Hotels
Programs, properties and free-night strategy.
Marriott Boundless Hits 125k Plus a Free Night: How This Offer Stacks Up
The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless is offering 125,000 points plus a free night certificate. Against the card's offer history, this is one of the stronger windows to apply.
A Year With the Hilton Aspire: Does the 550 Dollar Fee Actually Pay for Itself
We carried the Hilton Honors Aspire for a full year. The resort credit, the annual free night, and Diamond status all delivered, but only because we made them deliver. Here is the honest accounting.
The Hyatt Category 1-4 Certificate: Squeezing Every Dollar Out of It
The World of Hyatt card's anniversary certificate is the best recurring perk on any 95 dollar hotel card. Used well it covers most of the fee several times over. Here is the full playbook.
Fifth Night Free, Explained: How Marriott, Hilton, and IHG Pay You to Stay Longer
Marriott and Hilton give you the fifth night of an award stay free, and IHG gives Premier cardholders the fourth. The mechanics differ in ways that change how you should book.
Hyatt's 2026 Category Changes Are Live: What Moved and What to Do About It
World of Hyatt's annual category shuffle took effect in March, and the net direction was up. Here is how to read the changes and why the card's free night certificate just got more important.