Hotel loyalty program promotions updated October 1, 2013.
Best Western Rewards
Fall 2013 Promotion – September 16-November 24, 2013: Earn 1,000 bonus points per booking (1,500 bonus points if BWR elite) through Best Western online and mobile channels for stays from September 16 through November 24, 2013.
Registration is required before hotel stay to earn bonus.
Note: this offer is advertised with Best Western Internet Only up to 20% discount, however, you do not need to book the internet only rate to earn the booking bonus. Loyalty Traveler post September 17 – Best Western 1,000 or 1,500 bonus points per booking. Account must be set for earning points to receive online booking bonus so this offer is not stackable with United Mileage Plus offer.
Sep 10 to Nov 19, 2013: Earn 750 miles in United Mileage Plus per stay. Best Western Gold elite fast-track after first stay. Loyalty Traveler Sep 5.
July 1-Dec 31, 2013: South America double points on 3rd stay offer: Registration required before first qualifying stay.
Best Western Rewards members who:
(a) reside in the U.S, Canada, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central America, or any participating country†, †Participating countries are Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
(b) book online at bestwestern.com or bestwestern.com.br, and
(c) complete at least three qualified stays* at Best Western branded hotels in a participating country† between July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013 (“Promotion Period”), will be awarded double Best Western Rewards points for the third qualified stay, so long as all three qualified stays were booked through bestwestern.com or bestwestern.com.br.
Promotion registration and Best Western Rewards enrollment required prior to the first stay. Maximum of one double points bonus reward per Member during the Promotion Period.
Choice Privileges
September 5 – November 13, 2013: Choice Privileges 8,000 points for two stays Sep 5-Nov 13 (Loyalty Traveler post Sep 4). The big value with this promotion is the ability to find high quality hotels in Europe and other international locations at 8,000 points at a higher market segment than hotels in the U.S. offered for 8,000 points.
Discount reward nights in Europe to November 30 Across Europe Choice Privileges cheap 8,000 points hotel reward nights to Nov 30, 2013 (Loyalty Traveler Sep 16, 2013).
High value of Choice Privileges points in Paris and Venice – Sep 18, 2013.
Club Carlson
One Million Points Global Traveler Sweepstakes (Loyalty Traveler Sep 26, 2013). Club Carlson is sponsoring three travelers in a social media travel sweepstakes. One blogger will win one million points and give away one million points.
Aug 13- Oct 15, 2013: Buy Club Carlson Gold Points with up to 50% bonus. (Loyalty Traveler Sep 5 – Buy Club Carlson points by Oct 15 as low as $4.67 per 1,000 points)
- Buy 5,000 – 10,000 points and receive a 20% Bonus
- Buy 11,000 – 30,000 points and receive a 30% bonus
- Buy 31,000 – 40,000 points and receive a 50% Bonus
Gold Points are available for purchase in 1,000 point increments for USD 7.00, up to 40,000 points per account, per calendar year.
Loyalty Program changes:
Club Carlson devalues points-to-miles exchange rate 44%. Club Carlson made a major change in its points-to-miles transfer rate moving from a variable rate of 100,000 Club Carlson points = 18,000 miles to a fixed rate of 10 Club Carlson points = 1 mile. This change was unannounced and effective July 1, 2013.
Hilton HHonors
October 10-January 31, 2014: More Nights, More Points
- Double Points (20 points/$1) for 2-night stays.
- Triple Points (30 points/$1) for 3-night stays.
- Quadruple points (40 points/$1) for 4-night or longer stays.Thursday nights.
- Registration at HHonors.com/more (Note: link is not working yet as of October 1).
Loyalty Traveler post: Hilton HHonors More Nights, More Points Q-4 Promotion only rewards extended stays September 30, 2013.
December 31, 2013: Earn 1,000 bonus points for every hotel stay booked with iPhone App by December 31, 2013 for stays through December 31, 2014. Download Hilton iPhone app here.
Hilton Lake Las Vegas 1,000 bonus points per night to Jan 1, 2014 Stays at the former Ritz-Carlton earn 1,000 bonus points per night for the rest of the year.
Conrad and Waldorf Astoria stays 1,000 United miles per night to Dec 31, 2013. Register for this offer to earn 1,000 bonus miles per night on top of regular Points & Points or Points & Miles earn rate. Loyalty Traveler post (July 25) Conrad and Waldorf Astoria stays 1,000 United miles per night to Dec 31, 2013
Hyatt Gold Passport
September 9 – November 30: New Possibilities for up to 50,000 bonus points after 20 nights. Member earns 5,000 bonus points after 5 nights; another 10,000 bonus points after 10 nights, another 15,000 bonus points after 15 nights and 20,000 bonus points after 20 nights for 50,000 bonus points in all.
Loyalty Traveler post: August 22 – Hyatt promotion Sep 9-Nov 30 earns 50,000 bonus points after 20 nights.
