Free
night redemptions with IHG start with Category 1 taking 10,000 points, though there aren't a ton of those hotels (none in Cincinnati, for example).
Not exact matches
They'll get their shot at
redemption on Sunday
night as they get to open their 2017 - 18 postseason campaign
with a rematch against this very same Team Jones squad.
Stringer's campaign manager, meanwhile, came out right away and blasted Spitzer last
night for attempting «to try and buy personal
redemption with his family fortune,» setting the tone for a fun few months.
The open world Red Dead
Redemption shares a lot
with its more popular Rockstar sibling, Grand Theft Auto, including a familiar control scheme, map interface, as well as a changing weather system and 24 - hour day /
night cycles.
For some reason, Lucas and Moore believe that his
redemption lies in whether or not he decides to make a move on a fairly annoying young woman named Nicole (Sarah Wright), whom Casey meets at a bar and who keeps showing up throughout the
night to tempt him
with her lack of helpfulness, the fact that she has a jerk for a boyfriend, and her announcement that she'll be spending spring break traveling across South America.
«The Immigrant» Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Renner as directed by Playlist favorite James Gray («We Own The
Night,» «Two Lovers «-RRB-, period drama «The Immigrant» screamed Oscar - contender from the outset, but it's actually quite a different animal
with divergent concerns, as Harvey Weinstein found out (he pretty much dumped the movie, despite rave reviews, one of the biggest shames of 2014 so far), really more of a slow - burning emotional drama exploring the ideas of forgiveness and
redemption via terrible characters that are nearly beyond salvation.
However, these free
night awards are restricted to Starwood and Marriott stays
with redemption rates of 50,000 points or less.
The main reward for accruing Starpoints ® is to receive free
nights at one of the mentioned hotels through
redemption of a certain sum of points; however, Starpoints ® can be redeemed for SPG ® flights
with over 150 airlines.
There are options for
redemption with hotel partners as well,
with some hotels throwing in a free
night depending on your booking.
One benefit of your new Marriott Rewards Premier Plus account is an Anniversary Free
Night Award e-certificate every year after your account anniversary, valid for a one night hotel stay at a property with a redemption level at or under 35,000 points, instead of the category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000 points you received on your Marriott Rewards acc
Night Award e-certificate every year after your account anniversary, valid for a one
night hotel stay at a property with a redemption level at or under 35,000 points, instead of the category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000 points you received on your Marriott Rewards acc
night hotel stay at a property
with a
redemption level at or under 35,000 points, instead of the category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000 points you received on your Marriott Rewards account.
Wyndham Rewards — Last month, Wyndham announced a complete overhaul of its Rewards program, including a new flat
redemption rate of 15,000 points per
night across all properties,
with no blackout dates.
Emily comes to us
with a fantastic points
redemption that took her and her husband to Dubai and Abu Dhabi for 8 days, 7
nights!
Bonus points combine
with base points for
redemptions like free award
nights.
This is a definitely a Your - Mileage - May - Vary situation, though, as my checks for award
nights with both programs yielded several fair
redemption options and several that were quite poor when compared
with the cash rate.
I like to use that card to book my hotel stays since I earn hotel points and elite qualifying
nights by booking directly through the hotel chain, and can then redeem my Arrival miles for travel purchases at an equivalent of 1.11 cents each,
with partial
redemptions allowed in increments of $ 25.
It is possible to find higher
redemption rates for your points, but in some cases (especially
with lower cost flights or hotel
nights), the 1.5 cents per point value can be better than redeeming for an award directly through the airline or hotel programs.
There's a few hotels where
redemption amounts will change 5,000 - 10,000 points
with some increasing, and others decreasing and there's also a new maximum now of 70,000 points per
night, up from the previous high of 60K.
Reading this chart is simple: if you're redeeming 70,000 Gold Points for one
night at a Category 7 Club Carlson property, your imputed
redemption value is $ 308, since that's the value of the Barclaycard Arrival miles you could have earned
with the same $ 14,000 in manufactured spend.
As a category six location, this property is among Hyatt's finest, but
redemptions are possible for just 22,000 points per
night, an exceptional value when compared
with the top end of most hotel programs.
If the price portion you cover using Starpoints exceeds 50 % of the original price of the
night — the
redemption value is not a worthy one to go ahead
with.
That's a trivial enough sum that I'm comfortable disregarding it, but if you're gunning for high - level elite status
with a chain that rewards loyalty better than Hilton does, like Starwood or Hyatt, foregoing your elite stay and
night credits might require a larger
redemption surplus.
Point density takes into account 2 variables: your elite status
with the chain in question (and use of a co-branded credit card, if applicable) and the desired hotel category you aim to redeem your points in, and generates a single number: the number of dollars you need to spend to generate that award
night redemption.
Short recap: free
night stays (
with possible restrictions), so does Platinum status, annual fee will be $ 89, no 10 % rebate on points
redemptions.
IHG has a 2 - month rotating roster of hotels on the PointBreaks list, and if these hotels line up
with your travel plans, they make for a fantastic
redemption at only 5,000 points per
night!
A Hilton Diamond using the HIlton Surpass card needs to spend $ 1852 in order to earn a free
night at a top - tier property; a Marriott Platinum
with the Premier card needs to spend $ 2000 at Marriott properties for a similar top - tier award
redemption: thus, the rebate values are relatively close, as long as you value a top - tier award
redemption at each chain similarly.
