PointBreaks are reduced award redemptions at IHG hotels (Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, etc.) that require just 5,000 Rewards
Club points for a free night, and change every few months.
Not exact matches
Perfect
for entertaining, a membership to the American Cellars Wine
Club is a great way to earn
points for free nights and other great rewards.
@Daraius Re the
Club Carlson Visa, I don't think it offers 1
night free anymore when you redeem
points for 2
nights.
For example, the Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card gives users one free night stay every year, while the Club Carlson Rewards Visa Signature Card awards one free night for every two or more consecutive nights booked using points at one of their hote
For example, the Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card gives users one
free night stay every year, while the
Club Carlson Rewards Visa Signature Card awards one
free night for every two or more consecutive nights booked using points at one of their hote
for every two or more consecutive
nights booked using
points at one of their hotels.
Cardholders of the
Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa Card will get 40,000 bonus
points each year they renew and one
free night for every year they spend $ 10,000 or more on your card.
Add in my Delta Business Platinum American Express card, which earns 1.4 Skymiles per dollar at the $ 25,000 and $ 50,000 spend levels, and that accounts
for just about all of my manufactured spend budget (although I can't resist maintaining a 50,000
Club Carlson
point balance, good
for two
free nights at any
Club Carlson property in the world).
You get almost enough
points for two
nights at any
Club Carlson hotel in the world, as well as
free Gold status.
For my stay in Philadelphia I used the «last night free» feature of the Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa to book two nights for the price of one: 44,000 Gold Poin
For my stay in Philadelphia I used the «last
night free» feature of the
Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa to book two
nights for the price of one: 44,000 Gold Poin
for the price of one: 44,000 Gold
Points.
But that's not actually necessary, because of the
point I made above: the
Club Carlson program is not disappearing on June 1, and (except
for property - specific changes in prices) you'll still be able to redeem your Gold
Points for free nights.
IHG ® Rewards
Club points can be redeemed
for IHG Rewards such as
free hotel
nights, gift vouchers, merchandise and flights.
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.
If you have a
Club Carlson Visa Card, you get the last
night on a multi-
night stay
for free, so 2
nights cost the same as 1
night — only 50,000
points.
I'll
point out here that you do not need to have enough
Club Carlson
points for the second
night when redeeming that
free night.
Explorist
Club Lounge Access Awards are valid on
nights for which the Member has paid an Eligible Rate or has redeemed
points for a standard - room Free Night Award, Suite Free Night Award, or a Points + Cash Award, up to a maximum of seven (7) consecutive n
points for a standard - room
Free Night Award, Suite
Free Night Award, or a
Points + Cash Award, up to a maximum of seven (7) consecutive n
Points + Cash Award, up to a maximum of seven (7) consecutive
nights.
Club Carlson hotels (Radisson and Park Plaza / Inn hotels) has put together some strong benefits
for credit card members, and the 85K
points bonus would be good
for a minimum of two
free nights at one of their top hotels.
So even though I didn't have enough
Club Carlson
points in my account
for the second
night, I was able to redeem
for a two
night stay because of the second
night free benefit.
I actually had 2 stays on the same weekend, with a Friday
night stay via a
free night certificate I earned last year to be used at any
Club Carlson property in North America, as well as a Sunday / Monday
night stay using 50,000
Club Carlson
points for 1
night and the «last
night free» bonus
for holding a
Club Carlson credit card.
Radisson Blu rooms go
for about $ 300 a
night, but because I have the
Club Carlson Visa, I was able to get a rate of 50,000
points a
night — with the second
night free.
In a not entirely unsurprising move IHG Rewards
Club has put through a series of changes to the number of IHG Rewards
Points guest will need to redeem
for free nights.
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
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
Night» — When you redeem Gold
Points for 2 or more consecutive Award Nights, your last night is
Points for 2 or more consecutive Award Nights, your last
night is
night is
free.
Club Carlson has launched its promotion
for the summer and it's offering guests the opportunity to earn certificates
for free Friday
night stays or 10,000
points depending on their preference.
$ 3,000 spend on this credit card gives me 15,000
points, enough
for a one
free night at any category 2 hotel in
Club Carlson Portfolio.
Benefits like a 4th
night free at hotels and the ability to use Citi ThankYou
points at an elevated rate
for American Airlines bookings were examples of the new things we saw and the inclusion of an Admirals
Club membership, a Priority Pass membership and a $ 250 per year airline credit all made a pretty compelling case
for getting the card.
In the
Club Carlson
point heyday (when the top Carlson hotels cost 50,000
points and when you would get the a second award
night for free...
With most of the acceptable / good
Club Carlson hotels now costing 70,000
points for an award
night you would have to spend $ 1,490 during the promotion period to get a «
free night» at one of those properties....
