{"id":1069,"date":"2021-03-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2023-04-18T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:42:20","slug":"bonvoyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/bonvoyed\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bonvoyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting tomorrow, <a href=\"https:\/\/points-redemption.marriott.com\/en-us\/category-change\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a bunch of Marriott hotels<\/a> are going up in point cost because reasons. Speculatively book any potential upcoming hotel stays today to avoid further Marriott suckitude.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re chatting about Marriott, let me just add that if you\u2019re big in the Bonvoy program, maybe take stock and see if another less punitive hotel loyalty program would work for you. The program is awful, but I do get why some stick with it: Inertia is hard to overcome, Marriott has a (usually low end) property everywhere, and you like what you know, but trust me \u2014 the Lubbock, TX Courtyard is not the peak of travel. And it certainly shouldn\u2019t be in the same league as a 5,000 point Hyatt Place. <\/p>\n<p>You can do better, and you can change your loyalty right now. No snark, just an honest plea to make sure you\u2019re where you want to be and that you\u2019re sure that what you\u2019re doing makes sense for you. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1072\" height=\"385\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.jpg 328w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-256x300.jpg 256w\" width=\"328\"\/><figcaption>Actual happy Marriott elite on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g33796-d224025-i194782365-Mystic_Marriott_Hotel_Spa-Groton_Mystic_Country_Connecticut.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trip Advisor.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting tomorrow, a bunch of Marriott hotels are going up in point cost because reasons. Speculatively book any potential upcoming hotel stays today to avoid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-hacking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7345,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions\/7345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}