I see lots of benefits to hotel cards, with outright free status and
annual free night awards.
Unsurprisingly, affiliate bloggers tend to resolve that problem in the following way: not only should you apply for IHG's co-branded credit card, you should also convince your significant other to apply for the card, so you can take advantage of the cards» overlapping
annual free night awards to book up to 4 consecutive free nights (Frequent Miler ably demonstrates this sleight of hand here).
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.
Not exact matches
The
annual fee has inceased by $ 20 (from $ 75 to $ 95), but the card now features new benefits, like a
free weekend
night award after your first anniversary of Card Membership.
Charging an
annual fee allows companies to
award additional perks like a $ 100 travel credit to reimburse checked baggage expenses, airport lounge access, or one
free hotel
night each year.
Please note that completing this product change may result in a change to the month you receive your
annual Marriott
Free Night Award e-certificate.
The
annual fee has inceased by $ 20 (from $ 75 to $ 95), but the card now features new benefits, like a
free weekend
night award after your first anniversary... Read More
To qualify for the Hyatt Credit Card Anniversary
Free Night Award you need to keep tehj card past teh first year and pay another
annual fee of $ 75.
On an
annual basis, the Club Carlson card gives you 40,000 bonus points (which could be redeemed for multiple
free nights), while the Marriott card only
awards one
free night each year.
The card comes with a $ 75
annual fee but I got it back in the glory days when it came with one of the single best credit card perks of the time — a
free award night when you redeem points for two or more
award nights (up to 50 bonus
nights per year).
It used to be only
free night awards were online, while Points + Cash and the
annual credit card
free night had to be booked by phone.
It gives you access to the top elite level and a
free award night at any hotel for a modest
annual fee.
Parallel to these changes, Chase is rolling out two new cards, including a Premium card that offers a
free night (with the same limitations), a 20 % discount on purchased points, a 4th -
night -
free award and 10 points per USD spent for an
annual fee of $ 89.
It also comes with a
free weekend
night award after your first anniversary, so you'll have to wait one year to receive it and pay the
annual fee two times.
This offer waives the
annual fee for the first year and also gives you 1
free night in a cat 1 - 4 hotel upon approval (You need 20,000 points for an
award night in a cat 4 hotel)
You'll receive the new
Free Night award upon renewal of your card after an
annual spend of $ 10,000.
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.
Other Chase cards you can apply for at the same time include the Chase British Airways (50K signup points, 1.25 Avios per dollar, and an
annual companion
award ticket if you spend $ 30K + in a year), and the Chase United Explorer (30K signup points plus another 5K points for adding a
free additional user, and it gives
free luggage,
free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, expanded saver and standard
award ticket availability, priority boarding, and more), the Chase Sapphire Preferred (40K signup points plus another 5K points for adding a
free additional user, no fee the first year,
free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, plus 2 - 2.14 points per dollar on travel and dining with no Foreign Exchange fees), the Chase Marriott (with 50K signup points plus a
free night upon signup and a
free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Freedom (which has no
annual fee, gives 5 points per dollar in rotating categories, and 10 % bonus points through 2015 if you have a Chase checking account), and the Chase Ink Cash (which also has no
annual fee and gives 5 points per dollar on telecom / office supplies and 2 points per dollar on dining and gas)
I have an older IHG card and received my
annual «Anniversary
Free Night»
award in January, 2018.
US Bank Club Carlson Premier Rewards Visa Signature: Convert — My plan is to hit renewal, earn the automatic 40,000 points then get the business version since it only has a $ 60
annual fee instead of $ 75 and carries another 85,000 bonus points as well as the last -
night free award benefit that means half - priced
awards on two -
night stays.