Before March 28, to earn a free
night at a top tier hotel, a general member of Hilton's program would have to spend only $ 5,000 at Hilton properties, compared to the $ 17,500 a general member of Starwood Preferred Guest would have to spend for a top - tier
redemption with Starwood.
Reward
redemption begins at a lower point level requirement relative to industry competitors, and free
nights earned can be redeemed at any Best Western branded hotel worldwide,
with no blackout dates.
These new benefits, combined
with the lowest free
night redemption threshold in the industry, let travelers maximize their stays across all seven Best Western brands.
BWR
redemptions have a lower point level threshold relative to other hotel brands and free
nights can be redeemed at any of Best Western's more than 4,200 hotels worldwide,
with points that never expire and no blackout dates.
BWR
redemption begins at a lower point level requirement relative to other hotel brands, and free
nights earned can be redeemed at any Best Western branded hotel worldwide,
with no blackout dates.
Rate is per room / per
night, based on single or double occupancy, exclusive of taxes, gratuities, fees and other charges; does not apply to groups; can not be combined
with any other offer and is not applicable for Rewards
redemption.
The new features are: Points Pooling
with family and friends; Points and Money, a fully variable
redemption of points and cash on a sliding scale; the ability to use points to make purchases at Amazon; and one - time extensions of Diamond elite status for members who have held that level for a minimum of three years, accumulated 250
nights or 500,000 base points, and didn't requalify.
The hotelier also said it is adding four new features to Hilton Honors, namely Points Pooling
with family and friends; Points and Money, a fully variable
redemption of points and cash on a sliding scale; the ability to use points to make purchases at Amazon; and one - time extensions of Diamond elite status for members who have held that level for a minimum of three years, accumulated 250
nights or more or 500,000 base points, and didn't requalify.
There are options for
redemption with hotel partners as well,
with some hotels throwing in a free
night depending on your booking.
Rate is per room / per
night, based on single or double occupancy,
with a maximum capacity of 2 adults and 2 children below 12 years old, or maximum of 3 adults (12 years old and above) without accompanying children; accompanying third adult will be charged AED 125 per day for half board meals; rates exclusive of taxes, gratuities, VAT, municipality fees, service fees and other charges; does not apply to groups; can not be combined
with any other offer and is not applicable for Rewards
redemption.
Redemptions of Room Upgrade Certificates (together
with Suite Upgrade Certificates, Third
Night Complimentary Certificates, Complimentary
Night Certificate and Complimentary Dining / Willow Stream Spa Certificates, «Certificates») by holders of the Certificates («Holder») are subject to the following terms, conditions and restrictions.
Our systems will automatically credit the Rewards account
with one Elite
night stay for each
redemption room
night utilized.
With point
redemptions starting as low as 7,500 points a maximum of 4
nights could be earned at a category 1 hotel, 3 at a category 2, or 2 at a category 3!
But even if you don't want to go
with the hassle of finding award space on a plane, there are still plenty of gift card and cash - like
redemption opportunities available that provide essentially a full rebate for those hotel
nights.
Having said that, I will always check the cash prices of the better hotels in a city we'll be visiting just to make sure that there aren't any good deals to be had (which would make a points
redemption poor value) and, if there's a chance to combine a good deal
with the Citi Prestige credit card's «4th
night free» benefit, then that's the way I'll go.
Nights + Flights
redemptions come in two flavors: 60,000 Starpoints for 50,000 airline miles and five
nights at a category three hotel (typically Sheraton, Four Points or Westin) or 70,000 Starpoints for the same number of airline miles and
nights, but category four hotels (typically W and Westin,
with some Sheratons in top destinations).
* Not combinable
with SSG discounts, Bank of America
redemptions, Military / IAFF / Police / FEMA discounts or credit
nights.
With Starpoints, you can travel around the world on American Airlines, stay 5
nights at Disney's Swan hotel, or take a train across the USA all for excellent
redemption values.
For anyone unsure of how cash & points
redemptions work, it's really quite simple: Instead of paying for one or more award
nights purely
with points, guests can choose to pay for the
night (s)
with a combination of cash and points.
If you use them on a 40,000 per
night hotel, you could've gotten those two
nights just about covered
with a no - annual fee Hilton card and you're losing tens of thousands worth of HHonors points
redemption potential.
Even taking std rate of
redemption would cost only 32k
with 5th
night free.
Presently, the $ 69 annual fee version of the card offers a sign - up bonus of 30,000 points
with first purchase, and earns you 5x per $ 1 on hotel stays and 2x per $ 1 on everything else, and offers a cardmember anniversary bonus of 5,500 points, the old program's
redemption rate for one
night at a Wyndham Tier 1 hotel.
They also have options to redeem fewer Starpoints
with advantageous cash + points and flights +
nights redemption rates.
This compares favourably
with the 0.7 c per point that is on offer
with the points + pay reward
night redemptions.
Redemption Stay Credit Starting Nov. 1, 2015 Marriott Rewards and The Ritz - Carlton Rewards members will earn Elite night credit on redemption nights paid for wi
Redemption Stay Credit Starting Nov. 1, 2015 Marriott Rewards and The Ritz - Carlton Rewards members will earn Elite
night credit on
redemption nights paid for wi
redemption nights paid for
with points.