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How to Get As Many As 20,000 Starpoints Without a Hotel Stay

May 17, 2009

Here is what the TD Ameritrade Site has to say:
TD AMERITRADE has teamed up with Starwood Preferrred Guest to bring you a special offer. Open and fund a TD AMERITRADE account by June 30, 2009, and earn up to 20,000 Starpoints. The more you deposit, the more points you earn. Start earning Starpoints today with [...]

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Step By Step Guide to Getting Cheap Lodging Online

May 12, 2009

I have introduced you to the four common ways to book lodging online.  If you missed those introductions make sure you are familiar with them:

The Travel Search Engine
The Online Travel Agent
The Opaque Travel Site
Directly from the Airline

 
                                                  Picture Ericeira Hotel By Night by Fr Antunes
How To Book Cheap Hotels Online:

I would go to www.sidestep.com to [...]

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How to get FREE Starwood Hotel Stays: Unabridged Version for Geeks

May 9, 2009

This is a long and detailed post.  I suggest you first read the How to get FREE Starwood Hotel Stays: Brief Summary.  Then if you are interested you can come back here to fill in the blanks.
I introduced the Starpoints program in this post.
Last year I spent five free nights in New Zealand and two [...]

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Priority Clubs Promotion: Stay Two Nights – Get One Free

May 6, 2009

The Priority Clubs Hotel group is currently offering a “Stay any Two Nights then get one free” promotion!
Here is the important information from the Priority Site:
Celebrate Our Biggest Free Nights Offer.* Here’s how it works:

Join Priority Club® Rewards and register for this offer today.
Stay any 2 nights from 4 May – 3 July 2009. [...]

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Why I LUV Southwest Airlines

May 5, 2009

Technorati Tags: airlines,southwest,cheap,travel,fly
The first thing you need to know about Southwest is that they differ from the majority of airlines in several ways.

As I have previously mentioned, they do not have many (if any) online booking sites or travel search engines that search their flights. Therefore, they can be easy to miss if you do [...]

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How to get the best price when buying travel online

May 1, 2009

Photo Money Shirt by Rob Lee

Start planning early – the more time you have the more likely you are to find a great deal. If you are not a plan early kind of person, you might be best off waiting till a few days before. But be forewarned – if no one has a [...]

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Step By Step Guide: How to book hotels on Priceline: An Opaque Travel Website

May 1, 2009

Booking a hotel on Priceline.

Go to Priceline
Click on hotels and select name your own price
Choose your city area
Choose the star rating you prefer
Name your price
Wait and see if the price is accepted

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Step by Step Guide: How to book hotels on Hotwire: An opaque travel website

May 1, 2009

Booking a hotel on Hotwire as an example:

Go to Hotwire
Type in the your city, dates, and number of travelers (just the same as any site)
On the left hand side select the city area where you are interested in staying.

Hotwire will reveal certain facts about the hotel: You will know:

The [...]

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