If you hold «Club Carlson Visa Card» the value of these points can be doubled due to the exclusive benefit «
Bonus Award Night» — When you redeem Gold Points for 2 or more consecutive Award Nights, your last night is free.
If redeemed before May 31, 2015, you could get more than 10 free nights if redeemed with the benefit «
Bonus Award night.
you can now make award reservations through the end of 2016 and if you book before May 31, 2015, you can get
a bonus award night for your stays in 2016.
Effective June 01, 2015, Club Carlson has recently announced the removal of «
Bonus award night» benefit to its US Bank Club Carlson Visa Signature Card holders and substituted with the benefit «free award night»
Loosing
the bonus award night benefit is a huge blow to this card, you can still avail
the bonus award night benefit till May 31,2015.
Effective June 01, 2015 US Bank Club Carlson credit card will not offer
bonus award night benefit.
This credit card offers
a bonus award night when you redeem 2 0r more nights.
I called US Bank and expressed my dissatisfaction and mentioned that the annual fee I paid is for
the bonus award night benefit and not the new benefit.
As all good things come to an end, It was announced yesterday that the Club Carlson visa credit cards will not offer
bonus award night effective June 01,2015.
After removing
the Bonus Award Night from the Club Carlson Visa card (reported here), effective June 1, 2015, more than 200 hotels in the Carlson Group are going up in the rewards category — some by two or even three categories — drastically increasing the number of points required for a free hotel night.
Elimination of
Bonus Award Night The
Bonus Award Night feature offered the last night free on any award stay of two or more nights.
This Free Night will replace the current
Bonus Award Night benefit.
Bonus Award Night stays may not be booked after June 1, 2015.
The Bonus Award night was probably one of the best travel deals out there.
Club Carlson cards come with Gold status and
a bonus award night.
This promotion is reminiscent of
the Bonus Award Night benefit on the Club Carlson credit cards, which was recently eliminated.
Hotel Promotions: One of the triggers to finally do a trip to the Baltics was the discontinuation of the Club Carlson
Bonus Award Night feature of the Club Carlson Credit Card (reported here).
As my first hotel in Tallinn on my Baltic Explorer trip, I selected the Radisson Blu Sky, using points of the Club Carlson program and
the Bonus Award Night feature of my US Bank Visa card (no longer available).
Not exact matches
To get value equivalent to
bonuses that other travel cards offer, you should use these
awards towards hotel rooms that would otherwise cost at least $ 200 a
night.
Note that you can earn 25,000
bonus Starpoints (enough for one
award night with SPG's fifth
night free) after spending $ 3,000 in the first three months with the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express or $ 5,000 in the first three months with the Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card from American Express.
Category 1 properties are often available for as few as 7,500 points, which means your
bonus can be enough points for at least 10
award nights at a Marriott Hotel.
The total
bonus of 85,000 points is one of the highest available, and can be redeemed for
award nights starting as low as 10,000 points.
Co-branded hotel credit cards earn points towards free
nights at various hotel chains and many offer
bonuses of
award nights, elite status and amenities with card membership.
With the current sign - up
bonus of 30,000 Starwood points on the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express (personal and small business), you can get up to 6
award nights at Starwood Category 4 hotels with Cash & Points.
Also, did you know that when you stay at any Marriott for four
award nights in a row, you get a
bonus fifth
night free?
Bonus points combine with base points for redemptions like free
award nights.
For example, my husband and I both hold the Hyatt credit card * ($ 75 annual fee) because we both wanted the sign - up
bonus — an annual
award night valid at any Category 1 - 4 Hyatt hotel.
With Gold status, you can book free
award nights 50 days in advance and earn 10 %
bonus points on eligible stays!
