After all, with the Amex Surpass you're only offered 100,000 Honors points so you'd at best be able to cover one
night at a top hotel.
I'm pushing a lot of my 2016 stays towards Hyatt to see if I can keep the Diamond status they matched me to and 30,000 points (which still wouldn't get me to an award
night at a top hotel) doesn't really tempt me.
Not exact matches
Some choose to stay
at one of the beautiful wine country vacation rentals during the winter season, others stay
at Temecula Valley's
top hotels just minutes from all the attractions for three to five
nights.
Monica and I shot these photos while we were staying
at The Jefferson
Hotel in Richmond, and I love it because this Zara Lace
Top x jeans combo is classic, comfortable, and works for a multitude of occasions — brunch, casual Fridays, a wine
night with girl friends.
There, the members of the Plenty Of Fish «work family» spent two days and
nights cross country skiing, zip trekking, snow tubing, exchanging gifts, enjoying fancy restaurant dishes and staying in penthouse suites
at the resort's
top hotel.
«Boyhood» and «The Grand Budapest
Hotel» earned the
top film prizes for drama and comedy or musical, respectively,
at the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.'s 72nd Golden Globe Awards on Sunday
night.
The winners of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last
night at Beverly Hilton
Hotel in Beverly Hills, California with The Revenant pulling off a sweep of
top three categories including best drama film, and The Martian hilariously picking up best comedy, while Amazon's «Mozart in the Jungle» and USA's «Mr. Robot» overcame intense competition to nab the highest television honors.
On the heels of his recent Best Cinematography feting from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for his work in Children of Men, Emmanuel Lubezki took
top honors in the feature film competition last
night at the 21st annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards
at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
Hotel.
On
top of that, we used the sign - up bonus from the BMO World Elite card to book 5
nights at a nice little
hotel right off the beach.
On
top of this, every cardmember anniversary, users receive a complimentary free
night stay
at a category 1 - 5
hotel.
A travel credit card can deliver awesome rewards, like
nights at top - tier
hotels, access to exclusive airport lounges and free flights.
But you can use
hotel credit cards to get two
nights at a
top Park Hyatt worth $ 800 or more a
night, a
night at the Ritz - Carlton, and
nights at the best Conrad and Radisson properties worldwide.
Get the most out
hotel credit card's free nights — Hotel credit cards often offer free nights with sign - up; get the most value out of it by staying at one of their top properties... (See Hotel card free ni
hotel credit card's free
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Hotel credit cards often offer free nights with sign - up; get the most value out of it by staying at one of their top properties... (See Hotel card free ni
Hotel credit cards often offer free
nights with sign - up; get the most value out of it by staying
at one of their
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Hotel card free
nights)
With gorgeous beaches, a range of accommodation options
at top - quality
hotels, and great deals on 7
nights stays in Cancun, we've got your 2018 / 2019 Caribbean holiday covered.
This free
night can be used
at any IHG property, so we suggest using it
at one of their luxury properties, such as a
top - category InterContinental
hotel.
Recent changes to the program include the ability to count redemption
nights toward elite status qualification and new welcome gifts (points or food and beverage items)
at most
hotels in the U.S. for
top tier members.
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:
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.
In this blog post I compared the value of the different co-branded
hotel credit cards by showing how much non-bonused spending you would have to charge to the card in order to earn a free
night at each chain's bottom -, mid -, and
top - tier properties.
After a restful
night at the Ham yard
Hotel, check out Notting Hill a fry up
at Pizza East, perched
at the
top of Portobello Road.
Given the above information about the credit card, we know we need 70,000 Club Carlson points for 2
nights at a
top tier
hotel like the Radisson Blu Hotel Champs Elysees, P
hotel like the Radisson Blu
Hotel Champs Elysees, P
Hotel Champs Elysees, Paris.
That's two
nights at a
top tier
hotel (190K) plus another 50K leftover.
Club Carlson
hotels (Radisson and Park Plaza / Inn
hotels) has put together some strong benefits for credit card members, and the 85K points bonus would be good for a minimum of two free
nights at one of their
top hotels.
These almost always come with category restrictions and often can not be used
at top hotels (the major exception to this rule is the IHG Card which offers a free anniversary
night at any IHG property).
Here are my benefits from doing that: 2 free
nights as the sign - up bonus (which I used
at this
hotel by the way),
top - tier Diamond status for hitting $ 40K spend, 120K Hilton points since each dollar spent earns a minimum of 3 points ($ 40K x 3 points / $ = 120K points), and another free
night on my anniversary for hitting the $ 10K spending threshold.
On
top of this, I already have a Free
Night Certificate for a Marriott Category 1 - 5
hotel courtesy of my Chase Marriott Rewards credit card so, with just two stays
at Marriott properties between 1 February and 15 May, I'll have a free weekend
at any Category 1 - 5 property worldwide.
