Sentences with phrase «marriott rewards points»

This translates to two bonus Starpoints for every dollar spent on a member's first SPG stays and ten bonus Marriott Rewards points per dollar spent on a member's first three Marriott or Ritz - Carlton stays (depending on which program the member is enrolled in), although stays at Residence Inns and Townplace Suites will only earn five bonus points per dollar spent.

A mid-tier Marriott would probably fall into Category 6 or 7 (30,000 — 35,000 Marriott Rewards points / night) so, using what I'd be prepared to pay for one of those hotels, I get a valuation of $ 0.0064 — $ 0.0083 per point.

The other thing I can do now that I have a valuation for Marriott Rewards points is decide how good their new «cash & points» offering is and if / when I should use it.

Members electing to earn miles (rather than Marriott Rewards points) are not eligible for this promotion.

Fulfil the following criteria and you qualify for 10,000 Marriott Rewards points and a Heathrow Express upgrade:

Relatively speaking I'm pretty close to locking in Marriott Lifetime Platinum status so, for the past year, I've been making an extra effort to earn the Marriott Rewards points I need to take me over the line before Marriott Rewards and Starwood SPG are merged (the night requirement for lifetime status is as good as in the bag).

The best value you're going to get is by exchanging your Marriott Rewards points for one of Marriott's travel packages.

The most expensive Marriott properties, like Grosvenor House on Park Lane in London, will set you back 45,000 Marriott Rewards points or, according to the new conversion ratio, 15,000 Starpoints... and that's an absolute bargain for SPG members.

Back in June Marriott launched a promotion whereby anyone booking a premium room at one of their London hotels (for a Saturday or Sunday night) would receive 10,000 Marriott Rewards points and a Heathrow Express upgrade.

If you have a Chase Freedom card this isn't an offer for you as you can earn 5 % on up to $ 1,500 of wholesale club purchases for the rest of 2016... and that's a lot better than 2 Marriott Rewards Points / dollar.

As with a number of other hotel programs, Marriott Rewards members can earn lifetime elite status by staying a certain number of nights at Marriott properties and earning a specific number of Marriott Rewards Points (both criteria have to be fulfilled).

Marriott has launched a new promotion, lasting 30 days, which offers a mixture of free Marriott Rewards points, vacation packages, savings on Marriott bedding, a holiday flash sale, savings on car rentals, a cyber weekend sale and more.

Someone with 100,000 Marriott Rewards points (which isn't that many) would value their balance at $ 1,000 using the first valuation method while I would only value it at $ 700 — that's 30 % less.

Tomorrow I'll take a look at the new cash & points offering but, for now, I'm going to explain how I value my Marriott Rewards points.

With 17 regular weeks, a wild card round, a divisional round, the conference championships and the Super Bowl I make that a total of 21,000 easy Marriott Rewards points on offer.

American Airlines has announced a very nice promotion whereby travelers can earn 20 % more miles when they convert their Marriott Rewards points to AAdvantage miles and it was while I was researching that promotion that I noticed something a little odd.

Had I paid for the room instead of using points, it would have cost me 929 EUR for each of the first 6 nights and 239 EUR for the last night totaling 5,822.10 EUR or $ 8,079.12 USD + the 120,000 Southwest points will be worth roughly $ 1,800 x 2 (since the Companion Pass doubles the value of the points) $ 3,600 = $ 11,679 in value from 360,000 Marriott Rewards points, bringing my cent per point to 3.2 cents each.

If you have a specific and more valuable redemption in mind (like Lufthansa first class) and don't have a need for a bunch of Marriott Rewards points, it could make sense to take advantage of this discount, especially the fourth and fifth options.

The final way to make the most of this partnership is to convert Marriott Rewards points to United MileagePlus miles.

Marriott Rewards points awarded through the use of the authorized user's card will only be credited to the Primary Cardmember's Marriott Rewards account.

TPG pegs United miles at 1.5 cents apiece in his most recent valuations, while Marriott Rewards points come in at just 0.7 cents apiece.

