This is especially the case if you have
any free night stay certificates as a lot of hotels will be moving up from Categories 4 and 5.
While the difference in points required for an increase of one category is not that big (a Marriott hotel moving a category is a difference of 5,000 points), this affects anyone holding
free night stay certificates that can be used at Category 1 - 4 hotels and Category 1 - 5 hotels.
Not exact matches
Promotions: Ritz - Carlton Rewards typically holds a promotion every quarter for bonuses such as bonus points or
free night certificates that reward frequent
stays.
Fairmont card: 12,000 Fairmont points (possibly more if you used it for Fairmont
stays at all) and a
free night certificate
Marriott travel packages allow you to exchange Marriott points for a combination of airline miles and
certificates for
free hotel
stays of up to seven
nights.
I'm referring to the new Category 1 - 7
free night certificate granted after you
stay 60
nights to earn Globalist status.
Promotions: Marriott Rewards typically has a promotion every quarter for bonuses such as bonus points or
free night certificates that reward frequent
stays.
But if you're the sort of person who would let the «anywhere in the world» IHG
free night certificate trick you into booking an expensive
stay at one of their properties, instead of one that's far cheaper using Hyatt, Club Carlson, or Hilton points, you may well decide you'd be better off
staying away.
We had booked an award
stay, using
free night certificates from our IHG Rewards MasterCard — a great use of the
free night during the very expensive New Years Eve!
If you used all three
certificates for this
night then you'd be netting around $ 2,700 in
free Ritz - Carlton
stays.
If you use the
certificate for a hotel
stay that would normally cost you more than $ 85 a
night, the
free night certificate makes up for the card's $ 85 annual fee.
I actually had 2
stays on the same weekend, with a Friday
night stay via a
free night certificate I earned last year to be used at any Club Carlson property in North America, as well as a Sunday / Monday
night stay using 50,000 Club Carlson points for 1
night and the «last
night free» bonus for holding a Club Carlson credit card.
If a member uses a complimentary
night certificate for a
free night during a multi-
night stay, the
nights for which the member has paid will be considered a qualifying
stay and will count toward the
stays required for a complimentary
night certificate if it otherwise meets the parameters of a qualifying
stay.
As a Hilton Honors Silver member, you get the 5th
night free on 5 +
night rewards
stays which is an indirect way to get a
free hotel
night certificate.
Club Carlson has launched its promotion for the summer and it's offering guests the opportunity to earn
certificates for
free Friday
night stays or 10,000 points depending on their preference.
The card also comes with complimentary Platinum status, but if you already have it, you'll get two
free suite upgrade
certificates (to be used on paid
stays) in addition to the
free nights.
Mostly that depends on how often you
stay at InterContinental Hotels but it would be fair to say that you can make up the cost of Ambassador membership with the
free night certificate.
Other Notable Features: Automatic upgrade to premier status, $ 50 dining
certificate, third
night is
free every hotel
stay,
free room upgrades, priority wait - list status, 1
night toward platinum elite status after spending $ 7,500 (up to 2 a year), no foreign - transaction fees, purchase protection, lost luggage insurance, baggage delay insurance, travel and emergency assistance services
Automatic upgrade to premier status, $ 50 dining
certificate, third
night is
free every hotel
stay,
free room upgrades, priority wait - list status, 1
night toward platinum elite status after spending $ 7,500 (up to 2 a year), no foreign - transaction fees, purchase protection, lost luggage insurance, baggage delay insurance, travel and emergency assistance services
If one
stays 25 times at a Marriott hotel, their maximum return on MegaBonus points would be a
free night certificate (valued 25,000 points at max) and 23,000 points.
Since Fairmont hotel rooms come at a premium, we estimate a very high value for this
free night certificate — up to 150,000 points, depending on where you book your
stay.
Stay at Best Western three times between now and April 14 and you'll get a
certificate for one
free night good for those price spring or summer peak season
stays later this year.
