I tend to value Hyatt Diamond status quite a bit, so had no problem doing
some mattress runs at the end of the year.
Not exact matches
If allergies
run in the family, a fully sealed
mattress may be a good choice to keep dust and allergens
at bay.
«A worn
mattress is like an old
running shoe,» says Bert Jacobson, a professor of health and human performance
at Oklahoma State University.
These days inflation is
running at 3.1 % annually, which means that even if you avoid the risks of the market by stashing your cash under your
mattress, you're still losing 3.1 % of your money's value every year.
They used some «
mattress runs» (the hotel equivalent of a mileage
run where a traveler is flying just to earn points / miles) to earn 2 free nights anywhere after staying 4 nights
at any IHG property.
You're also likely to pay for other things while there and can't eat dinner
at home before you check - in as with a traditional
mattress run.
I would not
mattress run just for the sake of promotion, but if you have stays already planned
at Club Carlson hotels, you should register to take advantage of the promotion.
I know that $ 60 a night isn't the cheapest
mattress run in the world, but it's a heck of a lot better than I get here in Seattle, where I rarely see anything under $ 100 (and they're
at boring office parks, not Vegas.)
Many people (including me) have commented that you can get cheap
mattress runs by staying
at some of the less expensive MGM Resorts.
If you stayed
at hotels earning 10X on stays and earned extra points here and there with special promotions, it's feasible that a 9 stay
mattress run could cost you nearly $ 500 or maybe even less after you factor in your earnings from Marriott points and credit card spend.
I have two nights reserved in May (going to Vancouver for the first two shows of the U2 tour), however it actually makes more sense to do a
mattress run in April
at a low cost Hyatt so I can get the 30,000 point bonus.
If you have close to 12 nights planned
at Hyatt properties this summer, it is worth it to sign up for the Elite Tier Trial and then also do a
mattress run if needed for the final couple of nights to hit 15 nights (assuming you received the same offer with the Hyatt Sweet Dreams Sweet Rewards promotion).
If you don't have any upcoming uses for hotels,
mattress run (book hotels purely for the sake of earning rewards) four times for one night stays
at nearby cheap IHG properties in the Candlewood Suites, Staybridge Suites, and Holiday Inn Express brands.
As far as top - tier elite status,
mattress running is a good idea if you're
at least 70 % of the way to top - tier elite, based on stays.