Review: The Nines hotel in Portland Oregon

June 30, 2016June 29, 2016 Vinh Travel portland, SPG, starwood, the nines 17 Comments

TL;DR – The hotel is like a hot girl who knows she’s hot – she’s just not going to put in a lot of effort. Introduction Yesterday, I wrote about our Amtrak trip to Portland. I decided to stay at The Nines (an SPG Luxury Collection hotel) because it was centrally located and probably the “nicest” points […]

Reinstate your dormant Starwood account

March 30, 2016March 28, 2016 Vinh Misc SPG, starwood 1 Comment

Introduction As most of you know, it’s tough juggling 2 people’s worth of frequent flyer accounts and passwords. When you start doing your parents, it gets to get really messy, especially if you forget about them. And that’s what happened to my mom’s SPG account. The last time I remember her using it was way […]