Today is our 15th wedding anniversary! We are celebrating this weekend by going to NYC. We are seeing "Avenue Q" Saturday afternoon and staying overnight at the Renaissance Hotel in the Meadowlands. We'll also do lunch and dinner in the city and spend some time wandering mid-town. We actually haven't been up there for a while so it will be nice to visit.
The best part is that most of the trip is a gift. My mom bought the theater tickets and is giving us some spending money. DW's mom also gave us a small cash gift which can go toward meals.
For the hotel stay, we used the "free" night certificate we get each year from our Marriott Visa. I put free in quotes because the card has a $65 annual fee, but the certificate more than makes up for that. A night at this hotel would normally be at least $180 + tax, so getting it for $65 total is a steal.
Happy Anniversary to Me!
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Does the Marriott Visa provide anything else?
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You can go here to see the benefits:
http://firstusa.com/cgi-bin/webcgi/webserve.cgi?partner_dir_name=marriott_premier_20k&page=cont&mkid=617N
We used to have the Signature card. When they introduced the Premier card about a year ago, I upgraded immediately because the benefits are much better.
We earn enough points to get a free vacation at least every other year. This year, we're doing 10 days in New Hampshire in August plus the night in NYC this week, and that didn't use all of our points. Right now, I've got enough unused points for up to 5 free nights on top of the ones I've already booked.
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