These look mainly like negative changes, with most oh hotels now requiring
more points per night.
Not exact matches
The Munk Debates website has announced that the «Pros» managed to add 12percentage
points to their portion of the opinion pie, as 70
per cent of those polled after the debate last
night decided that we should indeed, tax the rich (
more).
They showed a stat last
night of the difference with Joel and without during the win streak — it's minimal — offense 3
more points per game defense just a shade less effective - so to think the Sixers won't maintain the pace is not accurate.
After their OT W on Sunday
Night and Team Lalez's L, they are the owners of the longest - active W - streak in the League — 8 Games — and with two
more Wins they'll have the longest this season... Most notably, they are 4th in the League in
Points Per Game, a stat that would have seen remarkable a year ago at this time..
With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price
point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be
more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit
more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a
more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the
night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of
more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the
point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a
more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend
more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit
more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that
more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance
per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]
Low - end Hilton properties cost as little as 30,000
points per night, but higher end properties can run 80,000
points per night or
more.
That means if you save your
points for hotels that cost $ 200 or
more a
night in cash, you can get over 1.3 cents
per point in value, but if you use them on cheaper hotels you'll get much less value.
My preferred way to redeem 50,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards
points is to transfer them to Hyatt and redeem for 2
nights in a top category 6 Hyatt hotels such as the Park Hyatt in Paris, Tokyo, or the Maldives where I could get to experience a hotel room which I would otherwise never be able to afford ($ 500 or
more per night).
A standard garden view room with two queen beds can cost 138,000 Hilton Honors
points per night or
more.
I'll place the Ritz Card into third place; even though you can get a ton of value out of the two free
nights, I think a
more realistic valuation is roughly $ 400 — $ 500 of value
per night plus the added 10,000 bonus
points for adding your first authorized user.
There's one
more tier, Platinum elite status, which requires 75
nights but earns you 50 % additional
points per stay.
Chains like Starwood and Hyatt routinely charge $ 500 to $ 1,000
per night at their high - end hotels, so using 30,000
points for those rooms is often
more cost - effective.
This DoubleTree is conveniently priced at no
more than 20,000 Hilton
points per night for an award stay.
Hilton claims that rewards can be redeemed for a room with as little as 5,000
points a
night, but
more commonly seen are rooms from 20,000 - 50,000
points per night.
With a 40,000
points signup bonus after earning at least a
point per dollar meeting the $ 3,000 minimum spend requirement on Chase Sapphire Preferred, it appeared that earning the 44,000
points needed for two (
more)
nights in the best Hyatt properties was doable.
If you crave a bit
more city action while in Thailand, you can book the Aloft Bangkok starting at 3,000 SPG
points per night and then take one of the hotel's free tuk tuk shuttles to the Skytrain station and be off to your next destination in a flash.
No
more than 30,000
points per night can net you a room at the finest and most expensive Hyatt properties worldwide.
Other Notable Features: Platinum level membership, 10
points per dollar or 1,000
points on eligible stays (whichever is
more), rollover
nights never expire, free wi - fi, dedicated member services, preferred room, late checkout / early check - in, free FICO score, identity - theft services, travel and emergency services, price protection, return protection, purchase security, Avis and Budget car rental upgrades
I'm spending
more per night and earning
more points.
Planners booking meetings with 10 or
more rooms
per night earn 4
points per dollar on meeting rooms, guest rooms, and food and beverage.
You can stay here for 15,000 Wyndham Reward
points per night and be a short driving distance to Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain and
more.
If you can't find anything available in South Bend, keep in mind that Mishawaka is a short drive away and you will find
more chain hotel options there such as the Hyatt Place South Bend / Mishawaka for just 12,000
points per night.
As faithful readers know, in the next few days the Club Carlson program will undergo two catastrophic devaluations: co-branded credit card holders will lose the free last
night on award reservations of two or
more nights; and a vast swath of Club Carlson's lame mid-tier properties are being bumped up to their highest rewards category, and will cost 70,000 Gold
Points per night.
The Holiday Inn Resort Grand Cayman offers a
more compelling
points + cash option — requiring 20,000
points and $ 40
per night.
A «premium» corner room costs $ 10
more, but the premium room HHonors award cost is actually lower, at 44,519 HHonors
points per night:
However, it is clear that you should get at least a couple free
nights from
points earned over the year (plus a few
more with the bonus
points), as well as your 1 free
night per year from the card itself.
