If you travel often, though, you'll probably earn more than
enough free hotel stays to make the fee an acceptable cost.
Not exact matches
How does everyone else seem to get
enough miles and points to score
free hotel stays and flights?
Nik and I are off to Stratford upon Avon and I am lucky
enough to have a
free Spa day thanks to Nik's work, so while he's in a meeting all day I get to hang out in the
hotels spa and get myself pampered!
Attractive members who accumulate
enough frequent flyer points may redeem them for
free airline tickets and
hotel rooms, allowing them the opportunity to travel the world for
free.»
Earn 30,000 Bonus Points after your first use, redeemable for up to 4
free nights; plus receive 2
free night stay e-certificates upon account approval, that's
enough up to 6
free nights at a category 1
hotel
Starpoints ® Bonus: 10K with your first purchase and another 15K when you spend $ 5k within 6 months —
enough for up to 6
free nights at a Category 1 or 2
hotel
You could earn
enough points for 3
free nights at any Wyndham
hotel from 1 card after meeting minimum spending requirements!
If you don't charge
enough to your travel credit card, you won't earn
enough points to get all of your
hotel stays or plane tickets for
free.
Once you have
enough points, you can redeem them for
free flights or
hotel stays.
25,000 Starpoints is
enough to book 8
free hotel nights at a Category 1 hotel like the Aloft San Jose Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa in E
hotel nights at a Category 1
hotel like the Aloft San Jose Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa in E
hotel like the Aloft San Jose
Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa in E
Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids
Hotel & Spa in E
Hotel & Spa in Egypt.
You can start off with a bonus 40,000 Hilton HHonors points after you spend $ 1,000 within 4 months of opening your account (that's already
enough for a
free night at a participating
hotel!).
If you travel
enough for business that you've developed an affinity for a particular
hotel chain, a
hotel co-branded credit card can offer an easy way to earn rewards for
free stays, as well as unlocking special branded perks and benefits like
free room upgrades or elite status.
This earned their family a
free 4 - night stay at this convenient Howard Johnson, with
enough points left over to stay at another local
hotel over the weekend.
You get almost
enough points for two nights at any Club Carlson
hotel in the world, as well as
free Gold status.
That's
enough points to book a
free room at a Category 1
hotel.
At the lower tier
hotels, the difference between the loyalty programs remains smaller: a Starwood elite with the co-branded credit card would need to spend $ 2000 to earn a
free night at a Category 4 Starwood property, while a Hilton Gold elite with the
free American Express card would need to spend $ 1622 in order to earn
enough points for a
free Category 4 Hilton night.
For myself, as a proponent of accommodation hacks such as how to get
free accommodation around the world (I did write a book on it after all), I found the accommodation section a bit too focused on
hotels, with not
enough information on the alternatives — which I would have considered to be important travel hacks.
Even if you don't spend much money in Marriot
hotels, you may still use your card for regular purchases until you have earned
enough money to enjoy a
free night's stay in a Marriot.
25,000 Starpoints is
enough to book 8
free hotel nights at a Category 1 hotel like the Aloft San Jose Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa in E
hotel nights at a Category 1
hotel like the Aloft San Jose Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa in E
hotel like the Aloft San Jose
Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa in E
Hotel in Costa Rica or Le Meridien Pyramids
Hotel & Spa in E
Hotel & Spa in Egypt.
Some people think that if they don't fly or stay at a
hotel often
enough, they have no chance of earning
enough miles or points for
free travel.
Well, that's just about 3 nights at a Category 5 property (12,000 - 16,000 points per night) or
enough for 6
free nights in a Category 3
hotel (7,000 points a night and 5th night
free).
That's
enough for two
free nights at a Category 5
hotel in a lush resort destination like the Mediterranean.
The credit can also be helpful if you are using a carrier that you do not have
enough loyalty points with to score a
free ticket or
hotel stay!
12,000 Marriott Rewards points aren't even
enough for a one night stay at a Category 4 property so, with this promotion, I couldn't even earn
enough for a
free night at most basic airport Marriott
hotels let alone a night anywhere I may actually want to stay.
$ 3,000 spend on this credit card gives me 15,000 points,
enough for a one
free night at any category 2
hotel in Club Carlson Portfolio.
