Hyatt Bingo= 1 Free Night Stay! Have you heard of Hyatt Bingo!? It’s the term used in the points travel world for Hyatt’s Brand Explorer promotion. What is Hyatt Bingo/Brand Explorer? World of Hyatt has many brands that fall under the Hyatt umbrella. There are 4 collections that encompass the Hyatt Brand: Timeless Collection, Boundless Collection, […]

Hyatt “Bingo”

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Hyatt Bingo= 1 Free Night Stay! Have you heard of Hyatt Bingo!? It’s the term used in the points travel world for Hyatt’s Brand Explorer promotion. What is Hyatt Bingo/Brand Explorer? World of Hyatt has many brands that fall under the Hyatt umbrella. There are 4 collections that encompass the Hyatt Brand: Timeless Collection, Boundless Collection, […]

Hyatt “Bingo”

Those of us here at KC Savvy Travelers are HUGE fans of Chase Bank. We love their easy-to-use travel rewards, the flexibility and variety of transfer partners, the value we get with transferring points, etc. We definitely almost always recommend starting with them, but there is another card that we like to recommend for vacation […]

Using Points for Vacation Rentals, Cruises, and More!

Do you have any trips coming up for an anniversary, birthday, or any other special day?  I have a hotel travel trick that might make your stay even better! If you are traveling for a special occasion, or even if you aren’t, but you would like to see if you could get upgraded to a […]

Hotel Upgrades: How do you get them?

Once you’ve earned Ultimate Rewards® points through spending or signup bonuses, you have a few options for how to use them! Chase Travel℠ The first option is to use the Chase Travel℠. This can sometimes be a good way to find hotel stays, rental cards, or flights, but we typically do not use this option. We […]

How To Transfer Points To Hotels or Airlines

☀️Our family decided to head out west this year over spring break.  We visited a place I had never been: San Diego!  We wanted some warmer weather, a beach, and to take in the zoo and Sea World. ✈️Flights We booked flights on our favorite airline, Southwest of course.  I have a companion pass, so […]

Points and Miles Trip Review: San Diego

We just got back from four nights in New York City and it was a wild and fun adventure! Here are the details for this family trip from Kansas City to New York, NY. Getting There: We flew direct on Southwest from MCI to Laguardia (60,000 points total for all four of us thanks to our Companion […]

Points and Miles Trip Review: New York, NY

Using Your Points Close to KC: Tulsa, OK Tulsa may not be on your radar, but it can make for an easy get-away from KC with just around a 4 hour drive! My husband and I took a long-weekend trip here last summer over our anniversary. We wanted someplace easy to get to, but someplace […]

Using Your Points Close to KC: Tulsa, OK

If you start getting into points and miles travel, you will quickly learn that Hyatt is the hotel chain of choice by many.  The biggest reason is because of the value you get for the amount of points you spend.  An example would be, a Hyatt category 1 hotel would range for 3,500-6,500 points per […]

Why Hyatt?

Where are all of my Disney fans!?  Did you know you can use points and miles to cover Disney?  It can be done!   Our family took a paid vacation to Disney in October of 2022.  It was our first time as a family, and we thought we would be “one and done” people.  Well, that […]

Points and Miles Trip Review: Disneyland

My husband and I had an amazing vacation in Kauai, Hawaii this past summer!  We had planned to do something like this a couple of years ago for our 10th anniversary and to celebrate both of us turning 40. But, we were in a pandemic, so we held off.  We honestly weren’t sure we would […]

Points and Miles Trip Review: A Luxury Beach Stay in Kauai

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