, 9 category 6 hotels are being moved into a newly created category 7 tier, priced at 70k rather than 50k points per … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: Radisson Blu Palais Vienna

For my stay in Vienna, I booked two award nights at the Radisson Blu Palais hotel.  As a Club Carlson Visa cardholder, my second night was free, so this award only cost 44k points.

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My 2013 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

In the tradition of this blog, it’s time to summarize where I went and how I got there. I flew about 228k miles in 2013, approximately 202k of which were revenue miles. Across my revenue and award travel, all but 73k … Continue reading

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