As if that wasn't bad
enough, the
hotel chain also recently made its «low cost guarantee» significantly worse by eliminating the
free night benefit.
The 50,000 Gold Points would be
enough points for a
free night at any Radisson or Radisson Blu
hotel.
That's
enough for a
free night award at any Category 6 property (there are only a small number of Category 7
hotels that cost 30,000 points per night).
So, by signing up for a single no - fee credit card like the Hilton Honors Card from American Express, you can get 80,000 points —
enough for two
free nights at one of these
hotels.
As an example, Marriott category 5
hotels normally go for 25K points per night and you get the 5th night
free if you redeem
enough points for at least 4 nights.
And because the points can be used as cashback for anything, not just for a specific airline or
hotel chain, this card is very flexible, making it interesting if your total annual spend is not high
enough to earn the large number of points you need for
free hotel nights or flights!
On your next
hotel stay, you can accumulate
enough miles for the trip of a lifetime or earn the 110,000 points required to qualify for the Southwest Companion Pass, which lets one person fly for
free on Southwest with you for up to two years.
Your yearly
free night at a Category 1 - 4
hotel with no foreign transaction fees may be
enough to make up for the $ 75 all by itself!
Nowadays even all
hotels and resorts in Puri are providing playroom and parks to engage kids and giving
enough free time to parents.
The promotion is very simple, stay at any Choice Privilege
hotel on a paid rate twice and earn
enough points for a
free night at over 1500
hotels worldwide.
A
free night at one of Starwood's better
hotels (SPG Cat 6) will set you back at least 20,000 Starpoints so, assuming you didn't stay at one of the «popular destination»
hotels, a base level member would need to spend $ 5,000 at Starwood properties before he / she earned
enough Starpoints for a
free night.
This would leave Joanna 7,000 points short of an award night at a top IHG
hotel (bad news) but would be
enough to boost her existing IHG rewards balance high
enough to give her another
free night (excellent news)....
Purchasing 20,000 Starpoints is
enough for a couple
free nights depending on the
hotel — particularly if you find some good cash and points award availability.
There are loads of all - inclusive
hotels located along this beach and if you're lucky
enough to be staying at one of them, you'll benefit from sun lounger and parasol hire, beach service and water sport rental all for
free.
Members can earn at least 65,000 points, more than
enough for a
free night at any IHG
hotel or a multitude of items from the IHG Rewards Club Catalog.
For
hotel stays, you are still be better off using a
hotel co-branded card and booking through your
hotel's website, since $ 6,667 spent on a co-branded card is
enough to earn 1 or more (in some cases many more)
free nights at any
hotel chain property except a Category 7 Starwood property, which would require $ 8,750 or $ 7,000 on the co-branded American Express, depending on your elite status.
It comes with a nice sign - up bonus of 20,000 Welcome Bonus Starpoints when you charge $ 1,500 in purchases to your card within first three months of card membership —
enough points for up to 5
Free Nights
Hotel at a Category 2 property!
Choice cardholders who spend at least $ 10,000 a year will earn 8,000 bonus points —
enough to purchase one
free night at more than 1,500
hotels.
And you've been kind
enough to send us your feedback over the last year, much of which reinforces that we are achieving our aim of creating interesting and exciting rail tours that combine the most scenic train journeys with conveniently located
hotels, inclusive excursions and
free time to explore, giving you the best of both worlds.
You can earn 15,000 points with two stays,
enough for one
free night at any of 8,000 Wyndham
Hotels worldwide — or up to 5 nights paid with points & cash!
You've got what you've got with this card —
enough points for one night at most IHG
hotels in the world and one
free nigth at any IHG
hotel worldwide annually.
That's
enough points for up to 5
Free Nights
Hotel at a Category 2 property!
Click here to read my other Travel Hacking post and learn how to get 20,000 Starpoints,
enough points to get up to 5
Free Nights
Hotel!
In addition, we are lucky
enough to have an arrangement with the Best Western
Hotel here Tamarindo, where only guests from our hostel can enjoy their pool with swim up bar, specials for happy hour, discounts on food and one of the best places in town to view our amazing sunsets, not to mention,
free entrance to the Crazy Monkey party on Friday nights!
These one - time bonuses, typically consisting of tens of thousands of points or miles, can often be
enough for a
free flight or
hotel stay in and of themselves.