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On April 3, 2019 Wyndham Rewards restructured their hotel rewards program to a three tier model for hotel reward nights using points. High Tier Go Free 30,000 points; Go Fast 6,000 points + 70% Best Flexible rate Medium Tier Go Free 15,000 points; Go Fast 3,000 points + 70% Best Flexible rate Low Tier Go Free 7,500…
Wyndham Rewards unveiled its latest iteration on April 3, 2019. The primary change is from all hotels worldwide available as GoFree rewards for 15,000 points to a three tier system at 30,000 points; 15,000 points and 7,500 points. The vast majority of hotels remain at 15,000 points. GoFast reward nights correspond to three tiers at…
Wyndham Rewards restructures its reward night program once again on April 3, 2019. While the new changes raise the rate for a free night to 30,000 points at some 200 hotels and lowers the rate to 7,500 points for about 3,000 hotels, the vast majority of hotels, some 6,000 properties worldwide will remain at 15,000…
Nine major hotel chains with loyalty programs currently number 152 different hotel brands for earning and redeeming points. Most of the major chains had at least one new hotel brand become part of their respective hotel loyalty program within the past year. Smith Travel Research provides a hotel industry standard market segment ranking for most…
‘Next time book KLM nonstop Amsterdam to SFO’ is Kelley’s request. Our trip shutdown clock was two days more than planned after completing 13 wonderful days of travel from San Jose to London to Windsor to Amsterdam, then back to London for our British Airways flight to Fort Lauderdale and onward flights home to California.…
Wyndham Rewards has a Motor to Miami Sweepstakes running for the next six weeks to promote NASCAR racing. Each week there are 10 weekly prizes consisting of a Matt Kenseth T-shirt, plus 3,000 Wyndham Rewards points. The chance to win 3,000 Wyndham Rewards points is my primary motivation for mentioning this sweepstakes. First Prize (five): Each First…
Wyndham Rewards brings back their promotion from last year for 7,500 bonus points when you reserve a room using Masterpass payment for a stay completed by Sep 1, 2018. This bonus may be earned two times for 15,000 bonus points. This is a great value promotion, if Wyndham Rewards follows through in awarding bonus points.…
While this article comes a day after the Daily Getaways Wyndham Rewards points sale, I realized early yesterday morning the post would not be irrelevant if posted one day later. I saw very little chance of Wyndham Rewards points selling out before today. Wyndham Rewards points went on sale April 17 in Daily Getaways at $175 for 15,000…
Knights Inn hotel brand has been sold to Red Lion Hotels and will no longer be a part of Wyndham Rewards as of May 2. Wyndham Rewards points will be earned for Knights Inn stays through May 1. Any existing reward nights booked at Knights Inn will be honored, regardless of check-in date. (I wonder…
Program features in four different hotel loyalty programs were eliminated or changed in the past 14 months resulting in a significant loss of hotel discount strategies for budget travelers. This post is a recap of these program features that I used with great effect for room rate reductions. This is kind of a last look…
