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.
Ritz-Carlton Rewards offers a free Tier 1-3 night for members who complete two Ritz-Carlton hotel stays between July 1 and October 31, 2013. Members may earn two free nights during the promotion period. Existing RCR members must register by September 30, 2013. New members to Ritz Carlton Rewards a of June 4, 2013 will automatically…
The first thing I checked today was to see if Wyndham Rewards changed their points-to-miles transfer rate before writing this post. Looks like they have not changed the 2.5 points = 1 airline mile exchange rate today. 8,000 points = 3,200 miles 17,500 points = 7,000 miles 30,000 points = 12,000 miles Who knows about…
by Ric Garrido
Another month for 50% discount hotel rewards with IHG Last Minute Reward Nights for stays Friday, July 5; Saturday July 6 and Sunday July 7 at 61 hotels worldwide. This has to be one of the oddest reward night discounts in the hotel loyalty biz. I can’t believe it has been offered every first weekend…
Club Carlson changes to a fixed rate of 10 points for one frequent flyer mile in an unannounced change today for the program’s points to miles transfer exchange rate. Previously Club Carlson had a variable rate with 100,000 points = 18,000 miles for 5.56 points = 1 mile. The new fixed rate is a 44% devaluation…
Daily Getaways today and Monday are a lower rate for buying IHG Rewards Club points, but not so low as to be a major discount in the way Choice Privileges points were yesterday with the Daily Getaways sale. Choice points were over 60% off the normal purchase rate while IHG points are less than 15%…
Best Western Rewards is giving members 1,000 points per stay for every stay through September 30, 2013 booked through their iPhone or Android mobile app. You can download the apps from the link. It is like 1999 again when there were frequent hotel points bonuses for web bookings and newsletter sign-up. Ric Garrido, writer…
The new list of PointBreaks hotels from IHG Rewards Club will be available for booking later today. Priority Club Community forum published the list this morning, but the hotels are not yet posted on the PointBreaks web pages. All PointBreaks hotels are reduced to 5,000 points until August 31. There appear to be more hotels on…
I will try to buy Choice Hotel points today during the 1pm ET Daily Getaways sale. I prefer to buy points rather than earn them more slowly the traditional way during Choice Privileges promotion for 8,000 points after two stays. There are four packages available. 20,000 points = $102 ($91.80 with American Express payment). Purchase…
KT Tunstall acoustic performance and cocktail reception at St. Regis Bangkok for two people at a fixed price of 5,000 Starwood points. Now that is a deal and something to look forward to if you can be in Bangkok for the Thursday, December 5, 2013 performance. St. Regis Bangkok room rates are around $240 per…
Today’s Daily Getaways is 835 sets of 10,000 points from Best Western at $67 per set or $60.30 with American Express payment. Is this a deal or not? Here is my quick analysis of the value of points for hotel reward nights. Best Western hotel reward nights range from 8,000 points to 36,000 points. Buying…
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