Hotel Promos

Everyone and their mother should take the 3 seconds to register for this Hyatt promo worth bonus points. A much smaller number of people will probably take advantage of these 2 Marriott promos – 2,000 bonus points at some properties and 10,000 bonus points in Portland. Have a great weekend, nerds!

 

 

 

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RoomiPay Feedback

A bunch of you have reached out about RoomiPay over the last few weeks. Seems simple enough…a new way to pay rent with credit cards. I’m not a fan of Plastiq, so this got my attention. The fee sounded pretty reasonable (2% for most people and zero for some) plus most readers were sharing very positive experiences. Good signs. But I did get a few negative comments along the way and wanted to pass those along too:

  1. “The website is clunky. Before submitting payments, they ask you to confirm details. But no details are shown.”
  2. “Confirmation emails provide no information about the payment – amount, mailing address, etc.”
  3. “Some rent payments were a day late this month. They mail handwritten checks but had a ‘technical issue’ causing a delay.”

I should add that 100% of the feedback about their customer service has been VERY positive. Even from the people who shared issues. For now, I’m giving RoomiPay the benefit of the doubt. It’s a new service and they’re clearly working out a couple of kinks. Not enough to worry me yet. I’ll get tougher with that opinion if they spaz out on anything over the next few months.

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Alaska Award Sale

Happy Valentine’s Day, nerds…I love you guys!

(Unless, of course, you’re associated with bowtie, Boreding Area, The Points Guy, or any shrewd salesman-disguised-as-a-blogger website. In which case, I find you gross and wish you would go away)

But the rest of you I love.

It’s even more affection than I feel for horseradish sauce.

Not quite bacon level.

Visualize how much a pimp loves his cane.

It’s a lot like that.

In terms of deals, this award sale from Alaska is way better than the one from Delta yesterday. Not surprising at all. And I don’t know if I should put out a special bulletin, but there are JetBlue and Southwest sales today. Woah. THIS. IS. UNBELIEVABLE.

Aaaaand it’s probably a good time to dial down the sarcasm for now.

Seriously, I do appreciate you guys. Thank you for your kind words and affection throughout the year. It really does mean a lot to me. Hope you’re able to have a great time with your loved ones today!

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Delta Award Sale

If booking with Delta by tomorrow, you can save miles on trips to Seattle or Portland. You’ll need to plug in some cities and dates to see what comes up. Unfortunately, I didn’t find much luck with the options I tried. Guess I was…

…barking up the dong tree.

Or maybe…just maybe…

…I took a dong turn along the way.

(Please accept my deepest apologies for those two puns)

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Hawaii Fare Deals

If you’ve been thinking about a paid flight to Hawaii this year, it’s probably time to turn thinking into clicking. Good deals are being found from multiple cities to multiple islands on multiple airlines. Personally, I like using my Avios points for trips to Hawaii…but that usually requires a LOT of flexibility. I’m seeing some strong deals with this one. Worth checking out. Thanks to reader Colin for regularly reaching out with stuff like this.

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