Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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World of Hyatt changed their Points + Cash reward rates on November 1, 2018 from a fixed copay linked to the hotel reward category 1-7 to a copay amount equivalent to 50% of standard flexible rate at time of booking for the stay dates. In general, this change devalues Points + Cash reward nights with…
One of the best known events in Monterey, California is the annual Monterey Jazz Festival and the weekend of September 21-23 is the 61st annual jazz fest. This post compares hotel reward rates as an alternative to the high priced room rates prevalent that weekend. The results will likely surprise you. My reward rate analysis…
While 1,083 Marriott brand hotels increased in points cost for reward nights on March 6, 2018, there were also 45 hotels that dropped from category 6 to category 5 making them newly eligible for free reward night certificate redemptions. Category 6 reward nights at 30,000 points dropping to category 5 at 25,000 points is a…
Club Carlson is raising reward rates at 55 hotels on March 1, 2018. That is not an alarming number of hotels in a portfolio of 1,500+ hotels worldwide. What blows my mind is 11 of these 55 hotels are places I have stayed in the past three years or plan to be in 2018. Loyalty…
As a first time visitor to Key West due solely to the opportunity to book Best Western hotel reward nights at 10,000 points Nov 1, 2017-Jan 31, 2018, my choice for which of the two Best Western hotels on Key West was based on TripAdvisor reviews. Best Western Hibiscus Motel Key West was the right…
This piece is a general overview of how I used hotel loyalty programs in 2017 to stay 86 nights across 9 major hotel chains paying less than $4,000, while pretty evenly balancing earn and burn for 31 paid nights and 55 reward nights. Only 7 hotel nights of my 86 major chain hotel nights were…
IHG Rewards Club is increasing the price of reward nights at 499 hotels worldwide, about 10% of their global portfolio. 192 hotels drop by 5,000 points. A FlyerTalk member spotted the list of new reward rates, but there is no official word yet on when these new reward rates take effect. IHG Rewards Club 2018…
Over the years in the points and miles blogosphere, several bloggers developed estimates for the average value of a frequent flyer mile and hotel loyalty point. ThePointsGuy.com posts a monthly update on the value of a mile and point in various loyalty programs. One Mile at a Time maintains a page of miles and points…
The current 50% off sale to Oct 5 for Hilton Honors points had me examining category 1 hotels in Europe. The price of a category 1 reward night at 5,000 points means $25 hotel nights. That drops to only $20 per night for Honors elite members paying $100 for 20,000 points for a 5th night…
For my February trip to Sofia, Bulgaria I booked three different hotel stays for the same dates with reservations for Radisson Blu Sofia on a 2-for-1 rate, Starwood’s Sofia Balkan Hotel on a Cash & Points rate and Ramada Sofia City Centre on Wyndham Rewards GoFast rate. Why did I choose to keep the Ramada…
