What's more the residents at Silken Park will have the chance to charge their EVs and run their heat pumps for free: utility provider Electric Ireland has recognised the significance of the project, and is offering the occupants of the 59 homes three years worth
of free night rate electricity, provided they sign up to the company's new Pay as You Go package within three months of moving in.
The value
of this free night will depend on how you use it.
The IHG card for instance has an annual fee of $ 49, but also comes with an annual benefit
of a free night.
I don't really value the AMEX PR's welcome / renewal gift
of a free night's stay at a Frasers property.
I spoke with someone at Amex about one month ago regarding the issue
of the free night after the first year anniversary of my Surpass which I also got mid 2017.
Putting aside my antagonism towards the uselessness
of the free night reward, the Radisson Rewards credit card continues to be a great tool for earning free hotel nights.
Paying the $ 75 annual fee on the card is a no - brainer when you make good use
of the free night certificate.
The Marriott card annual fee is waived too so if you get both you've got 140k points, gold status, and $ 600 for free on airlines, and a couple
of free night vouchers!
So on the high end the cost
of a free night is going up by up to 45,000 HHonors points per night.
The Hyatt gives an «annual bonus»
of a free night.
And the extension
of the free night certificates is a positive change as well, benefitting those who need just a bit more time redeeming them for a free night.
Not a bad use
of a free night certificate that cost me a $ 49 annual credit card fee.
Instead of having fixed cost redemptions, the cost
of the free night is dependent on the actual cost of the room on that specific night.
Credit Card Forum asked several leading bloggers about their most memorable use
of a free night credit card perk.
Thanks to my having booked a stay for my mom a month or so ago, I actually have an odd number of stays with Marriott during the current MegaBonus promotion, which means this paid stay will trigger the payout
of another free night certificate.
So with taxes factored in the total value
of the free night came out to $ 256.23 and with the $ 85 annual fee factored in, that's a total of $ 171 in value received.
This would mean ThankYou Points could operate like Hilton Honors points or SPG but only require you to stay 4 nights to take advantage
of a free night.
The value
of the free night is the average of the 10 nights you collect.
To my mind the biggest devaluation that Club Carlson have introduced is the withdrawal
of the free night you could get if you held their US Bank credit card.
The card comes with a $ 95 annual fee, which is high for a hotel card, but well worth the price if you take advantage
of the free night stay vouchers and the valuable perks that come with the card.
All it does is change the price
of a free night when you prefer to pay with aluminum, because the price goes up when value goes down.
While they all appear to offer the chance
of a free night after two stays, they are a bit more up front about the bonus offer.
For cardholders like me I get that Chase can change the rules as and when it wishes to... but I've has a few good years
of free night certificates at IC properties around the world so I'm not being «cheated».
A series of Sting concerts auctioned on the site two years ago went for wildly different point totals, depending on locale — 10,500 points in Atlanta, 30,000 in Washington, D.C. Atlanta fans got to see him perform for the price
of a free night stay at many Westin or W (category 4) hotels.
For example, Daraius Dubash, founder of Million Mile Secrets, says the IHG Rewards Club Select card «is a no - brainer card for me to keep,» as the value
of a free night at an InterContinental hotel far outweighs the $ 49 annual fee.
Now, you'll have to pay $ 89 for that benefit and we might even see restrictions on the use
of that free night certificate based on the language of the new offer.
To manufacture 95K points with the Surpass card, which would be the equivalent
of the free night you get with the Reserve card, you'd need to buy an extra ~ $ 16K in gift cards.
It offers a unique rewards program that gives you 10 % back in the form
of a free night stay that's based on the average cost of your 10 prior stays.
We had booked an award stay, using free night certificates from our IHG Rewards MasterCard — a great use
of the free night during the very expensive New Years Eve!
The price
of a free night in the SPG program, normally 9,000 t0 15,000 points at most nice hotels, skyrockets to 25,000 points in Category 7.
To take advantage
of the free night offer you need to book by December 31st, 2016 and complete a 2 + night stay by March 31st, 2017.
The extension
of free night certificate expiration from 120 to 180 days is great for those members who reach elite tiers and earn these certificates.
This is less than 50 percent of the cost
of a free night.
Altogether this makes me think the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve card has promise as a tool for manufactured spend despite devaluations of Hilton's loyalty program and my previous criticisms
of free night awards (which often face greater restrictions than points - based awards).
For instance, the value
of a free night with 10,000 Marriott points can be $ 80 - $ 150.
Here are some of my favorite IHG hotels in the US and Europe where you can make the most
of your free night!
The $ 49 annual fee on this card (waived the first year) is worth it, because
of the free night you get each cardmember anniversary.
On Jan. 15, Hilton Hotels changed the cost
of a free night at their best hotels to 50,000 from 40,000 Hilton HHonors loyalty points, devaluing customer accounts by 20 %.
The best - dressed attendee will win a prize
of a free night at the hotel.
I mean I don't anticipate a lot
of free nights.
The bonus points add up quickly, and soon you're racking up lots
of free nights at those hotels.
The number
of free nights per year is not limited.
These benefits normally come in the form
of free nights at a hotel location or exclusive access to some sort of club.
If you go through the trouble of setting up an account and make an effort to earn all of your bonus points, you can earn plenty
of free nights.
Marriott fans will love the Marriott Rewards Premier credit card, which offers great perks and value, plus lots
of free nights!
Obviously, the number
of free nights you earn with the Chase Marriott Rewards ® Premier Business Credit Card will depend on your style of travel and the available deals.
The number
of free nights per year is not limited.
One of the nice features
of these free nights tied to hotel credit cards is that the hotel chains let you use them even at some of their nicest hotels, where a one - night stay can cost hundreds of dollars.
Here are the main hotel credit cards currently available and the number
of free nights you can get — plus the total number of nights you could live out of hotels if you got all of these cards at the same time (which I totally don't recommend)!
The value
of the free nights you can earn with the Citi ® Hilton Honors ™ Reserve Card isn't bad considering there is no annual free.