Will Run For Miles

For one week in mid-June, Amex ran a special promotion for the Gold Business Reward Card.  The key terms of  that offer, which I wrote about here, included 75,000 bonus points upon meeting a spend requirement of $10,000 in the first 4 months of Card membership and a first year waiver of the $175 annual fee. I applied for the … Read More

This is the latest installment of Cuckoo for Jogging Maps, a regular feature of Will Run For Miles. On Saturday, I visited the Eventi Hotel, a Kimpton Hotel.  I stopped in for a Jogging Map, and was treated to the infamous Kimpton wine hour, and was so lucky to have the opportunity to view the Olympics … Read More

For those of you who are interested in running the 2012 St. George Marathon, I received an email today stating: Attention ALL St George Marathon Runners:There are 67 days until the 2012 St George Marathon. Registration has been closed since May 7th and there are many of you still hoping to be able to run on … Read More

Priority Club, the loyalty program for hotels such as Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Indigo and the Intercontinental, issues its list of  PointBreaks on a quarterly basis.  This is a list of hotels which you can book for only 5000 Priority Club points per night – a huge bargain.  Priority Club just released its list of PointBreaks, for … Read More

Yesterday, I stopped in at the Eventi Hotel, a Kimpton Hotel, on Sixth Avenue and 29th Street in Manhattan.  The hotel was beautiful and the staff charming.  I explained to the woman at the front desk that I’d like to see the fitness facilities at the hotel.  She quickly made a call and we were … Read More

As explained in a prior post, a regular feature here is to showcase what the various hotel groups offer and emphasize in terms of fitness, such as health facilities, gyms, pools and menu selections.   A recent post focused on the Hyatt Hotels.  This post concerns Westin Hotels, part of the Starwood Hotel Group. Directly on the Westin website is … Read More

I got 5000 Ultimate Rewards Points for canceling a card!! A little background first on retention payments:  Sometimes credit card companies will give bonus incentives to their customers in order to persuade them to keep a card a second year.  This is called a retention bonus or payment.  A retention payment  might be a waiver … Read More

Today would have been Amelia Earhart’s 115th Birthday.  She was born July 24, 1897. In her honor, this is today’s Google Doodle: And here’s an article from Discovery.com about Amelia Earhart – there will be a show on the Discovery Channel about Amelia Earhart – airing August 19th. Please note: Will Run For Miles may have a … Read More

Ok, the official idiot move of the week goes to Will Run For Miles…..  She went to a small island off the coast of Maine for the weekend.  When she arrived, she noticed that she had no phone service on her iPhone 4S.  Instead of “3G,” the phone said “searching” or “no service.”  Her wireless carrier … Read More

As explained in a recent post, Will Run For Miles is going to include, as a regular feature,  a series of interviews with  Hotel Representatives where they explain what their hotel properties offer and emphasize in terms of fitness, such as health facilities, gyms, pools and menu selections.   Will Run For Miles asked Hyatt what it facilities it … Read More