Not exact matches
The Fairmont Visa Signature credit card
rewards users with 1 complimentary
nights stay at one of their hotels,
for any cardmember year they
spend at least $ 12,000 - that's just an average of $ 1,000 per month.
If you use this card as your primary credit card to book Pay When You Stay hotel
nights / other published rates on Priceline.com, or pay
for the rest of your gas, groceries, and everyday
spending, you'll be losing out
rewards money (more below).
After
spending a minimum amount of money within a specified time period, you can receive a cash statement credit, loyalty points, or free hotel
nights at a
reward rate that is significantly higher than the normal
reward rate
for the same
spending amount.
Bonus
Rewards: Two free
nights after
spending $ 2,000 during first 3 months, 5,000 points
for adding authorized user
Bonus
Rewards: 3 free
nights for spending $ 5,000 during first 3 months, complimentary Gold Elite Status
for 1 year
The Starwood Preferred Guest ® Credit Card provides
rewards for spending an ample amount on hotels and
nights out of town which may not be the exact type of card meant
for an average consumer.
Our Chase Ultimate
Rewards have been used
for a hotel stay during a funeral; transferring points to Southwest
for flights; booking a 2 -
night stay in Death Valley; and we still have quite a few points left to use, while continuing to earn on daily
spending and through the shopping portal.
The Hilton Honors Ascend Card is also great
for big buyers, as you can earn a free Weekend
Night Reward when you
spend at least $ 15,000 on your card in a single calendar year.
It features a 3 %
rewards rate
for spending at Marriott locations as well an annual free
night on your account anniversary.
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.
Million Mile Secrets shared today that there is a new offer
for the Ritz - Carlton
Rewards Visa Signature card, including two free
nights at a Ritz - Carlton hotel (Tier 1 - 4) after
spending $ 3,000 in the first three months.
That's two free
nights to add to your other
rewards nights, but the second free
night requires a very steep level of
spend — approximately $ 5,000 per month — that is probably out of reach
for most cardholders.
Award availability at the Wyndham Viva all - inclusive properties isn't as consistently good as with Hyatt, but
spending a flat 15,000 Wyndham
Rewards points per
night for two people to enjoy themselves at an all - inclusive resort is a very solid deal.
That means you'll need to
spend $ 35K on the card
for one free
reward night.
In addition to a good earning rate on Hilton hotel stays and everyday
spending, the card grants automatic Hilton Honors Silver status, which qualifies you
for a free fifth
night with every five -
night reward stay.
Because Hyatt points are almost always worth 2.0 to 3.0 cents each per
reward night, you can easily make the Hyatt Credit Card your primary
rewards card
for travel purchases to earn at least 2 points per $ 1
spent.
So, if you apply
for Marriott
Rewards Premier credit card, you could earn a minimum of 72,000 points (70,000 points from Signup bonus and 2,000 points from the
spend) and 1 free
night in a Cat 1 - 4 hotel.
For every $ 3,000 a cardholder spends on the Chase Marriott Visa card (anywhere) they get 1 night credit towards elite status in the Marriott Rewards program and, with Marriott having some of the toughest criteria for earning status, every night could cou
For every $ 3,000 a cardholder
spends on the Chase Marriott Visa card (anywhere) they get 1
night credit towards elite status in the Marriott
Rewards program and, with Marriott having some of the toughest criteria
for earning status, every night could cou
for earning status, every
night could count.
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.
In fact, Priority Club
Rewards members now account
for one third of all
nights spent in IHG hotels every year.
When you apply
for the Ritz - Carlton
Rewards card, you'll earn two complimentary
nights at a Category 1 - 4 Ritz - Carlton property after completing minimum
spending requirements.
The Hilton Honors Ascend Card is also great
for big buyers, as you can earn a free Weekend
Night Reward when you
spend at least $ 15,000 on your card in a single calendar year.
U.S. Radisson
Rewards Visa cardholders can now earn up to 3 free award
nights upon renewal, on top of the points they already earn
for spend.
Added to that, the convenience of the nearby metro (direct access to the airport), the friendly staff, the good breakfast in the Executive Lounge and the fact that this property can be booked
for just 40,000 Marriott
Rewards points per
night (13,333 Starpoints) makes this a great place to
spend a few days.
For example, if you
spend two qualifying
nights at a Sheraton ®, the credits apply to your SPG account, not your
Rewards account.
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.
If you're not familiar, the sign - up bonus
for the Ritz - Carlton
Rewards Card normally offers two free
nights at a Tier 1 through 4 Ritz - Carlton property after you
spend $ 5,000 within the first three months of opening your account.
