Applies only to 4 or more consecutive nights within the same Reward
Night point redemption room stay at the same property.
With this benefit, eligible members will be charged the Reward
Night point redemption rate for the first 3 nights, and 0 points for the 4th night of the stay, as applicable.
Not exact matches
Out of these, four allow you to collect airline miles, which you can redeem for airfare and other airline rewards, three are cobranded hotel cards that offer hotel
nights in exchange for your
points and 21 are general rewards cards that offer a wide variety of
redemption options.
You will get a bonus of 10 % on United MileagePlus
redemptions, so 200,000 Marriott
points would get you 7 free
nights & 55,000 United MileagePlus miles.
Additional benefits include a free
night's stay after each account anniversary year, platinum elite status, and automatic 10 %
points rebate on
redemptions.
Tip # 3: If using your
points for free
nights, try to maximize your
redemptions by using the 5th
Night Free option.
Category 1 Club Carlson properties start at just 9,000
points per
night, but
redemptions surge to 70,000
points per
night for their highest end hotels.
However, these free
night awards are restricted to Starwood and Marriott stays with
redemption rates of 50,000
points or less.
However, the 10,000
point difference in maximum free
night redemption level — at 35,000 for the Marriott Rewards ® Premier Plus Credit Card and 25,000 for the Marriott Rewards ® Premier Credit Card — is worth an estimated $ 80.
The main reward for accruing Starpoints ® is to receive free
nights at one of the mentioned hotels through
redemption of a certain sum of
points; however, Starpoints ® can be redeemed for SPG ® flights with over 150 airlines.
Point redemption starts at 10,000
points per
night for a Category 1 hotel and up to 60,000
points per
night for a Category 11 hotel.
It's important to note that many hotels will be recategorized to fit within this new category scale and there will be no blackout dates for
points redemptions, meaning you can claim a free
night any day of the year including holidays.
One benefit of your new Marriott Rewards Premier Plus account is an Anniversary Free
Night Award e-certificate every year after your account anniversary, valid for a one night hotel stay at a property with a redemption level at or under 35,000 points, instead of the category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000 points you received on your Marriott Rewards acc
Night Award e-certificate every year after your account anniversary, valid for a one
night hotel stay at a property with a redemption level at or under 35,000 points, instead of the category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000 points you received on your Marriott Rewards acc
night hotel stay at a property with a
redemption level at or under 35,000
points, instead of the category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000
points you received on your Marriott Rewards account.
Hotel
Redemption Recap: Transferring your UR
points to the Hyatt Gold Passport is a great value when you're redeeming them for free
nights.
While there are a number of
redemption options for Choice Privileges
points including gift certificates and transfers to airline mileage programs, the best use of your
points is to book free
nights at hotels.
Wyndham Rewards — Last month, Wyndham announced a complete overhaul of its Rewards program, including a new flat
redemption rate of 15,000
points per
night across all properties, with no blackout dates.
Park Hyatt Maldives is only 25K
points per
night for example (cash rate can be around $ 1K per
night), or Hyatt Regency Kathmandu (my recent
redemption) is 5K
points per
night (cash rate for the
night I booked was $ 150 + tax)
The resorts included normally start at a 40,000
point redemption per
night and goes up to 90,000.
Hopefully, this article has shown you the specific ways to accrue Ritz - Carlton Rewards
points to redeem for free
nights and other terrific
redemptions.
Emily comes to us with a fantastic
points redemption that took her and her husband to Dubai and Abu Dhabi for 8 days, 7
nights!
Bonus
points combine with base
points for
redemptions like free award
nights.
PointSavers rates are available on select dates that knock 10,000
points per
night off
redemptions.
And finally, he succeeded in booking his final 2
nights at the mecca of
points redemptions: The Park Hyatt Sydney.
While I typically don't find Hilton award
nights to be good
points redemptions, this simple perk means Hilton properties are almost always at the top of my list when booking a cash stay or using a third - party rewards mechanism like Welcome Rewards to make a booking.
While I generally can't recommend Ritz - Carlton
redemptions for most travelers, PointSavers
nights at The Ritz - Carlton Orlando would cost just 30,000
points per
night, which would be a good value compared to many of the other premium hotels in Mickeytown.
I have waffled on this issue, but I have settled for now on the idea that most free
nights are used for aspirational travel — the kind you would never buy — and so the increased cost of
points redemptions is less important.
