The high -
end luxury hotel chains are rather reluctant to the idea of a loyalty program, with only very few of them offering one.
Not exact matches
The benefit here is that you can use your points to book a room with any
hotel chain of your choosing, from high -
end luxury hotels to cheap roadside motels, and you'll usually get more value per point than just one cent.
Popular
chains often have different
hotel tiers that range from economy, upscale to
luxury or high -
end in various cities across the globe.
Like other major
hotel chains, the amount of points needed for a free night can vary greatly from budget
hotels off the highway in the middle of nowhere to high -
end luxury properties in some of the most glamorous cities in the world.
These mainstream
hotels include reliable mid-priced to upscale
chains like Sheraton, Marriott, and Hilton as well as some higher -
end brands, such as Ritz - Carlton and Inter-Continental, and some
luxury independent
hotels - notably the Condado Vanderbilt
Hotel and the
Hotel El Convento.
Built to resemble a palm tree, the island
chain is home to
luxury villas and high -
end hotels situated on the Persian Gulf's calm coastal waters.
To stretch my available points as far as possible, I almost always (i.e. unless I'm going to a beach resort where the
hotel itself is part of the destination)
end up staying in the lower and mid-tier brands within each
chain much more often than the
luxury properties.
The benefit here is that you can use your points to book a room with any
hotel chain of your choosing, from high -
end luxury hotels to cheap roadside motels, and you'll usually get more value per point than just one cent.
There are accommodations to fit every mood, whether you prefer a quaint bed and breakfast, a high -
end luxury hotel, or something familiar from a national
hotel chain.