While it's possible to maximize value further and take advantage of the 10 % Redemption
Bonus right away by booking flights and splitting hotel nights into separate bookings over the course of a few days, we'd keep things simple in this case by recommending Tiffany's husband apply his bonus toward the taxes and fees on the Alaska award bookings, wiping out these costs entirely, and having Tiffany apply her bonus toward the total hotel booking at Hotels
Bonus right away by booking flights and splitting hotel
nights into separate bookings over the course of a few days, we'd keep things simple in this case by recommending Tiffany's husband apply his
bonus toward the taxes and fees on the Alaska award bookings, wiping out these costs entirely, and having Tiffany apply her bonus toward the total hotel booking at Hotels
bonus toward the taxes and fees on the Alaska
award bookings, wiping out these costs entirely, and having Tiffany apply her
bonus toward the total hotel booking at Hotels
bonus toward the total hotel booking at Hotels.com.
Since you can use points from Ritz - Carlton, Marriott and SPG to book
award nights at any of their properties, there are many cards available to accrue points via sign - up
bonuses.
Award nights at Starwood Preferred Guest ® properties start at just 2,000 points per
night, making this sign - up
bonus worth up to 20 free
nights!
On an annual basis, the Club Carlson card gives you 40,000
bonus points (which could be redeemed for multiple free
nights), while the Marriott card only
awards one free
night each year.
Co-branded hotel credit cards earn points towards free
nights at various hotel chains and many offer
bonuses of
award nights, elite status and amenities with card membership.
5,000
bonus Qantas Points will be awarded per qualifying stay at InterContinental Sydney Double Bay booked between 1 October to 30 December 2014 for a minimum 2 night stay between 1 December 2014 and 31 March 2015 on the QF 5K Bonus pac
bonus Qantas Points will be
awarded per qualifying stay at InterContinental Sydney Double Bay booked between 1 October to 30 December 2014 for a minimum 2
night stay between 1 December 2014 and 31 March 2015 on the QF 5K
Bonus pac
Bonus package.
With the promotion, guests will
awarded 2,000
bonus Starpoints for every four eligible
nights they stay, with a maximum of 8,000 points and 16
nights.
The total
bonus of 85,000 points is one of the highest available, and can be redeemed for
award nights starting as low as 10,000 points.
Category 1 properties are often available for as few as 7,500 points, which means your
bonus can be enough points for at least 10
award nights at a Marriott Hotel.
Free
night certificates
awarded via the sign - up
bonus of the Hyatt Visa Card or its anniversary
night are not eligible nor are other free
nights described below.
When your group actualizes 10 + rooms per
night we will
award bonus Marriott Rewards Points!
So, travelers are
awarded bonus miles which appear to be closely correlated the
night rate.
Yes, I could always save up two year's of credit card
bonuses which would be more than enough for an
award night at any Club Carlson property in the world....
The card comes with a $ 75 annual fee but I got it back in the glory days when it came with one of the single best credit card perks of the time — a free
award night when you redeem points for two or more
award nights (up to 50
bonus nights per year).
While I wouldn't use the Marriott Premier Rewards card for any spending after the
bonus, it does come with an annual free
night award.
The free weekend
night award is a great addition to the sign up
bonus, which makes this offer the best ever.
SPG has launched a new sweepstakes competition offering free
night awards or
bonus Starpoints (and for US Residents, American Express or Amazon gift cards).
Yet, the increase to 7,500
bonus points is a fantastic perk as SPG
award nights start as low as 3,000 points!
Information about earning / transferring
Bonus Points to Hyatt: You must be a World of Hyatt member to receive and use
Bonus Points, Free
Night Awards, or other World of Hyatt program benefits.
I wrote in with something along the lines of their Spring 2012 promotion, which
awarded progressively higher
bonuses as you stayed more
nights.
A great card for fans of luxury hotels and resorts, the Fairmont Visa Signature card makes it easy to earn upscale hotel stays by
awarding some of the most generous
bonuses available, including two free
nights if you spend $ 3,000 in the card's first three months and one free
night a year if you spend at least $ 12,000.
An added
bonus is that all IHG Rewards
award night bookings are flexible and refundable....