And you don't earn fixed
miles on award nights, if you don't change your earning style away from that when redeeming points you'll leave points on the table.
Not exact matches
Most airlines
award flyers «status» based
on flying a certain number of
miles within a year, typically at 25,000, 50,000, 75,000, and 100,000
miles, while most hotel chains
award a status typically based
on number of
nights per year stayed.
However, in my analysis of SPG
Nights and Flights
awards, I described how — if you keep the cost of the free
nights the same as a normal redemption — it is equivalent to getting a discount
on the
miles.
These savings are in addition to the fifth free
night on longer
award stays and the 5,000 bonus
miles when you transfer a block of 20,000 Starpoints.
Living the dream
on card rewards Those who don't know us very well may think we are living the high life, but the truth is that our $ 250 hotel room near the line of totality during the eclipse was booked for 3,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points; our flight to Wyoming was 100 percent free
on a private plane thanks to a crazy JetSmarter promotion for those who could prove they had a million
miles; our resort complete with water slides and a lazy river in San Antonio was booked using an annual credit card
award night when the room normally costs $ 300 - plus per
night; our amazing room at the Park Hyatt New York was booked using 30,000 Hyatt points per
night when the selling price was almost $ 1,000 per
night; and most of our other flights were booked via a collection of airline
miles and credit card points that were primarily earned by leveraging our everyday spending for major rewards.
Having options for using your hard - earned points and
miles is always great, and while Marriott's Cash + Points rate differs from the rate offered by other chains, it's a nice way to combine
award nights and paid
nights on a single reservation.
Until about 48 hours prior to departure, I was set
on using my Korean Air
award ticket — which I paid 62,500 Skypass
miles for by transferring from my Chase Ultimate Rewards account at a 1:1 ratio — however, those flight times were pretty inconvenient and I would have had to spend the
night in Seoul.
If the hotel you want is in the contiguous US or Canada, that means that you and your partner can use the 50,000
miles to each fly for free
on saver
award tickets
on an airline like American Airlines, and then have five free hotel
nights at your destination.