Introduction This was the first time I’ve taken advantage of the Citi Prestige 4th night benefit. I was going to use points, but Hilton had a sale and I double dipped with 4NF. The per night rate came out to something like $75 or so. Yesterday, I wrote about how I got an upgrade to […]
Introduction As I was in my room at the Conrad Koh Samui wondering why I hadn’t been upgraded at the Conrad or the Park Hyatt Siem Reap even though I was top tier at both chains. I was thinking what was different about this trip because I was upgraded to the top 5 rooms at […]
Introduction No, I haven’t sold any tickets yet. This is about how I wound up getting tickets. See, I played that boosts game and wound up with around 200 boosts. This got me a Wednesday 2-3PM PST time slot. I believe some people got 400 boosts and got a code a day earlier. I also […]
Introduction My wife and I stayed here around Thanksgiving 2017. I had won a Hilton auction for 500,000 points for 3 nights plus activities. I then used 2 free weekend night certificates for a total of 5 nights here, which in my opinion is too long. Getting to the hotel My package came with […]
Introduction A reader had asked me to write a post about FIRE. I’m no means a FIRE guy just because a) I kinda like my job and 2) I probably spend too much (especially on dinners) to be qualified for FIRE. In my head, FIRE guys like to live extremely frugally so they can build […]