The first Hilton Honors promotion offers 2,000 bonus
points per night for any paid, qualifying
night at
more than 4,800 hotels, from February 1st through April 30th.
It might be better to save your
points for
more expensive properties like the Category 6 Andaz Tokyo that can cost at least $ 500
per night to get the best «bang for the buck» as one
night is only 25,000
points.
Your total bonus will depend on the number of eligible
nights you stay between September 9... [Read
more...] about Earn up to 2,500 Bonus
Points per Night from Hyatt
The card comes with a $ 75 annual fee but I got it back in the glory days when it came with one of the single best credit card perks of the time — a free award
night when you redeem
points for two or
more award
nights (up to 50 bonus
nights per year).
At a glance Turn every purchase into
more free
nights Earn Bonus
Points on every purchase, 3 Bonus
Points per $ 1 spent at Hyatt hotels, plus, 1 free
night every year.
Turn every purchase into
more free
nights Earn Bonus
Points on every purchase, 3 Bonus
Points per $ 1 spent at Hyatt hotels, plus, 1 free
night every year.
This means devaluing the currency to require
more points per award
night if the cost of the hotels we use them for goes up or if there are too many
points in circulation.
Clearly this is a lot less generous than a free
night (especially as IHG has just increased the cost of its
more aspirational properties to 70,000
points per night) as
points don't really cost IHG all that much but a BRG claim at a $ 400 /
night InterContinental certainly would.
The Ritz - Carlton award chart is perfectly linear — the cost of an award
night goes up in cost by 10,000
points per tier — so there are no specific category moves which would see a property's award cost go up or down by
more than another's.
The Marriott Rewards chart is mostly linear in nature — the cost of an award
night goes up in cost by 5,000
points per category (between Cat 1 and Cat 2 the increase is smaller)-- so, unlike Starwood's chart, there are no specific category moves which would see a property's award cost go up or down by
more than another's.
You can book an award stay at the Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi for no
more than 10,000 Hilton
points per night, making it another valuable Hilton redemption.
«PointBreaks» are one of the better and
more popular hotel promotions that you'll find, with IHG opening up rooms at a number of its hotels for just 5,000
points per night — these are rooms that could go for as much as 40,000
points per night outside of the PointBreaks period.
The expensive hotels could have room rates of $ 1,000 or
more, so even paying 95,000
points per night is a relative bargain ($ 475 if you buy
points with his promotion).
This method of purchasing cheap IHG
points is scalable so, if you have
more IHG Rewards
points in your account, you could book a stay of 2 +
nights (at 5,000
points + $ 70
per night) and then, upon canceling the reservation, you would receive the refund in the form of cheap IHG Rewards
points.
Offering rooms at just 5,000
points per night,
Point Breaks are one of the
more interesting hotel promotions that you'll find with IHG and, as these rooms can cost upwards of 40,000
points per night,
Even the most expensive Hilton hotels in the world wouldn't cost you
more than 95,000
points per night or 380,000
points per 5
nights (with the 5th
night free for elite members).
Even the most expensive Hilton hotels in the world wouldn't cost you
more than 95,000
points per night or 380,000
points per 5
nights (with the 5
You will receive 8,000
points after two stays that cost
more than $ 40
per night.
The first Moxy hotel has opened at Milan Airport (10,000
points per night) with plans for
more Moxy hotels in Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin in Germany; Oslo, Norway; Aberdeen in Scotland, and London in England.
«Take Two» will provide members the opportunity to earn double
points at every Starwood hotel when you stay two
nights or
more, as well a bonus of 250
points per night at select properties.
In general, as you stay
more nights, you will gain extra
points, with the overall number of
points per night increasing.
I've used these
points at hotels such as the Radisson Blu Royal in Copenhagen, when similar hotels cost
more than $ 350
per night.
Since implementing these changes last year, Hilton has eliminated award categories, making it even
more difficult to plan your award stays — the hotel for your dream vacation might jump from 30,000
points per night to 70,000
points without warning!
• No
more American Airlines Admirals Club access • Redemption rates for airfare will drop to 1.25 cents
per point from the current rates of 1.6
points for American Airlines and 1.33
points for all other airfare • No
more three free rounds of golf • The reimbursement for the 4th
night free hotel benefit will be based on the average price and will not include taxes