It never hurts to sign up just incase your next
stay is at one of these properties, and even though the Platinum status at Hyatt is only for 90 days, that may be long enough for you to apply for a Hyatt Visa credit card from Chase and get a few extra suite upgrade
certificates in addition to the usual two
free nights.
Promotions: Ritz - Carlton Rewards typically holds a promotion every quarter for bonuses such as bonus points or
free night certificates that reward frequent
stays.
We recently used Brad's
free -
night certificate to
stay at the JW Marriott at the Houston Galleria and with Brad's Gold Status, we received an upgrade, an amazing
free breakfast (worth $ 50),
free high - speed wifi, and late checkout.
The biggest drawback to the Marriott
free night certificate is that it can be difficult to find properties within the 1 - 5 category that you'd like to
stay at, especially in big cities.
If you don't want to hassle with points or
free night certificates then using cash back credit cards or travel statement credit cards is a great way to get a
free hotel
stay.
Thanks to my having booked a
stay for my mom a month or so ago, I actually have an odd number of
stays with Marriott during the current MegaBonus promotion, which means this paid
stay will trigger the payout of another
free night certificate.
I'm hoping that Chase does away with the two
free night certificates soon and returns with a big points sign - up bonus because then you can use those points to
stay at some of the Tier 5 properties.
A nice one is the sign - up bonus: You'll earn two weekend -
night certificates for
free hotel
stays if you make $ 2,500 in purchases within four months of opening your account.
While there are fewer restrictions with the Hyatt
free night certificates, there are far more Hilton properties, so you might have better odds of finding a property with availability that you really want to
stay at with Hilton.
The other major change was to my one
night stay in Abu Dhabi, where I originally planned on
staying at the Hyatt Capital Gate on a
free night certificate from my Hyatt credit card.
You can combine
free night certificates into one
stay (or connect your itineraries) so that you don't have to switch rooms, but you'll need to call in to make such arrangements.
These all - inclusive
stays were great redemptions with the
free night certificates because two kids could be included with your family.
I was
staying nearby, redeeming two Marriott
free night certificates, at the «Courtyard Orlando Lake Buena Vista in the Marriott Village» (I love — and am amused by — the super-long name of the property!).
Stay here and the value of two
free night certificates tally well over $ 2,000!
We used two
free night certificates for our
stay — the regular price was $ 350 during our
stay or 50,000 IHG Rewards Points.
That is to say, based on the actual distribution of hotels within Marriott's reward categories, can I consistently expect to redeem my
free night certificate at properties I actually want to
stay at?
On longer
stays, choosing to redeem your
free night certificates for «maximum value» costs an additional 10,000 points per
night, unless you're interested in moving between hotels during your
stay.
Many other hotel cards offer annual
free night certificates, but these usually come with a high spending requirement, or your
stay is limited to a lower category hotel.
I actually had 2
stays on the same weekend, with a Friday
night stay via a
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A reader sent a Facebook message suggesting that there could have been a recent change opening up the ability for a family all - inclusive
stay with the
free night certificates.
Just
stayed two
nights all
free with upgrade, breakfasts, wifi and dinner
certificate at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Canada — excellent room, service and food!
Each year, shortly after your cardmember anniversary, you'll receive a
certificate for a
free night stay at any category 1 - 4 Hyatt property.
I can personally confirm that the
free «card anniversary»
night certificate will
stay in your Marriott account even if you close the card down shortly after it is earned.
Existing Hyatt Platinum members get the 2
free nights plus 2 confirmed upgrade
certificates for paid
stays, and existing Hyatt Diamond members get their 2
free nights in a suite.
When looking for hotels for my
stay in Hong Kong, the Intercontinental Hong Kong came to mind quickly, especially because I had an IHG
free night certificate.
Last Fall the Club Carlson chain ran a promotion where you'd get a
free night certificate to any US, Canada, or Caribbean hotel with the
stay of one Radisson
night.
It was a great promotion as I know many people «
stayed» at a Radisson hotel just for the sake of getting this
free night certificate.