Sentences with phrase «fewer points for an award»

Low fares equal fewer points for an award ticket.

Not exact matches

Keep an eye out for Marriott's promotional PointSavers opportunities, which allow you to book award stays for 33 % fewer points!

Note that entries are due a few days earlier than normal (first round selections are due Tuesday night, by midnight, eastern time) so that closing price information can be computed (which is used to award points for correct selections).

My wife, Deborah, and I were sitting at a table with Dr. Jonathan Wright and his wife, Holly, and we listened patiently to the talk of the Revolutionary War heroes — a few speakers bedecked in 18th - century military garb — knowing that at some point we would be presented with an award for «Excellence in Integrative Medicine.»

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron won't likely garner many Game of the Year awards since it just slightly misses the mark on a few key points, but what it does bring is some serious passion for a great property.

When you've finished the game, you can replay it on harder difficulties and hunt down hidden golden gun pieces, play through an arcade mode (where points are awarded for kills) or play a few rounds of multiplayer.

Jason from MNPP here with this week's «Beauty vs Beast» contest - we've been more or less working our way through the year's big awards contenders over the past few weeks, with a Three Billboards here and a Phantom Thread there, and knowing what you know about my oft - expressed personal... predilections... you'd be forgiven for expecting a proper Call Me By Your Name showdown at some point.

As the Lexus RC has yet to be officially crash tested by the NHTSA, we can't say for certain how safe the car is, though it's worth pointing out that the Lexus IS and GS sedans (which share a lot of mechanical components with the RC) were each awarded a five - star safety rating Despite the good equipment levels, there are quite a few optional extras you can choose from.

There's nothing wrong with that conservative approach and we've awarded the Sierra a few points accordingly — one for the slick 8 - speed automatic on higher trims and another for the strong V - 8s.

Fewer points are also awarded for each individual 1 and 5.

Alas, so few editors at English - language publishers can speak another language, and they rely either on external readers (often newer translators) or, most commonly, on a pitch, which includes a synopsis, sample chapters in translation, and any other selling points (awards, sales history, institutional supports for the translation and / or printing costs, etc.) that can help convince them.

This award can only be redeemed for stays with a redemption rate of 35,000 points or fewer.

You may even pay fewer points for short - haul domestic flights than you would booking an award ticket.

Category 1 properties are often available for as few as 7,500 points, which means your bonus can be enough points for at least 10 award nights at a Marriott Hotel.

So for expensive award flights or hotel stays, you'll often spend fewer miles or points by transferring other flexible points to travel partners.

Thousands of hotels allow you to book Standard Room awards for fewer points depending on when you visit.

Tip # 1: Redeem for awards that require the fewest points (the minimum amount to redeem is 5,000).

Now, a few IHG hotels have an option to reduce the cost of an award stay by 15,000 IHG points for $ 90.

The judges said that the competition for the 2011 Awards was very close, with some category winners being decided by just a few points.

When this Association was» formed in 1924 there were few Springers in the United States and no field trials for the breed, Since that time, under the wise and benevolent leadership of the Parent Association there are now many thousands of Springers used as gun dogs each autumn and there were in 1946 some twenty» two trials herd for the breed where championship points were awarded, Thus the Springer Spaniel, youngest of all gun dog breeds in this country, has made rapid strides and established itself as a leading contender for the title of all around gun dog, under the leadership of the Parent Association, This first National Field Trial meeting for English Springer Spaniels is ~ a sincere attempt to establish by equitable and sporting means the National Chaffi..

Redeem round - trip flights with reduced mileage awards for 7,500 fewer miles and save your points for other awards.

If if you need a few more points for an award booking or need account activity to keep your points from expiring, taking a survey for points might make sense.

If you earn a few more Ultimate Rewards points, you could even book a one - way business class award ticket for 62,500 Flying Blue miles.

If you planned to stay on a Hyatt Award in the next few months, this is a fantastic deal that allows you to save points for doing nothing.

Thousands of hotels allow you to book Standard Room awards for fewer points depending on when you visit.

It does correlate the award price with the cash selling price, but Southwest has recently been running sales for Thanksgiving week, and when you book an award with Southwest points you can always cancel without penalty or reprice the award for fewer points if the price drops.

