Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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St Pancras railway station in London was a marvel of Victorian engineering when the station opened in 1868 with the largest single span roof in the world constructed from iron and glass. The roof measures 689 ft (240 m) long, spans 245 ft (75m) with a height at 100 ft (30m). Midland Railway Company, formed…
Marriott Bonvoy is making a significant adjustment on March 4, 2020 when about 2,200 hotels change hotel reward category. These changes are significant in that 70% of these hotel category changes are located in the USA (1,548 hotels) and 87% (1,291 hotels) of these USA hotels will see a reward night rate increase of one…
Each year I examine my hotel stays for the calendar year adding up what I earned and burned and the cost for my hotel nights to estimate my hotel average nightly rate. For 2019, I spent $3,444 and booked 65 hotel nights for an average nightly rate of $53. After 30 years traveling with the…
For the second summer in a row we visited Marriott Sopot Resort & Spa on Poland’s Baltic Sea coast using free nights and Marriott Bonvoy points. This category 4 hotel at 25,000 points per night is a fun family or couples location with several indoor pools and spa and an outdoor rooftop adults-only pool. The…
This is the third part of my hotel points value series. The first article is an introduction to ‘Why I value hotel points at the lowest cost I can buy points‘ and how that results in some slightly different point values to The Points Guy. My second article, Comparing value of hotel points for Rome…
Getting value from a 20% Marriott gift card is basically a great deal if you plan to stay at any Marriott this year. Daily Getaways has more than 1,500 gift cards for sale at 10am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern today. $100 Marriott e-gift card for $80 (1,070 cards) – maximum purchase = 3 cards. $250…
Marriott has a 30% off flash sale through May 6 for hotels in 15 European countries for prepaid stays from June 14 to September 16, 2019. [Note: Initial article mistakenly stated May 7 was last day to book, when in fact final date of sale is May 6.] Belgium Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Hungary…
Marriott Bonvoy Double Take promotion March 19 – June 4, 2019 earns double points beginning with your second stay at hotels worldwide. Marriott Bonvoy credit card holders earn 500 bonus points for any stay including a Friday or Saturday night, beginning with first stay. Marriott Bonvoy Double Take registration required by May 21, 2019. Basically…
New members of Marriott Bonvoy earn one free night after two stays within four months at any Marriott brand hotel worldwide. Free award night is an electronic award valid for one year from date of issue at any Marriott brand hotel up to Category 4 standard reward at 25,000 points. Marriott Bonvoy New Member Free Night Award…
Last year I was at a party for the final night of the 2017 Marriott Omaha Business Council auction for Chirldren’s Miracle Network fundraiser. I borrowed a computer from the party host and successfully won three auction items for 9 hotel nights in Australia, Germany and Atlanta. I am flying off to Atlanta next weekend…
