Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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.
Hyatt House is the new brand for Hyatt created from the conversion of extended stay properties of SummerField Suites and the 2011 acquisition of Sierra Hotels. There are 53 Hyatt House hotels in the U.S. From a loyalty program point of view there are a few things to keep in mind with Hyatt House properties:
Club Carlson has a couple of great car rental discounts and points bonuses through April 30, 2012. You earn 9,000 points from Avis for 3-day rentals and 5,500 points from Budget for 2-day rentals or 9,000 points for 3-day rentals. In addition these offers include car rental discount rates of 20-25%. Club Carlson offers its…
I feel compelled to issue a reality check based on the overwhelming pitch by bloggers for Starwood Preferred Guest being the primary program to consider when transferring hotel points for the US Airways points-to-miles 50% bonus from March 11-31, 2012. Several travel blogs over the past 24 hours have discussed the US Airways hotel points…
Choice Hotels recently changed its Best Rate Guarantee (BRG) policy to offer a free night for approved claims in addition to matching the lower competing rate. Choice Hotels are located all over the United States and in 30 countries globally with over 6,100 franchised hotels. Choice Privileges announced last month it has 5,000 hotels in…
Accor A|Club has a global sale at more than 1,200 hotels for 3 night stays on bookings through April 9 for stays completed by April 15, 2012. These are prepaid, nonrefundable rates based on the Best Available Rate (BAR) which is the unrestricted flexible cancellation rate. The 3rd night free rate is based on discounting…
Choice Privileges spring promotion allows members to earn 8,000 points after two hotel stays between March 8 and May 8, 2011. The advertising pitch Choice Privileges uses is “Stay Two Separate Times Earn One Free Night” and in smaller print “at over 1,500 hotels”. Choice Privileges Promotion registration is required. This offer is only available…
The major offers from each hotel loyalty program are listed first. The number of asterisks from 1-5 indicates my rating for this offer with 4 or 5 being the best value offers in my opinion. 2nd Quarter 2012 promotions from Top Ten hotel loyalty programs: Accor A|Club – this Europe-based program offers a variety of…
Last week BoardingArea blogger VeryGoodPoints posted “Starwood’s Beat the Timer how did I not know about this!?! I am asking myself the same question? You definitely need to know about Starwood’s Beat the Timer site if you are a Starwood Hotels fan and want discount rate options for hotels in Europe. This post shows a…
Marriott PointSavers dates offer reward nights at the price of one category lower. A Marriott Rewards category 6 hotel normally 30,000 points is only 25,000 points per night during PointSavers dates. 5th night free rewards also apply, so a 5-night stay at a category 6 hotel on PointSavers dates is only 100,000 points (4 x…
Hilton HHonors members can earn 1,000 points for registering a mobile phone number and VISA card. This reminds me of the type of promotions Hilton HHonors used to have a decade ago when members could earn 500 points each quarter just for updating your email address. HHonors wants direct access to its members and is…
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