Registration required by October 31, 2013 at goldpassport.com/possibilities and registration is available beginning September 9.
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Hyatt Costco 25% discount at 17 southwest hotels to Dec 30, 2013
Hyatt Gold Passport’s main summer news is the start of a reciprocal loyalty program partnership with MGM brand hotels in Las Vegas and mLife loyalty program.
Guide to Hyatt and Las Vegas M life benefits. Loyalty Traveler August 2 post. The basics of earning Hyatt Gold Passport and M life points at MGM Resorts in Las Vegas. Benefits for Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum and Diamond elites are listed for members getting an M life elite tier status match.
Hyatt Hotels changed the Hyatt Stay Certificates categories for most hotels in August 2013. I published a series of tables showing the lowest cost Hyatt Stay Certificate applicable to each Hyatt brand hotel globally.
- Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas 14 hotels.
- California 53 hotels.
- Colorado, Connecticut and Delaware 23 hotels.
- Florida 38 hotels.
- Georgia, Guam, Hawaii and Idaho 32 hotels.
- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana 38 hotels.
- Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri and Nevada 29 hotels.
- New Jersey, New Mexico, New York 34 hotels.
- North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island and South Carolina 45 hotels.
- Tennessee and Texas 54 hotels.
- Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin 37 hotels.
- Europe, Middle East, Africa 44 Hyatt Hotels
- Asia Pacific 73 Hyatt Hotels
- Overview of Hyatt Stay Certificates – Table of Lowest Price Hyatt Stay Certificate for USA Hotels
IHG Rewards Club
September 1 – December 31, 2013: IHG The Big Win offer is a customized offer for IHG Rewards Club members with a big bonus for completing a set of IHG stays. You have to log in to your IHG Rewards Club account to see your own offer. There are generic offers for new members for 50,000 bonus points.
Loyalty Traveler August 25 – IHG Big Win 50,000 bonus points for new member is easy to catch and my offer is detailed here – Is IHG sending me to London for ‘The Big Win’?
July 10 through October 31, 2013 Book Direct 2,000 bonus points per stay, up to 8,000 points for stays booked through any IHG brand website or IHG.com.
September 1 to November 30, 2013: Earn 2,500 Aeroplan miles per stay. Must choose miles earning instead of points. 2,500 Aeroplan miles per IHG stay and 5,000 miles after 5 Starwood nights.
September 1 to November 30, 2013: Earn up to $100 back per stay at any of ten Holiday Inn Club Vacation Resorts in the USA.
Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2013: Fall Getaway Bonus promotion registration is required before you check out. Earn a prepaid MasterCard after completing a stay at any of ten resorts in the U.S.
- 2-night stay = $25 card
- 3-night stay = $50 card
- 4-night stay = $75 card
- 5-nights or longer = $100 card
- Up to four awards may be earned with four separate stays.
- Offer only valid for US, Canada (excluding Quebec) and Mexico residents.
IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks for stays through October 31, 2013.
- PointBreaks are award nights at select hotels for 5,000 points. These award nights are one of the best values in hotel loyalty program awards.
- IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks hotel list to October 31 (Loyalty Traveler August 26, 2013)
September 1 – December 31, 2013 ‘China Dream’ Free Night offer exclusive to Residents of Greater China is one free night after every two stays in different hotel brands. Earn up to four free nights. Must be resident of China, HK, Macau, Taiwan, Mongolia. Stays at IHG hotels worldwide count for this offer, but free nights may only be used at over 200 hotels in Greater China region. Friends & Family rates qualify for this offer. After each free night is earned the brands reset. This means you can earn a free night with a stay at Holiday Inn Express and Crowne Plaza and then repeat stays at these same tow brands to earn the next free night.
IHG Hotel Rate Discounts for Europe:
IHG 2-for-1 rates are real deal in Europe (Sep 9. 2013).
Making London Affordable with IHG 2-for-1 rates (March 23, 2013).
IHG Special Rate Offers
***** Europe Rate Discount through Dec 12, 2013 offer high discounts, but these rates do not earn Priority Club points.
- 2-for-1 (select Exclusive 2-for-1 rate from drop-down menu)
- 2-for-1 rate BMW
- Save 35% Europe, Middle East and Africa weekend stays
- 3-for-2 (select Exclusive 3-for-2 rate from drop-down menu)
IHG Rewards Club has numerous targeted promotions. You can see a list of current promotion codes on post #3 of this FlyerTalk thread. Some members report getting 10,000 to 20,000 bonus points on a single stay by registering for many of these promotions. Some will work for you and some will not depending on your hotel stay pattern. Does not hurt to register though. I have not had a paid stay lately with IHG, but I will be testing these codes over the next couple months as part of the Big Win promotion.
Type in the promo code manually at this link: http://www.priorityclub.com/rewards/us/en/offers/promoreg
IHG News – Nor1 e-Standby Upgrades rolling out at all brands worldwide. Sep 12, 2013.