I like to use that card to book my hotel stays since I earn hotel
points and elite qualifying
nights by booking directly through the hotel chain, and can then redeem my Arrival miles for travel purchases at an equivalent of 1.11 cents each, with partial
redemptions allowed in increments of $ 25.
This is especially true of hotel
redemptions, where the number of
points needed can fluctuate depending on the time of year and how full the hotel happens to be on a given
night.
That's less than ideal, but since Marriott Rewards
points are seldom worth even a cent each on award
night redemptions, I don't consider it a great sacrifice given the potential upside of the experiment.
Silver members get a 15 % bonus on
points earned for your stay (not from your Hilton credit card), as well as some other perks like 5th
night free (on standard 5 -
night redemptions) and late check out.
It is possible to find higher
redemption rates for your
points, but in some cases (especially with lower cost flights or hotel
nights), the 1.5 cents per
point value can be better than redeeming for an award directly through the airline or hotel programs.
3
nights would cost 150,000 HHonors
points and I'd be saving $ 492 for those three
nights, a
redemption rate of just 0.32 cents each.
Finally, it's difficult to justify the 40,000 +
points per
night required to stay at most Ritz - Carlton properties, but if you're even thinking about using your
points at the Ritz, your level of spending may be high enough for
redemptions at that level to not scare you off.
There's a few hotels where
redemption amounts will change 5,000 - 10,000
points with some increasing, and others decreasing and there's also a new maximum now of 70,000
points per
night, up from the previous high of 60K.
The Hilton Grand Vacations Hotel, located near Planet Hollywood just behind the Strip, might be a better option for
redemptions at 35,000
points per
night.
My favorite hotel
redemption last year was the Andaz Costa Rica at a cost of just 15,000 Hyatt
points per
night.
FREE
NIGHT REDEMPTION: Marriott Rewards points needed for a standard reward free night range from 7,500 points for Category 1 hotels to 45,000 points for Category 9 ho
NIGHT REDEMPTION: Marriott Rewards
points needed for a standard reward free
night range from 7,500 points for Category 1 hotels to 45,000 points for Category 9 ho
night range from 7,500
points for Category 1 hotels to 45,000
points for Category 9 hotels.
The best value for your IHG
redemptions is if you can redeem your IHG
points for 5,000
points a
night Point Breaks deals.
You will get a bonus of 10 % on United MileagePlus
redemptions, so 200,000 Marriott
points would get you 7 free
nights & 55,000 United MileagePlus miles.
Out of these, four allow you to collect airline miles, which you can redeem for airfare and other airline rewards, three are cobranded hotel cards that offer hotel
nights in exchange for your
points and 21 are general rewards cards that offer a wide variety of
redemption options.
Reading this chart is simple: if you're redeeming 70,000 Gold
Points for one
night at a Category 7 Club Carlson property, your imputed
redemption value is $ 308, since that's the value of the Barclaycard Arrival miles you could have earned with the same $ 14,000 in manufactured spend.
As a category six location, this property is among Hyatt's finest, but
redemptions are possible for just 22,000
points per
night, an exceptional value when compared with the top end of most hotel programs.
You'll earn
points for charges to your room such as food, drinks, laundry, and in - room movies, even if staying on a rewards
night redemption!
Recent changes to the program include the ability to count
redemption nights toward elite status qualification and new welcome gifts (
points or food and beverage items) at most hotels in the U.S. for top tier members.
However, if standard rooms open up for five consecutive
nights at the Hilton, I'll cancel the first or last Club Carlson
redemption and rebook using 200,000 HHonors
points instead, saving the Gold Points for anothe
points instead, saving the Gold
Points for anothe
Points for another day.
Point density takes into account 2 variables: your elite status with the chain in question (and use of a co-branded credit card, if applicable) and the desired hotel category you aim to redeem your
points in, and generates a single number: the number of dollars you need to spend to generate that award
night redemption.
At just 16,000
points per
night and an average cash rate of $ 385, the Sheraton Waikiki offers a good
redemption value during Cynthia's stay.
Short recap: free
night stays (with possible restrictions), so does Platinum status, annual fee will be $ 89, no 10 % rebate on
points redemptions.
To see why, consider a
Points & Cash
redemption at a category 4 property, versus a a free
night at the same property.
IHG has a 2 - month rotating roster of hotels on the PointBreaks list, and if these hotels line up with your travel plans, they make for a fantastic
redemption at only 5,000
points per
night!