{"id":2778,"date":"2014-06-05T09:08:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T16:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2015-02-17T13:24:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T19:24:52","slug":"rocketmiles-offer-prompted-first-booking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer-prompted-first-booking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rocketmiles Offer that Prompted my First Booking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although this targeted offer is no longer available, Rocketmiles was offering 5,000 bonus miles for your first booking. I had some stays coming up so I jumped on this opportunity!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2779\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer-300x88.png\" alt=\"rocketmiles offer\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer-300x88.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer-400x118.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer-200x59.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer-150x44.png 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/rocketmiles-offer.png 446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I needed a hotel in Seattle area so when I searched, I found a pretty decent deal at the Clarion near the airport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/06\/Clarion-hotel-SEA.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2781\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/06\/Clarion-hotel-SEA-206x300.png\" alt=\"Clarion hotel SEA\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/Clarion-hotel-SEA-206x300.png 206w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/Clarion-hotel-SEA-200x290.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/Clarion-hotel-SEA-150x218.png 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/Clarion-hotel-SEA.png 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Since this is a Choice Privileges hotel, I wasn&#8217;t concerned about earning their hotel points, I would much rather earn the 6k United miles that would be coming my way!<\/p>\n<p>I did check HotelsCombined.com to see if it was a comparable rate that I would be paying and it was!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/06\/hotelscombined-clarion.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2782\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/06\/hotelscombined-clarion.png\" alt=\"hotelscombined clarion\" width=\"874\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/hotelscombined-clarion.png 874w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/hotelscombined-clarion-300x36.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/hotelscombined-clarion-400x48.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/hotelscombined-clarion-200x24.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/06\/hotelscombined-clarion-150x18.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This seemed like a great deal to me for a hotel booking I needed to make anyways. 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