If I redeemed Ultimate
Rewards points
for the stay, I would not have to
spend any cash, but 27,000 points is a lot to shell out
for just one
night!
So if you've already
spent $ 8k on your Citi Reserve card
for your 2017 - 2018 «card year» January 30 — once you
spend $ 2K more, you will receive the email from Hilton Honors with your Citi Reserve weekend
night reward.
Keep in mind that digital downloads (starting at 100 points) count as «point redemption», so I don't even have to
spend for a
rewards night stay!
In my case, after
spending a lot more
nights with Accor Hotels and achieving Platinum in Accor's LeClub, my offer
for 2017 is great: A single
night stay in January paid with my IHG
Rewards Club MaterCard and a point redemption will net me 31,000 points, a value of $ 186!
On the
rewards side, consider how many points you'll need
for a free
night stay at a particular hotel, and how much
spending would be necessary to earn those points.
The weather let us down on the first two
nights we
spent in Iceland, but on our final
night we were
rewarded with the display we'd hoped
for.
That said, if you're the type of person with plans to travel to Manhattan or Anaheim, getting a U.S. Bank Radisson
Rewards card and
spending enough
for free
nights may be worth it in the future.
[+] There is a sign - up bonus of 80,000 points [+] You only have to
spend $ 3000 within the first three months to earn the
rewards [+] Add another authorized user to get an extra 7500 points if your user makes purchases [+] Get five points per dollar with Marriott properties [+] Get two points per dollar when you
spend money with certain airlines [+] Earn two points per dollar
spent in restaurants and at car rental agencies [+] Earn one point per dollar with most other purchases [+] Get a free
night's stay every anniversary at one of the category 1 - 5 locations [+] They do not add foreign transaction fees onto your account [+] They have over 4300 hotels in 81 different countries / territories [+] You may use your card and your point overseas in their hotels [+] You may sign up
for Silver Elite status [+] They allow you to transfer your points to participating airlines
Living the dream on card
rewards Those who don't know us very well may think we are living the high life, but the truth is that our $ 250 hotel room near the line of totality during the eclipse was booked
for 3,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points; our flight to Wyoming was 100 percent free on a private plane thanks to a crazy JetSmarter promotion
for those who could prove they had a million miles; our resort complete with water slides and a lazy river in San Antonio was booked using an annual credit card award
night when the room normally costs $ 300 - plus per
night; our amazing room at the Park Hyatt New York was booked using 30,000 Hyatt points per
night when the selling price was almost $ 1,000 per
night; and most of our other flights were booked via a collection of airline miles and credit card points that were primarily earned by leveraging our everyday
spending for major
rewards.
Using a Club Carlson Premier
Rewards Visa or Club Carlson Business
Rewards Visa, you'll need to
spend $ 1,800 to earn enough points
for a
night at a Category 1 property.
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.
I would only recommend this card
for the signup bonus of two free
nights and I would not put a dime of
spend over the $ 3,000 as the
rewards program is pretty awful.
Automatic silver status
for the Hilton Honors
rewards program, upgrade to Gold status when you
spend $ 20,000, 15 percent bonus on Honors base points, fifth
night free
for every hotel stay, complimentary Internet access, express checkout, late checkout, 500 bonus points when you reserve and pay with your Hilton Honors card, 2nd guest stays free, worldwide car rental insurance, lost baggage protection, travel and emergency assistance, purchase protection
The card does come with decent
spending rewards that are worth about 1.5 %, but what really sets this Citicard apart are the free hotel
nights new cardholders are eligible
for.
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.
The fact that I used my free
nights»
rewards from
spending with my Chase Hyatt Visa
for two days in the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome is irrelevant.
Until about 48 hours prior to departure, I was set on using my Korean Air award ticket — which I paid 62,500 Skypass miles
for by transferring from my Chase Ultimate
Rewards account at a 1:1 ratio — however, those flight times were pretty inconvenient and I would have had to
spend the
night in Seoul.
But, when you have points to
spend for a
reward night, you should consider these options first to maximize the value of your IHG points.
Like all Wyndham
Rewards hotels, members will earn a minimum 1,000 points or 10 points per dollar
spent, whichever is more, on every qualified stay and may redeem a free
night at any location
for just 15,000 points per room, per
night.
The IHG ®
Rewards Club Select credit card is designed
for frequent travelers who
spend nights at the hotel properties under the IHG umbrella.
Factor in the 10 points per $ 1 earned through the Club Carlson Premier
Rewards Visa Signature card and you're down to
spending just $ 2,333
for a top - tier Category 7 award
night.
It's a different question entirely to ask which hotel program is the most
rewarding for your
spending in terms of free
nights.
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).