With other hotel rewards programs, 20,000 points might only get you a free night along a busy interstate.
Not exact matches
Major car - rental companies,
hotels, airlines and
others have ended
rewards and promotional
programs with the NRA in recent months.
While the United miles you earn can only be used to book flights
with United and
other Star Alliance members, Chase Ultimate
Rewards Points (earned
with the Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card) can be transferred to 11 partnered
programs, including both
hotel and airline brands.
While the United miles you earn can only be used to book flights
with United and
other Star Alliance members, Chase Ultimate
Rewards Points (earned
with the Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card) can be transferred to 11 partnered
programs, including both
hotel and airline brands.
Rapid
Rewards — and
other airline loyalty
programs — also allow members to earn points when booking rental cars and
hotel rooms
with their partners and by making purchases from retail partners on their online shopping malls.»
In addition, Ritz Carlton points can only be used
with Ritz Carlton and Marriott, while Ultimate
Rewards points can be transferred to both Ritz Carlton and Marriott plus 9
other airline and
hotel programs.
Eligible travel purchases include all travel purchases made
with your Membership
Rewards program - enrolled American Express ® Card on amextravel.com, including air, prepaid
hotels, vacation packages (flight +
hotel packages) or cruise reservations, minus returns and
other credits.
This puts Best Western
Rewards more in line
with what
other major
hotel loyalty
programs are offering their guests.
As I'm not a member of the ThankYou
rewards program, I was unable to run price comparisons in the
program to see if the rates quoted for flights and
hotels via ThankYou are competitive
with rates found on
other travel sites.
MileagePlus has partnered
with numerous
hotel rewards programs covering hundreds of
other hotels and resorts around the world.
Some include elite status
with car rental agencies and
hotels, while
others offer special perks at certain
hotels and discounts for travel purchased through their
rewards program.
Of course, if it is a straight discount you are after, you might as well go
with the
program of a booking portal, like hotels.com WelcomeRewards, which offers you a straight 10 % discount — more than most
other hotel rewards programs, without any need to restrict yourself to a specific chain!
As someone who values
hotel elite status, I often have to book directly
with the
hotel and lose out on many cash back portals or
other generic loyalty
programs like Expedia
Rewards.
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).
To match your status
with Hilton HHonors Silver, Gold or Diamond status, you must provide your Hilton HHonors account number and proof of current tier status
with Starwood Preferred Guest, Marriott
Rewards, IHG
Rewards Club, Hyatt Gold Passport, Choice Privileges, or
other hotel loyalty
program by June...
«You can't earn a free night as fast through any
other program as you can
with Stash
Hotel Rewards and the Stash
Hotel Rewards Visa.»
Many
rewards programs do not allow pooling points
with other members, but some do, and this is when opening two of the same credit card is beneficial to a couple, especially co-branded
hotel cards.
Like all
other airlines
with a
reward program, air berlin is no different
with hotels, credit cards, car rentals and
other partners for you to earn even more miles.
IHG
Rewards (the loyalty
program for, amongst
others, InterContinental, Indigo
Hotels and Holiday Inn) has announced details of its latest point sale in which it is offering points
with a bonus of up to 100 %.
Similar to
other hotel rewards programs, Wyndham offers two credit cards, allowing you to earn points
with daily purchases as well as sign - up bonuses as high as 45,000 points!
Even if you usually stay at more upscale
hotels, Wyndham
Rewards is a great back - up
program, providing you
with a room in places where the
other chains might not be represented or are just above your budget!
Your best value
with No Hassle
Rewards will be for flights,
hotels and
other travel expenses that you would never be able to get for free through another
program, like non-chain
hotels you got for a great deal on
hotels.com, or flights
with a regional airline overseas that don't partner
with any major carriers and probably wouldn't be worth the miles even if they did.
Though Barclays partners
with quite a few
hotel, airline and
other reward programs for co-branded cards, its Barclaycard Arrival
reward program, one of the newest on the travel
reward scene, has made a name for itself fast even though it doesn't actually have any travel transfer partners.
But when paired
with Chase's Ultimate
Rewards program, which offers instantaneous point transfers to a host of airlines,
hotels and
other transportation partners, and a 20 percent discount on travel booked directly through the Chase portal, this card is hard to beat.
It's really all in the name
with its
rewards program that grants 2X Starpoints ® at SPG ® & Marriott Rewards ® hotels (1X for other purc
rewards program that grants 2X Starpoints ® at SPG ® & Marriott
Rewards ® hotels (1X for other purc
Rewards ®
hotels (1X for
other purchases).
The Citi Prestige ® Card Thank You ® points
program gives cardholders the chance to earn 3x points on air travel and
hotels, 2x points on dining at restaurants and entertainment and 1 ThankYou ® Point per $ 1 spent on
other purchases, so
rewards earning potential is likely better
with the Citi Prestige ® Card.