Disclosure: I am getting two one-night stay certificates at U.S. Radissons for hosting this giveaway. I’ll look into giving them away too.

This week I ran two posts as part of a giveaway to give each of two winners:

One $500 Visa Gift Card
Club Carlson Gold Elite Status through February 2014 (If you already have Club Carlson Gold Status, you will receive Concierge Status through February 2014.)

The prizes were generously donated by Club Carlson.

Delta really is in a class of its own--and not in a good way!

Today it announced that it is devaluing its devaluation. August's devaluation wasn't kicking in quickly enough, so today there is a double devaluation.

In mid-August, 2013, Delta devalued its award chart effective immediately for flights that take place after June 1, 2014. Today Delta devalued that devaluation by putting in a new award chart for travel February 1 - May 31, 2014.

Update: I've booked myself Seoul to Frankfurt to Munich to Toronto to Los Angeles one way for 70k miles. The long legs are in Asiana First Class and Lufthansa First Class. I can check out the First Class Terminal in Frankfurt from whenever I get to the airport until 10 AM.

I believe the following only 20%, but it's a point of view to consider.

I just got an email today from Starwood Preferred Guest announcing up to a 25% discount on the purchase of Starpoints.

There are several posts on the new PointBreaks list, which allows us to book hotel rooms through January 31, 2014 for only $35 per night. Even if you’ve read those, read this. I’ve honed my strategy for getting $35 per night rooms quite a bit, and I want to share it, so everyone can have access to the best practices.

Update: Deal is dead. Hope you got in on it.

Today only, until 10 PM ET, Rocketmiles is offering its biggest bonus ever on hotel bookings: 5,000 bonus miles or points on any of its airline partners for stays that have a check out date before December 31, 2013.

This bonus is open to new and existing customers.

This bonus is large enough that on many Rocketmiles bookings made today, the miles earned will be worth almost as much as the price paid for the hotel room.

For those who don't know, Rocketmiles is a hotel booking site.

Some of the offers listed in this post have expired so their links have been removed.

A reader emailed me a discount code for United flights flown before December 15, 2013.

He described it as a 13% discount, but I am only getting a 5% discount, capped at $60.