I always recommend that readers find out the cost of a night at the properties they would like to visit (at the time of year they would like to travel) and then compare that cost to the cost
of an award night paid for with points purchased in this sale.
Not exact matches
According to him, his government
awarded contracts to Mr. Craig Murray not on merit, but on basis
of humanitarian grounds to enable him
pay his debts, which he was having sleepless
nights over.
He patronizes Michael Powell and Humphrey Jennings (accorded one measly clip each); fails to mention Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, or Richard Lester (presumably regarding all three as American interlopers); reduces Ken Russell and Mike Leigh to the worst single clips imaginable (and has nothing to say about the TV work
of either); limits John Boorman, Bill Douglas, Terry Gilliam, Peter Greenaway, Isaac Julien, and Sally Potter to one fleeting movie poster apiece; and omits virtually the entire English documentary movement (though he includes a disparaging nod to
Night Mail), along with the cycle
of Hammer horror movies — while
paying abject obeisance to the Academy
Awards and every crumb they've offered British cinema (special points to Chariots
of Fire, Gandhi, and Four Weddings and a Funeral).
But for the same amount
of minimum spending, I'd rather
pay the $ 69 fee and earn more free
award nights!
But now there are a handful
of IHG hotels where you can
pay $ 90 cash for a 15,000 IHG point discount on your
award night.
To qualify for the Hyatt Credit Card Anniversary Free
Night Award you need to keep tehj card past teh first year and
pay another annual fee
of $ 75.
Explorist Club Lounge Access
Awards are valid on
nights for which the Member has
paid an Eligible Rate or has redeemed points for a standard - room Free
Night Award, Suite Free
Night Award, or a Points + Cash
Award, up to a maximum
of seven (7) consecutive
nights.
Fortunately, if you want to redeem at a hotel that costs more than your free
night, you can choose the
pay the difference in cash rather than leave money on the table or be forced to hunt for one where you could use the exact value
of the
award.
Mount Norquay
awards the flexibility
of allowing skiers and boarders to
pay by the hour and offers the only
night - skiing in the Rockies every Friday
night.
I'm doing this without looking at the number
of award nights booked in each category, the cost
of paying hotels for those
nights (which does not necessarily reflect their published rates), and all the other sources
of revenue for the loyalty program (e.g., issuing points through credit cards).
Not
paying resort fees on
award nights regardless
of what status you hold is a nice perk and will please those who regularly get fleeced at resorts like the Andaz Maui.
EARN - Guest must show membership card at check - in - Mileage credits
awarded for
paid stays at any room rate -
Awards are valid for stays during dates shown - Regular miles shown below are
awarded per room, per
night - Bonus miles, when available, are
awarded per room, per stay - Only 1
award is given per room, per stay - Only 1 occupant is given an
award, per room, per stay -
Awards are not given to groups
of 10 or more rooms - Restrictions may apply.
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.
Compare the price you'd have to
pay for the points for an
award night to the cash price
of the room for a
night you'd like to stay — that will tell you if you can save money by buying points.
Also SPG
Award Nights do not count as Eligible
Paid Nights for the purpose of the Status Challenge; only paid night co
Paid Nights for the purpose
of the Status Challenge; only
paid night co
paid night count.
You will
pay minimum
of $ 150 a
night or 12,000 points for an
award stay.
It can reduce the amount
of revenue required (dollars spent on
paid nights) before earning an
award by up to one - half or as little as less than one - third
of the cost to a general member.
• Marriott Rewards members who register for this promotion by November 30, 2017 will earn one (1) free
night award at a category 1 - 5 hotel (value
of standard free
night award ranges from 7,500 points for Category 1 hotels to 25,000 points for Category 5 hotels) after two
paid stays * made between September 12, 2017 and January 15, 2018, at participating Marriott ® properties.
You can check on a hotel that you have in mind with the Hilton Honors Calculator But because Hilton is eliminating
award charts and categories, it will also make it much easier to adjust the points needed (aka devaluate them) until they also reflect a value
of 04 - 0.5 ct / pt, eliminating great value options at the lower end
of the Hilton brands, like the Hilton Garden Inn on Bali where I stayed for 5,000 points per
night when the rate was $ 87 /
night a 1.7 ct / pt value or the Doubletree Kuala Lumpur where I
paid 10,000 pt /
night instead
of $ 127 /
night, a 1.27 ct / pt value.
Instead
of setting fixed prices, Marriott Rewards actually gives you added flexibility by allowing you to specify a combination
of award nights and
paid nights in a single reservation
of two
nights or more.
First, Hyatt members who stay on a mix
of paid and
award nights will be able to count both toward elite status qualification.
Also, keep in mind that there are usually no taxes on
award nights as most cities tax hotel rooms by the dollar amount
paid, so a $ 250 hotel might actually cost you over $ 300 out
of pocket.
Marriott has announced a new promotion for potential enrollees to sign up for its Marriott Rewards program in exchange for
awarding them a free
night — after two
paid stays at any
of the chain's 3,000 - plus hotels in over 70 countries.
While you might not have enough reward points or miles for an
award flight or for a free
night's stay, many hotel programs and some airlines allow you to use a small amount
of points or miles toward your reservation, and
pay for the rest in cash.
While 95,000 points per
night seems like a massive sum for a top - tier
award, it only takes $ 6,333 worth
of paid hotel stays.
↑ Cash is King Also on Jan. 7, Hyatt introduced Points + Cash
award nights, allowing members to
pay 50 percent
of the points normally required for an
award night plus a cash amount between $ 50 and $ 300.
For the purpose
of this promotion, an «eligible stay» is defined as any stay where a member is
paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free
night award for at least one
night of their stay.
The ability to save some points by
paying part
of the rate in cash is a great way to offset last week's increases to the cost
of free
award nights for the upper categories.
If you are a school leaver and are likely to be asked about your teamwork experience, you could use examples from a Duke
of Edinburgh's
Award; those uncomfortable
nights in a tent will have
paid off!