Some of the best deals I see this week in hotels are room rate discounts across Europe with Accor, Club Carlson and Hilton. Kimpton, Marriott and Starwood have sales on the USA home front. January is a tough month for promotions with Marriott Rewards in between MegaBonus offers Jan 16-31. Club Carlson has no new…
Hotel-Airline Loyalty Promotions 2016-Q1
Hotel loyalty program points and miles promotions for Best Western Rewards, Club Carlson, Choice Privileges, Hilton HHonors, Hyatt Gold Passport, IHG Rewards Club, Marriott Rewards, Ritz Carlton Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Wyndham Rewards.
Club Carlson Asia-Pacific 25% off stays to Feb 29, 2016 may or may not be a deal

Club Carlson members still have a few weeks to book Asia Pacific region hotels at 25% off Best Flexible Rate with the Catch the Season special rate offer. Book by January 31 for stays completed by February 29, 2016. Promotion Code: CTSPROMO There are 97 participating hotels in Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Fiji, India, Japan,…
Mission accomplished! If only IHG would Accelerate my 2015 earned points deposits?

IHG Rewards Club is the most valuable hotel loyalty program in my travels this past year. IHG promotions have put me into InterContinental Boston, InterContinental London Park Lane and InterContinental Paris Le Grand this past year for free. Next month I’ll be into InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam with the IHG credit card anniversary night. I had…
Good Deals with Accor Hotels Global Sale 30% to 50% discount rates. Book by Jan 17.
Accor Hotels global sale for Le Club Accorhotels member bookings by January 14, 2016 has significant discounts at 30% to 50% off Best Flexible Rate for prepaid bookings. General public can book remaining hotel discount rates January 15-17. Different terms apply to different regions. Much of Europe allows hotel reservations for stays through early April.…
Ouch! Club Carlson points for retail cards redemption value $1.43 per 1,000 points
Club Carlson Double Points Rates to Dec 31, 2016 are poor value

Club Carlson Double Points rates offer members 40 points per dollar for hotel stays in 2016. This offer is available for Carlson hotel brands in the Americas region including Radisson, Radisson Blu, Park Plaza and Park Inn. These double points are not free. You have to book a higher rate 2x points offer. Club Carlson…
Skift publishes details of Marriott-Starwood deal
Skift.com has Dennis Schaal’s The Inside Story of How Marriott Didn’t Want Starwood Until It Did, where he pieced together the Starwood Hotels acquisition puzzle story of 2015. There were other players in the 2015 speculation of which hotel chain SPG members would ultimately bed with and presumably IHG, Hyatt and the Chinese all played…
Marriott Rewards 100 Protea Hotels in Africa are mostly category 1 and 2 hotels

Marriott Rewards has 114 hotels listed in ten countries in Africa. Around 100 of these hotels are in the Protea chain acquired by Marriott two years ago. In February 2015 around 26 Protea hotels in South Africa were included in Marriott Rewards for earning and redeeming points and elite member benefits. As of late November…
Wyndham Rewards GoFast $150 copay hotels in New York and other places

The top copay price for Wyndham Rewards GoFast nights has increased from $95 to $150 since I last hunted for Wyndham hotel deals using points. New York has at least five hotels with GoFast $150 copay rates. I see $150 copay amounts for certain USA hotels. Loyalty Traveler – Loyalty brilliance in the new era…
Wyndham Rewards Vacation Properties GoFast and GoFree reward nights
Wyndham Rewards has added some time-share vacation properties for GoFast and GoFree reward nights. Wyndham is both a hotel group brand and a global leading player in the vacation time-share market. My check of the website today indicates one of the changes for 2016 will be more options to use Wyndham Rewards points for time-share…