A great way to use Membership Rewards points: Overall a great way to get value out of points you've accrued is by taking advantage of the loyalty program transfer, which allows you to convert Membership Rewards into an airline or
hotels loyalty awards.
Not exact matches
Co-branded travel rewards cards are linked to a particular airline or
hotel brand, and you're
awarded loyalty points to redeem with that brand.
For most of the partners, cardholders can transfer a Membership Reward (MR) point at a 1:1 ratio to the ensuing frequent flyer or
hotel loyalty program to use in an
award booking or stay.
These programs also feature partnerships with airlines,
hotels and other travel brands permitting cardholders to transfer their points to be used in lieu of
loyalty awards.
Co-branded airline or
hotel cards will allow you to directly use your miles to redeem
award flights or stays through the
loyalty program connected to the card.
Cardholders who spend at least $ 40,000 on purchases on their Hilton Honors Ascend Card from American Express inside of one calendar year will be
awarded Diamond status — the highest
loyalty status with the
hotel.
For the most part, you'll be
awarded miles faster when making purchases with a participating credit card than with the airline or
hotel's
loyalty program directly.
The Starwood Preferred Guest program might be a
hotel loyalty program, but it offers much more than just
hotel award stays.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card is one of the few cards where you transfer your accumulated points to select
loyalty programs to help top off
awards bookings at the respective
hotel chain or airline.
Hilton has completely re-branded its
loyalty program, did away with
hotel categories and introduced dynamic
award pricing.
This will allow you to transfer your points into the respective Airline or
Hotel loyalty points and use them for
award bookings.
You're
awarded loyalty points with that card's
hotel brand.
In 2017, the Hilton Honors
loyalty program was reconfigured; it no longer uses
award charts like other major
hotel loyalty programs such as World of Hyatt and Marriott Rewards.
Don't forget that each airline and
hotel have partners that either allow you to book through the same
loyalty program or transfer points to other programs to book
awards as well.
If you spend at least $ 40,000 on purchases on your Hilton Honors Surpass ® Card inside of one calendar year, you will be
awarded Diamond status — the highest
loyalty status with the
hotel.
Hilton has completely re-branded its
loyalty program, did away with
hotel categories and introduced dynamic
award pricing.
The partnership will also boost exposure for Design
Hotels across Starwood's industry - leading distribution and
loyalty platforms, while further introducing Starwood
Hotels and its
award - winning SPG program to a new set of global travellers.
Expedia + does not utilize an
award chart like a traditional frequent flyer or
hotel loyalty program.
Others pointed out, as I have, that in some cases
award charts need to be inflated if points are earned and redeemed based on spend, a feature of most
hotel loyalty programs.
Following its acquisition of Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Marriott International Inc. has taken further steps to integrate its
award - winning
loyalty programs — Marriott Rewards, The Ritz - Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG).
Which
hotel loyalty program you choose depends partly on your travel budget, of course, but just to give you some idea of your fellow travelers» preferences, here's a look at the
hotel loyalty programs and credit cards frequent fliers ranked highest at the 2013 Freddie
Awards.
This tends to make
hotel loyalty programs more expensive than airline programs, which means
award redemptions often aren't as valuable.
Despite being a
hotel loyalty program, SPG has positioned itself as a major player in the world of
award flights.
The Starwood Preferred Guest
loyalty program has long been a favorite of many travelers thanks to the ability to redeem SPG Starpoints for
hotel award stays and transfer them to over 30 airline partners.
Unlike most
hotel loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest lets you earn elite status even when you pay for your stay with an
award.
To give the most trivial example of point density, here's the amount of money that has to be spent with each
hotel loyalty for a non-elite member using a third - party credit card to earn an
award night at a top - tier property in that program, notwithstanding any promotions:
If you're staying at non-chain
hotels, or
hotels where you don't collect that chain's
loyalty points, and you redeem your miles for high - value
awards, like intercontinental premium cabin
awards, you'll get more value by booking through PointsHound than through a traditional cashback portal.
The World of Hyatt
loyalty program allows members to book
award stays at Hyatt
hotels around the world.
Each airline and
hotel loyalty program has a different system in place for using your points and miles for
awards.