Category 1 properties are often available for as few as 7,500 points, which means your bonus can be enough points for at least 10 award nights at a Marriott Hotel.

To be fair, I should point out that most other airline programs offer domestic award roundtrips for as few as 25,000 miles — but it's getting increasingly difficult to find awards at that level.

If you only need a few more thousand points (to add to your existing Hilton Honors points balance) for an award you've been thinking about, then paying a little more for the points than you would otherwise be happy to pay would also be ok....

They are worth 1.5 cents each when redeemed on the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal for travel rewards and they can be transferred on a 1:1 basis to the major airlines & hotels that might offer award travel for fewer points than Chase can.

And if cash prices are low, you may spend fewer points than you would for the same flight or hotel room if you transferred your Ultimate Rewards points to book an award!

Our Seasonal Award allows you to experience more of the world for fewer points over select dates.

As of 30 March 2016, 24 Hilton properties will cost more HHonors points for an award night while 14 properties will require fewer points — this is a comparatively tame set of changes.

If you need to look in a higher redemption class, see if you can get an award ticket for the same or fewer points by moving up a class of service.

For example, some carriers release much more award space during the last few weeks or days before departure, and it won't be possible to cancel for free at that poiFor example, some carriers release much more award space during the last few weeks or days before departure, and it won't be possible to cancel for free at that poifor free at that point.

Cash & points awards come with a few more benefits than regular awards do and that's what is so enticing for a lot of people:

I stayed at the Grosvenor House Hotel a few years ago and enjoyed its location near the Dubai Marina so, now that award nights can be booked there for as little as 12,000 points per night, I can definitely see myself returning — that»; s pretty good value... especially if you have SPG Platinum status.

In the next few days I'll make sure I write a post on the best ways to pay for awards on Virgin Australia and which points / miles to collect to ensure you get the best value.

When you transfer Starwood points to Singapore Airlines, you can book certain award flights on United Airlines for fewer miles!

This is fewer points than you often pay for similar award nights with other programs.

This is my guess as to what is going on: There is one (or a few) Park King rooms that they set a side for award nights or for points booking.

Especially with flights you have to wait a few days for points to post your award may be gone.

That's because British Airways uses a distance - based award chart so you will spend fewer points for those flights than if using miles from the airlines themselves.

As long as you fly in more or less a straight line and don't mix carriers, Avios is often a great bargain for domestic U.S. trips, and I've helped a couple people find award space for their points in the last few months.

• Be flexible about your travel dates and times • Book flights for late night or mid-morning, as they may be available for fewer points • Try to book your Award Flight as far in advance as possible • Consider booking a trip during the off - peak season • Try leaving early for a trip, or returning later, or consider flying on the actual day of the holiday, since most people like to overnight on big holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas

These are hard - core travel geeks who have memorized airline award charts and flight routes, and instinctively know how to redeem the fewest points for the best flights.

As you approach having enough points for an award, the marginal value of a few more points goes up substantially — since those extra points are what make the award possible.

It's tempting to work on stockpiling frequent flyer miles and points the way you would save for a child's college education or retirement, but unfortunately frequent flyer miles in particular are subject to devaluations, sometimes massive ones and sometimes unannounced (for example the United Award Chart Devaluation earlier this year, the elimination of AAdvantage Explorer Awards with no notice a few months ago; the numerous Aeroplan devaluations; no award chart provided in advance of the British Airways Executive Club Avios devaluation, eAward Chart Devaluation earlier this year, the elimination of AAdvantage Explorer Awards with no notice a few months ago; the numerous Aeroplan devaluations; no award chart provided in advance of the British Airways Executive Club Avios devaluation, eaward chart provided in advance of the British Airways Executive Club Avios devaluation, etc..)

This is the fewest points required for an award flight that I can recall.

In practice these are fairly blunt tools that tell me «1 cent a point for American miles is a really good deal» but that I'm not going to spend 2 cents unless there's a very specific scenario — like a few points at the margin to top off an account for an award I've put on hold — where it makes sense (and in that scenario, my valuation of each point is higher since they're helping me to save with a real redemption).