Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Tag Archives for Loyalty Traveler research.
Now and then I take a look at hotel rate data. I needed six nights in Orlando and when I checked rates, I think I found some good deals. I also need six nights in Boston and I am blown away by hotel rates. Boston is a high-priced city in the higher air rate cities…
by Ric Garrido
Targeted promotions look like the new norm as we trip through the last few months of 2014 with Hyatt, IHG and Marriott offering different promotions to different members. This Loyalty Traveler page summarizes dozens of hotel loyalty promotion offers in the major hotel chains currently available in the month of September 2014 for hotel stays…
Starwood Preferred Guest Cash & Points is adding upgraded rooms and suites as a redemption option beginning March 5, 2013. This change opens up another potential avenue to savings for SPG members who want to redeem points for a suite. The change also likely means fewer upgraded rooms and suites will be available across the…
Hotel room views are the primary purpose of Room77.com. Room77 tagline reads “Your key to a great room” and their website tag is “Find your perfect room.” The ability to preview the room view for specific rooms at a hotel offers a guest the ability to choose a better hotel room view for your stay,…
Club Carlson Category 6 hotel rewards at 50,000 points per night includes 59 hotels, mostly in Europe and comprise the top level rewards. Some of these hotels cost as much as 135,000 points in 2009 when the standard reward rate for category 6 hotels was 90,000 points and before goldpoints plus had no blackouts for…
by Ric Garrido
There are 162 hotels in Club Carlson category 5 hotel rewards. This category is where the hotels in the USA dwindle to a handful and 9 of 10 hotels in category 5 in the USA increased in reward cost. The rest of the world, especially Europe, offer some of the finer hotels in the Carlson Hotels…
by Ric Garrido
Club Carlson Category-4 has 260 hotels. There is an increase in reward cost for almost all the category-4 hotels in the USA and Canada. The majority of hotels in Europe and the Middle East are lower reward cost now and this region benefits most from Club Carlson category-4 reassignment. USA 128 hotels in 32 states.…
The common method used to compare different hotel loyalty programs is to compare the cost of a hotel reward with the cost to earn base points. For example: Hyatt Regency Miami – Jan 19, 2011 = $329/night Gold Passport category 3 reward night = 12,000 points $329/night earns 1,645 base points with Gold Passport. A…
One of the most stable aspects of the major hotel loyalty programs like Starwood Preferred Guest, Hyatt Gold Passport, IHG Priority Club, Hilton HHonors and Marriott Rewards is the rate for earning base points per US dollar in hotel spend. The cost of hotel reward nights changes every year for most programs, but the…
by Ric Garrido
Hilton HHonors makes a good case study example for illustrating the dynamic changes in promotions in the past two years. In mid-2009 all the other hotel loyalty programs offered high value promotions as hotel occupancy and room rates plummeted globally. Hilton HHonors made no attempt to match the free night offers of the other chains.…
Loyalty Traveler has been my travel writing business since April 2006. Loyalty Traveler blog is primarily about hotel and airline loyalty programs, hotel brands and airline fare sales and industry news. Read more... 