PHOENIX (December 5, 2017)-- Best Western
Hotels & Resorts»
award - winning
loyalty program — Best Western Rewards ® (BWR)-- is giving its rewards members a special gift this holiday season.
Nearly 30 million travelers are members of the brand's
award - winning
loyalty program Best Western Rewards ®, one of the few programs in which members earn points that never expire and can be redeemed at any Best Western
hotel worldwide.
Best Western's
loyalty program, Best Western Rewards has emerged as an
award - winning powerhouse among
hotel loyalty programs in recent years.
Our
Award Winning Best Western Rewards ® Program Discover why Best Western Rewards has been ranked as one of the top
hotel loyalty programs three years in a row.
Orion
Hotels in Southern Africa will join more than 4,100 hotels worldwide that participate in Best Western Rewards, one of the richest and truly international loyalty programs in the industry, offering the lowest redemption thresholds for awards and points that never e
Hotels in Southern Africa will join more than 4,100
hotels worldwide that participate in Best Western Rewards, one of the richest and truly international loyalty programs in the industry, offering the lowest redemption thresholds for awards and points that never e
hotels worldwide that participate in Best Western Rewards, one of the richest and truly international
loyalty programs in the industry, offering the lowest redemption thresholds for
awards and points that never expire.
The Best Western Rewards ® MasterCard ® Series is the next evolution of the
hotel brand's
award - winning Best Western Rewards
loyalty program, in which 25 million members earn points that never expire, redeemable at any Best Western
hotel worldwide.
Hampton by Hilton is part of Hilton Honors, the
award - winning guest
loyalty program for Hilton's 14 distinct
hotel brands.
Tru by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton Murfreesboro are part of Hilton Honors, the
award - winning guest -
loyalty program for Hilton's 14 distinct
hotel brands.
«We have won more than 1,800 TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence
awards, multiple
loyalty program
awards, and we have been named AAA
Hotel Partner of the year six times,» said Dorothy Dowling, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Best Western International.
12/21/2017 BW Makes Debut in Central Delhi by Opening Two Properties Best Western Plus Central and Best Western Pearl 12/18/2017 BW Named «Best Debut
Hotel Chain» at 2017 India Hospitality
Awards 12/11/2017 BW Outlines Vision For The Future At 11th Asian Members» Meeting 12/07/2017 BW Announces Jim Cosgrove as New Board Chairman 12/05/2017 BW Offers Holiday Bonus To Rewards Members 12/01/2017 BW Receives Gold Recommend Readers» Choice
Award For Best Value 11/30/2017 BW's Ron Pohl Wins Silver In Best In Biz
Awards 2017 11/28 / 2017 BW's Expansion Accelerates All Across Asia 11/09/2017 BW Lowers Free Nights To Only 10,000 Points This Fall And Winter 11/09/2017 BW Cites Increased Guest Satisfaction Scores From Mobile Guest Engagement Tool Pilot; Launches Across Full System 11/09/2017 BW Unveils Experiences By Best Western Rewards 11/09/2017 BW Introduces New Lines of Exclusive Bath Amenities 11/02/2017 BW Named AAA ® / CAA ® Lodging Partner For Ninth Consecutive Year 10/31/2017 BW SureStay
Hotel Group ® Eclipses 33 Properties Worldwide One Year After Launch 10/30/2017 BW Launches third soft brand, BW signature collectionSM by Best Western 10/26/2017 BW Breaks Ground on Dual - Branded Property in Austin, Texas 10/25/2017 BW Named Asia's Best Mid-Range
Hotel Chain Three Years in a Row 10/24/2017 BW Announces Arrival of BW Premier Collection ® in Mississippi 10/19/2017 BW Scores Top Ranked Breakfast by J.D. Power 10/09/2017 BW Issues
Loyalty Program «Throwdown» To Competing
Hotel Brands 09/29/2017 BW Named Asia's Best Mid-Range
Hotel Brand For Eleventh Time 09/18/2017 BW Invites Travelers To Fall Into Double Rewards Points 09/15/2017 BW Introduces Three New
