Generally,
your hotel points tend not to expire so long as your card account demonstrates qualifying activity within a certain threshold.
Not exact matches
I
tend to prefer the credit cards that earn airmiles or money that can be used to pay for your travel related expenses but there's absolutely nothing wrong with ALSO earning
points that can turn into free nights at popular
hotels.
Like many of the other top
hotel cards, Hyatt
points tend to be a little more valuable per
point than airline or generic awards.
But there's tons of deals online for amazing
hotels with
points and I don't mind staying in very low budget accommodations, so that's where I
tend to go more for flights.
I find that if I book an amazing
hotel in a big city, I
tend to want to stay at that
hotel to enjoy it (and get the most for my
points), just as happened to me at the Park Hyatt Tokyo a while back.
As a Marriott Platinum elite I'm keen on having my status recognised when I stay at their
hotels (premium broadband, free breakfast, the occasional upgrade etc...) and I like to earn Marriott Rewards
points towards future stays so I
tend not to book through the online travel agents (OTAs) like Expedia, Orbitz and
Hotels.com.
The per -
point monetary value on all SPG Moments packages
tend to be a bit lower than Starwood
hotel redemptions, but some of the available events sound so fun and unique that you might still want to consider spending some of your Starpoints on them.
And with good reason, as these
points tend to give you the most options for redeeming with various airline and
hotel partners, which protects you from sudden devaluations in any one program.
True
hotels in Rocky
Point, Mexico, do exist but
tend to be smaller affairs.
Choice Privilege
points tend to me my favorite
hotel currency when traveling Europe as the Hotel brand in Europe tends to offer better ran and nicer hotels than their North America counter
hotel currency when traveling Europe as the
Hotel brand in Europe tends to offer better ran and nicer hotels than their North America counter
Hotel brand in Europe
tends to offer better ran and nicer
hotels than their North America counterpart.
Stays at ski resorts are some of my favorite ways to use
hotel points since room rates
tend to be very high.
I was looking at
hotels for my upcoming stay in chennai, India, where you normally
tend to get good value for your
points including Marriott and Hilton, IHG
point redemption turned out to be the worst.
These programs not only help boost customer retention, but as guests earn more loyalty
points, they also
tend to spend more with that particular
hotel brand.
On the other hand, frequent flyers and
hotel jockeys will often appreciate a good travel rewards card, and those who want the best of both worlds
tend to prefer a flexible
points credit card.
Cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve, the Citi Thank You Card, and the Starwood American Express
tend to be good all purpose cards that earn miles and
points that can be used flexibly among a variety of airline and
hotel partners.
I suspect that «heavy spenders»
tend to consolidate all of their traveling spending with a single airline,
hotel chain, etc. to maximize
points, and thus, actually use multiple cards that are affiliated with those companies (and work related travel expenses make you a heavy spender).
Basically know that we
tend to favor earning miles rather than
hotel points when it comes to earning via credit card spends.
While some people might not like the fact that low level Wyndham properties require the same number of
points as top - tier resorts, it actually makes sense: Top - tier
hotels generally offer the best redemption value anyway, while low - level
hotels tend to have cheap paid rates and are thus better suited for Arrival Mile redemptions.
Using SPG
points to book either of these
hotels can be a very good value, especially during peak times and holidays when rooms
tend to be more expensive.
I mainly use Chase Ultimate Rewards because I like flexible
points that can be transferred to airlines for miles or
hotels for
points, but I have found that airlines
tend to have a lot more stores.
In some cases, you might be able to transfer
hotel points to airline programs and other uses, but the transfer ratios are typically so poor that that option
tends not to be a wise use.
Travel providers such as
hotels and airlines continually adjust their loyalty programs, and they
tend to move toward requiring more
points than in the past, not fewer.
Like many of the other top
hotel cards, Hyatt
points tend to be a little more valuable per
point than airline or generic awards.
Well I
tend to get a group of BP «ers together for a gathering at the
hotel bar at some
point during the conference.