Kimpton Hotels
Kimpton Hotels always has some kind of rate promotions happening. Check them out on this Kimpton Hotels promotions page.
Raid the Bar $10 benefit for Kimpton InTouch loyalty members. (Loyalty Traveler post Sep 25, 2013.)
Kimpton Hotels launches complimentary bikes at hotels nationwide (Loyalty Traveler August 6, 2013.)
Marriott Rewards
September 15, 2013 – January 15, 2014: Marriott Rewards – MegaBonus Sep 15, 2013 – Jan 15, 2014 (Loyalty Traveler post Aug 12)
- Sep 15, 2013 – Jan 15, 2014 Earn one free category 1-5 night after two stays. Limit of two free night certificates for promotion.
Marriott Rewards Seasonal Awards in Caribbean and Florida through November 30, 2013.
Marriott Rewards introduced Marriott Seasonal Awards in 2013. This new award offers hotel stays at a 25% points discount off the standard award and 5th night free rates. A category-8 hotel standard award at 40,000 points per night is reduced to 30,000 points per night with a Seasonal Award. Caribbean resorts currently offer seasonal award discounts through November 30.
Marriott Rewards Announcement
RewardsPlus launches for Marriott Rewards and United Mileage Plus members. Major announcement of Marriott Rewards partnership with United Mileage Plus conferring elite status match to Marriott Gold elite for United Mileage Plus elites holding Gold or higher status. Marriott Platinum elites and higher get status match to United Silver elite. This is definitely a great deal for United elites. Also bonus miles when making Marriott Rewards points transfers to United miles. Loyalty Traveler post: RewardsPlus launches for Marriott Rewards and United Mileage Plus members – July 15, 2013.
Loyalty Program Change:
Marriott Rewards quiet points-to-miles devaluation and loud AA partnership (LT July 1, 2013). Marriott Rewards partners with American Airlines again after three years. Marriott Rewards changes its points-to-miles transfer tables from 125,000 points = 50,000 miles to 140,000 points = 50,000 or 35,000 miles with partner airlines. This means there is no exchange rate advantage above the 70,000 points = 25,000miles (or 17,500 miles). Air + Hotel Packages exchange rates have not been changed yet and still offer 1 point = 1 mile rate.
Ritz Carlton Rewards
Ritz-Carlton Rewards two stays earn free night July 1-Oct 31, 2013
This is one of the best offers available among hotel loyalty promotions, however, you must be a new member to Ritz-Carlton Rewards without having previous membership in Marriott Rewards to qualify or be a Ritz-Carlton Rewards member prior to the start of this promotion.
Starwood Preferred Guest
Sep 1 – Dec 15, 2013 Take Two is double points and 2,500 bonus points after every five nights, up to 10,000 bonus points after 20 nights. Registration required by October 31, 2013. Registration is not open at time of posting. Members can apply for text message reminders through SPG promotion page. Loyalty traveler post August 5: SPG Sep 1-Dec 15, 2013 Double Points and 2,500 points every 5 nights.
Sep 1 – Dec 15, 2013 Earn up to 9,000 Aeroplan miles with 9 nights. NOTE: This offer may be combined with Take Two double points offer and can these Aeroplan miles can be earned as SPG points earner. Earn 5,000 Aeroplan miles after 5 nights, another 2,000 miles after 7 nights and another 2,000 miles after 9 nights. SPG promotion registration required. Loyalty Traveler post Sep 4: 2,500 Aeroplan miles per IHG stay and 5,000 miles after 5 Starwood nights
Starwood Hotels Discount Rates: Starpicks (global) and Beat the Timer (EMEA region). Loyalty Traveler – Rate Checks: Starpicks and Beat the Timer LTO rates Sep 13, 2013.
SPG Group for bonus Starpoints and Elite Credit. Bonus points for event bookings through December 31, 2013. (Loyalty Traveler April 17)
SPG 3x points at Europe Starwood Hotels June 1 – Oct 31, 2013 (mainland China members only). (Loyalty Traveler April 17)
SPG 2013 Elite (re)qualification Gift 25%-35% off award stay or 2x points for a month (Loyalty Traveler April 25)
Stash Hotel Rewards
Triple Points at select hotels through March 2014. (Loyalty Traveler Sep 24, 2013).
Wyndham Rewards
Book the Best Available Rate and earn 1,000 or 2,000 bonus points at thousands of participating hotels in the USA and Canada.
This is the monthly summary page of the major hotel loyalty promotions, program news and discount links. On the top left menu titled October Hotel Loyalty Promotions there is a link to each of these loyalty programs with additional program specific information and links.
Loyalty Traveler wishes you a good night’s sleep wherever you may stay.
Ric Garrido of Monterey, California is writer and owner of Loyalty Traveler.
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