Hotels In Georgia 09/05/2017 BW Ranked Number One In Business Travel News» 2017
Hotel Brand Survey 08/24/2017 BW Signs Stunning Seafront Resort On Phu Quoc Island 08/21/2017 BW Announces New BW Premier
Hotel In Heart Of The Southwest 08/10/2017 BW Adds Best Western Premier Detroit Southfield
Hotel To Growing Portfolio 08/08/2017 BW
Loyalty Program Receives Top Ranking From U.S. News & World Report ® 07/27/2017 BW Celebrates Groundbreaking of First GLō Property in Texas 07/17/2017 BW is Bringing BW Baggage Bucks Back 06/29/2017 Stratosphere and Aquarius
Hotels Join BW 06/21/2017 BW Achieves Record - Breaking Level of Guest Satisfaction 06/15/2017 BW
Hotels & Resorts Debuts in Bali's Cultural Heart 06/14/2017 Illinois Beach Resort Joins BW Soft Brand 06/01/2017 Best Western Premier Brand Continues Growth in North America 05/25/2017 Litchfield Inn Joins BW Premier Collection 05/22/2017 2017 Best Western Rewards ® Summer Promotion 05/18/2017 Co-Branded
Loyalty Program Study — Best Western 05/15/2017 BW Opens Upscale
Hotel in Malaysia 05/04/2017 Dorothy Dowling 2017 Silver Stevie ®
Award Winner 04/26/2017 BW Introduces BW Baggage Bucks 04/24/2017 BW Debuts First New - Construction Dual - Branded Property 04/24/2017 BW Unveils Cutting - Edge Upscale
Hotel in Batam 04/05/2017 BW Unveils New Upscale Collection in Japan 04/03/2017 BW Partners with HotelPlanner to Launch BWGroups ℠ RFP Tool 03/28/2017 Best Western Premier NYC Gateway Opens in North Bergen, New Jersey 03/15/2017 BW Premier Collection Arrives in Asia 03/06/2017 BW Targets Quality Growth Across Asia 03/06/2017 BW Premier Collection Eclipses 75
Hotels Worldwide 03/06/2017 BW Touts Substantial International Growth 02/21/2017 BW Adds Blake
Hotel New Orleans to the BW Premier Collection 02/13/2017 BW Springs into the Season with New Rewards 02/01/2017 BW Makes Waves with First
Hotel at Inle Lake 01/23/2017 BW Further Enhances
Award Winning
Loyalty Program 01/23/2017 BW's «White Label» Franchise to Surge in 2017 01/19 / 2017 BW Announces First Vīb
Hotel to Open in Turkey 01/16/2017 BW Ranked # 2 in 2016 Best
Hotel Rewards Study
September, 2016) Best Western ®
Hotels & Resorts is proud to receive the prestigious
award for «Best
Hotel Chain
Loyalty Program» as nominated at the Business Traveller Russia and CIS
Awards Ceremony.
«Best Western's
award - winning
loyalty program is giving travelers even more of a reason to travel this spring with this special offer,» said Dorothy Dowling, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Best Western
Hotels & Resorts.
While the airlines created them to build
loyalty and allow members to accumulate points and miles for
award travel, the picture today is far more complex and includes upgrade programs and partnerships with
hotels and rental car agencies.
Here were my votes for the Freddie
Awards (airline /
hotel loyalty program voting).
«Marriott Rewards is our
award - winning
loyalty program with over 49 million members, to which we are now actively promoting the unique delights of Protea
Hotels.
The flexibility to transfer the points to partner
hotel and airline
loyalty programs allows you to book free
hotel nights and airline
award tickets.
* It's important to note that other
hotel loyalty programs like Hilton and IHG are known to deny elite benefits when booking through an OTA (IHG even does this sometimes when you make an
award booking).
This measure is incredibly important when valuing any
award program, but especially a
hotel loyalty program.
The problem is that the
hotels often afford the greater commissions needed to justify more Expedia Rewards points by not
awarding the points and elite benefits you would ordinarily get through its own
loyalty program.
The
loyalty program for Intercontinental
Hotel Group's 12 brands, which include Crowne Plaza and InterContinental,
awards free stays starting at 10,000 points (with no blackout dates).
In addition, you can transfer your points to airlines and
hotels, and then book your
award travel through these third party
loyalty programs.