chicaloca453

Heads up: If there is a Grand Slam 2012 I just read in my Hyatt statement that Hyatt points to Dividend Miles is ending in March. So that will not be a hit option next year.

Sorry if this was posted previously but I haven't had time to read this thread lately.

FlyerChrisK

Quite unfortunate, given I did two low-end Hyatt stays during GS last year.

FSUSeminole007

sorry I feel dense, but can someone explain the erewards thing and how it relates to GS 2k11/12. This is my first year doing it and am hoping to get to at least *G this year.

Any advice for a newbie would be great.

I know this is all speculative, given that a program hasn't been announced. But, I too, would like to be as prepared as possible.

Sorry if this is too much to ask, any links to literature would be equally helpful.

beltway

A good rule of practice for FT: if you're not sure about something, check the sticky threads & do at least a quick search for relevant thread titles. In this case, what you want is covered in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/2011-...er-thread.html

mrredskin

after today's US daily giveway, I can now add Wyndham to one of my hits this year!

miffSC

How in the world did you manage to get it so fast. I was right on the money at 1:00 and already 'in someone else's basket' message pops up. Drat!

mrredskin

i went with the two lowest levels. days inn for the pre-sale with lots of refreshing (work computer has very fast network even tho PC sucks!) and then super 8 for the regular 1pm sale. i used my cell to refresh wyndham rewards fb while using PC to refresh the travel website.

sorry you'll get 'em next time!

aglasgow

Who can compete with that? Congrats!

ProfNapalm

Well.. there always is topguest/foresquare where you can beat him pricewise

needtoescape

I just read some posts on the e-rewards master thread beginning April 27 (see details at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/s-p-m...thread-60.html) indicating that owners of e-rewards accounts with multiple airline redemption partners have seen the airline partners disappear recently. I checked my account (a very old one, not even sure who the original sponsor was -- possibly American Airlines before they left the program -- but I had multiple airline and hotel redemption partners), and sure enough, all of my airline partners are gone too While this could be a temporary glitch, one poster provided a response from e-rewards customer service suggesting that the redemption changes were not a mistake.

So, I'm posting here to suggest that people may want to check to see if USAirways still is a redemption partner for your e-rewards account, and if not, start looking for an invitation from a different sponsor (USAirways or hotel programs ) that includes US as a redemption partner.

May 5 update: My airline partners now are back. Apparently AA recently came back to e-rewards, and e-rewards "re-aligned" redemption options. Several days ago, I noticed I had AA as my only airline redemption option. Today, after reading another post on the master thread, I checked again and now have AA and most/all of the others I had before the change in late April.

FishH2O

any word on when the GS promo might start in 2012?

travelpye

As I recall, last year it was not possible to buy Gold points to top off for a GS transfer hit. FYI I just got an email that sets out the rate for buying points:

"Gold Points are available for purchase in 1,000 point increments for $7.00 USD; up to 40,000 points per account, per calendar year."

slocouple

Makes them the same price as the new, "improved" price of Priority Club points using the book and cancel trick, BUT, IIRC, a "hit" required fewer CC points than did one for PC points, so (if buying is your only points option), CC will be a cheaper hit than Priority Club.

reaper99999

For hotel stays do you actually have to check-in to get a hit?

dsquared37

Only Wyndham reliably gives credit for no-shows.