You can redeem Hilton points starting
at 5,000 points per
night and you need 95,000 points for a
top tier
hotel in Hilton Portfolio.
In March 2014 Club Carlson introduced a new
top - tier in its program which immediately raised the cost of an award
night (
at one of the better
hotels) from 50,000 to 70,000 points per
night — a staggering 40 % price increase!
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).
Spend two
nights in Banff
at the Fairmont Banff Springs
Hotel, one of North America's
top three getaways.
When Hilton charges 95,000 points for a
night at a
top - tier
hotel, it makes their points look worthless.
Marriott Platinum status has historically been one of the harder
top - level
hotel statuses to earn because, absent a status match from Starwood, it requires staying a minimum of 75
nights at Marriotts around the world (you can reduce that to 60
nights if you have a Marriott Visa card from Chase).
With 72,600 points on the table (and with a free
night at a
top InterContinental
hotel available from 50,000 — 60,000 points) IHG has my attention with this promotion.
Two
nights at a
top - tier Hyatt
hotel would cost 60,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points and, to purchase 60,000 points in this promotion, would cost you $ 1,128 (actually you'd be purchasing 47,000 points + 14,100 bonus for that amount so you'd actually get 61,100 points).
The
Top Starwood hotels cost 30,000 Starpoints per night so, not only can you not purchase enough points for an award night at a top Starwood hotel, even if you were topping off an account you'd still be effectively paying almost $ 790 / nig
Top Starwood
hotels cost 30,000 Starpoints per
night so, not only can you not purchase enough points for an award
night at a
top Starwood hotel, even if you were topping off an account you'd still be effectively paying almost $ 790 / nig
top Starwood
hotel, even if you were
topping off an account you'd still be effectively paying almost $ 790 /
night!
Without a staying a single
night at a Hilton
hotel, you can earn
top - tier status just through credit card use.
One method that I've seen people use to value their
hotel points is to find the average price charged by one of the
top / aspirational properties (that they'd like to stay
at) and then divide that by the number of points needed for an award
night at that
hotel.
Hyatt has some great
hotels in its comparatively small portfolio and, if you're looking to stay
at some of the very
top ones (like the Park Hyatt Maldives) where the room rates can hit $ 1,000 /
night, you'll definitely come out ahead.
And who wouldn't want to have
top - tier status
at a
hotel without worrying about qualifying
nights or minimum spend?
On the first
night, we ate in the
hotel at the roof
top bar and we had no complaints.
The
Hotel Welcome to the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is one of the world's most important assets, place of unforgettable sunrises and magical moon
nights located
at the
top of Aguas Calientes,
at...
The thing is that most people who stay
at hotels on a regular basis don't spend $ 200 - $ 300 per
night and, as this promotion requires a good level of spend before you earn a
top free
night, that's going to be an issue.
This would leave Joanna 7,000 points short of an award
night at a
top IHG
hotel (bad news) but would be enough to boost her existing IHG rewards balance high enough to give her another free
night (excellent news)....
At the
top - end
hotels there's definitely value to be had out of this promotion (especially during busier times) but, when prices are very high, award
nights can be harder to find so make sure there's availability before you commit to a points purchase.
I stopped being a fan of Club Carlson after it raised the cost of
top - tier awards by 40 %, put most of the
hotels I'd like to stay
at in the
top - tier category and then removed my free 2nd
night benefit that came with my Club Carlson Visa...... but I don't hold a grudge
In fact,
topping $ 3,000 earns you 40,000 more points — plenty to reward your stellar parenting with gift cards, cash back, or a solo
night at the
hotel at Mandalay Bay in Vegas.
And similar to the Ambassador program, Kimpton's
top - tier «Inner Circle» members will continue to receive additional perks
at Kimpton
hotels, above IHG's
top - tier Spire members, for example an Inner Circle Amenity or a complimentary
night at new
hotels.
The
hotel is a Moorish palace, clad in marble stucco,
topped with domed turrets and illuminated
at night by countless twinkling lights.
Reminder: when you're planning a stay
at one of these
top Hilton
hotels, try to stay 5
nights to get the 5th
night free benefit for elite members (and if you're staying 10
nights, book 2 stays).
The Waterfront is located
at the very quiet eastern end of Fisherman Village in Bophut, on the north side of Koh Samui.Just a short walking distance from the
hotel, guests will find many local shops, bars, seafront restaurants, 24/7 stores, a weekly
night market (plenty of street food and drinks) and the beach itself.Though it is true that it can not be swim in some time of the year but guests can always make a good use of the resort lovely swimming pool and cool themselves down on any hot and humid days.On
top of the personal touch and family feel, the Waterfront offers all the facilities and service travelers want for a relaxing holiday include beautiful well - kept gardens, sun loungers, hammocks, babysitting / child - minding during the evening, free internet, late checkout / early check - in (subject to availability) and on - site massage.