Remember that this match is only available to Premier Gold flyers and higher, though Premier Silvers can sign up to convert United miles to Marriott Rewards points at a 1:1 ratio.

In addition, all United elite members (including Premier Silver flyers) can convert up to 50,000 MileagePlus miles each calendar year to Marriott Rewards points at a 1:1 ratio.

I covered these options in depth back in November, but they allow you to redeem Marriott Rewards points for a seven - night (or five - night) hotel stay plus a set amount of points or miles in your chosen airline currency.

10 % more MileagePlus miles when you redeem Marriott Rewards points for a travel package (up to 12,000 bonus miles)

So, as I value Marriott Rewards Points at around $ 0.006 each, Marriott was offering me a $ 90 bonus to book 15 paid nights and then a $ 12 bonus for every night booked after that.

This means that a purchase of 15,000 Starpoints would net 45,000 Marriott Rewards points which is enough for a top - level Marriott redemption:

This means that you will be earning 120,000 Rapid Rewards Points by paying only 120,000 extra Marriott Rewards Points!

This is an excellent promotion from American Airlines and one that's well worth considering if you have a stash of Marriott Rewards points.

As the JW Marriott Singapore South Beach is a Marriott Rewards Category 8 property it cost 120,000 Marriott Rewards Points for 3 nights.

I don't know anyone who values Marriott Rewards Points at anything near that level — Personally I value them somewhere between 0.6 and 0.8 cents each.

15 Marriott Rewards Points per dollar from Marriott (10 base points + 50 % bonus for holding Platinum status)-- 4,410 points

Guests have the option to forego housekeeping on stays of two nights or more in exchange for a daily stash of Marriott Rewards points or a food and beverage credit.

If you're going to transfer less than 200,000 Marriott Rewards points to AAdvantage you're limited to transferring them in a straight points to miles swap at the following conversion rates (click to enlarge):

5 hotel anyway you would have essentially traded the other 120,000 Marriott Rewards Points (270,000 — 150,000) for 120,000 airline miles / Avios.

Marriott Rewards points may now be earned and redeemed at three...

Bookings at Courtyard properties only earn Marriott Rewards points on the cost of the room (excluding taxes) and not on any other charges made to the room.

For the first quarter of 2014 it's offering 35,000 Marriott Rewards points to some members after staying 20 nights, which is comparable to the 20,000 points Hyatt is offering during its Q1 promo.

Based on my valuations of Marriott Rewards points and AAdvantage miles you get the best value when you convert 270,000 Marriott Rewards points to a Marriott Category 1 - 5 Certificate and 144,000 AAdvantage miles (including 20 % bonus):

120,000 Marriott Rewards points is enough for a 5 night stay at a Category 6 property (of which there are lot!)

Marriott Lifetime status is based on a combination of the number of Marriott Rewards Points earned and the number of Elite Qualifying nights earned since a guest first joined the Marriott Rewards program:

But, using the travel package I discussed above, 270,000 Marriott Rewards points gets you 144,000 AAdvantage miles AND a hotel stay.

With the existing offer you may only get 70,000 Marriott Rewards points but take a look at the other details:

You'll need to have some Starpoints or Marriott Rewards points already in your account to make the most of this tactic

A Marriott Flight & Hotel package that offers 7 nights at a Marriott Category 1 — 5 property & 120,000 miles costs 270,000 Marriott Rewards points (per the chart above).

Any of those properties (and a lot more like them) would be a very god use of 120,000 Marriott Rewards points and the points would almost certainly be a lot easier to use at these properties than they would be if they were converted to airline miles.

I'm not for one moment trying to put anyone off from redeeming Marriott Rewards points for Flight & Hotel packages — what I am trying to do is to make sure that readers don't automatically assume they're always the best way to use points....

You can share Marriott Rewards points with another member by calling 801-468-4000.

The stand out property appears to the the Plaza in Seoul (a city I really want to visit) and at 35,000 Marriott Rewards Points per night looks like it may be a good value option for a future trip.

but you would also get 1 night free (courtesy of Marriott's 5th night free policy) so you end up with a total cost of 150,000 Marriott Rewards points for the booking.