Effective January, 2018, you will earn IHG Rewards
Club points for every dollar spent at Kimpton hotels and you will also be able to redeem
points for free nights at their hotels.
Members can earn at least 65,000
points, more than enough
for a
free night at any IHG hotel or a multitude of items from the IHG Rewards
Club Catalog.
For example, we don't usually pass through airports with an Admirals Club, and we use points for our hotel stays so often that we have not had a chance to use the fourth night free benef
For example, we don't usually pass through airports with an Admirals
Club, and we use
points for our hotel stays so often that we have not had a chance to use the fourth night free benef
for our hotel stays so often that we have not had a chance to use the fourth
night free benefit.
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 n
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
nightnight.
I applied
for Club Carlson personal card on line
for the 85K
points with 2500 spend in 3 months and
free night benefit and card issued on 5/11/15.
The credit card I recommend most to people new to the world of
points & miles is the IHG Rewards
Club MasterCard from Chase: Not only can you earn 80,000
points for signing up (enough
for up to 16
free nights), you also get a
free night at any Intercontinental Hotel Group property, every year you renew the card!
• No more American Airlines Admirals
Club access • Redemption rates
for airfare will drop to 1.25 cents per
point from the current rates of 1.6
points for American Airlines and 1.33
points for all other airfare • No more three
free rounds of golf • The reimbursement
for the 4th
night free hotel benefit will be based on the average price and will not include taxes
A good card to use
for everyday purchases, the affordably priced IHG Rewards
Club Select card offers double
points on gas, restaurant and grocery store purchases, five
points for every dollar spent on IHG hotels such as Holiday Inn or Crowne Plaza and a generous suite of benefits, including an annual
free night's stay at an IHG hotel.
The best promotions
for points towards a
free night seem to come from IHG and
Club Carlson.
I have also booked 2
nights in AMS, one on
points, and one with my
free night annual cert from my Priority
Club card that I pay an annual fee
for each year and am so happy to do it.
This is a Category 3 property, requiring 12,000
points for a
free night (or 17,000
points for a
Club room).
There were some negative changes in terms of
points earnings
for mid-tier members (more on that below), but one interesting change came to the former
Club Carlson Visa cards (now apparently the Radisson Rewards Visas): all Radisson Rewards Visa cardholders can now earn up to 3
free nights annually based on spend.
In addition to the loss of Admirals
Club access, Citi is reducing the value of ThankYou
points redeemed
for flights, discontinuing the Complimentary Golf benefit, and reducing the value (in some cases substantially) of the 4th
Night Free hotel benefit.
It takes just $ 450 in spend
for a standard Red member of the
Club Carlson program to earn a
free night at a Category 1 hotel (9,000
points per
night).
The rate I got was SG$ 355 (US$ 280) per room per
night, which wasn't cheap, but I didn't have enough Priority
Club points to shell out the 40,000 a
night needed
for a
free room (plus you don't get many of the Royal Ambassador benefits on award stays).
You can stuck up this benefit with 10k
Club Carlson
points for 3
nights currently or with BRG that offers first
night free.
I will pay $ 75 in annual fees
for first year and earn 100,000 Amex membership
points (can be transferred to other partners) and 85,000
Club Carlson
points which can be used up to nine
night stay at some properties and utilizing several promotions such as second
night free for stay of two
nights or more
for holders of
Club Carlson Premier Rewards Credit Card
I will end up spending around $ 37 on Paypal MyCash Card fees, but it's basically
free manufactured spending and I can redeem the
points for a
free night at a Category 2
Club Carlson hotel.
A couple of these trips to AAA office and you could spend a
night in some of these fancy hotels
for free after earning 50,000
Club Carlson
points.
Flying
Club members can exchange their miles
for Hilton HHonors
points, which can then be redeemed
for HHonors rewards such as
free hotel
nights, experimental rewards, premium merchandise and much much more.
Instead of spending $ 1,400
for a hotel room, you could apply
for the
Club Carlson Premier Rewards Visa and after manufacturing $ 43,000 in spending (at a cost of $ 344, if you can manufacture spending at.78 cents per dollar), you'd have 300,000
Club Carlson
points, enough
for a 7 -
night stay at the Radisson Martinique on Broadway (since as a cardholder your last
night is
free).
The prize is 50,000 IHG ® Rewards
Club Points which is sufficient
for a
free night stay in the majority of IHG ® Hotels in the world.
In addition to a large signup bonus when you hit the spending requirement, the
Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa Card awards you 40,000 bonus
points each year you renew and one
free night for every year you spend $ 10,000 or more on your card.
The
Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa Card provides an easy way to earn
points redeemable
for free nights in brands like Radisson and Park Plaza.
Fortunately we had
Club Carlson e-certificates
for 2
free nights and enough
points for a third
night, and we used Southwest Airline's Rapid Rewards
for Bob to fly
free and I am his
free companion.