Not exact matches
Called «Seeso,» the service will launch widely in January, at which
point members can pay $ 3.99
per month
for ad -
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Current bonus: 25,000 bonus Starpoints after you use your new card to make $ 3,000 in purchases within the first three months Earning rates: 2
points per dollar spent at SPG hotels; 1
point per dollar spent everywhere else Other benefits: No foreign transaction fees; 2 stays and 5
nights toward SPG elite status every year;
free in - room premium internet; Boingo Wi - Fi Annual fee: $ 95 (waived
for the first year)
The Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera Maya is a World of Hyatt Category 5 property, meaning
free night awards start at 20,000
points per night, whereas Points + Cash is available for 10,000 points and $ 125 per
points per night, whereas
Points + Cash is available for 10,000 points and $ 125 per
Points + Cash is available
for 10,000
points and $ 125 per
points and $ 125
per night.
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.
Marriott Rewards
points can be used to book
free nights for between 7,500 and 45,000
points per night, depending on which of 9 categories a location is ranked in.
As a Category 2 property in Hyatt's Gold Passport program, that meant
nights could be booked
for 4,000
points + $ 55
per night, as opposed to 8,000
points for a fully
free award
night.
At this
point, I'd found a way to reduce the cost of roundtrip airfare from Jacksonville to London
for the NFL International Series from $ 1,077 to just $ 197.60, discovered how to stay at a 5 - star hotel that cost $ 700 +
per night for free, and allayed my fears about the impact of the credit card sign - ups that would make this possible.
Add in my Delta Business Platinum American Express card, which earns 1.4 Skymiles
per dollar at the $ 25,000 and $ 50,000 spend levels, and that accounts
for just about all of my manufactured spend budget (although I can't resist maintaining a 50,000 Club Carlson
point balance, good
for two
free nights at any Club Carlson property in the world).
Hyatt Visa ($ 75 annual fee, waived the first year) comes in chip form with no foreign transaction fees (important if some of your travel is overseas) and offers two
free nights for $ 1,000 spent in the first three months, 3
points per $ 1 spent on Hyatt and 2
points per $ 1 spent on dining, airline and car rental.
Category 4 properties require 15,000
points per night for a
free room.
This another great option
for your
free night certificates, and it can be booked
for 25,000 Marriott
points per night.
Your
free night is good
for up to hotel Category 5, which would be worth up to 25,000
points (or $ 249
per night based on a random search of Category 5 hotel prices).
In addition to the 5,000 -
point authorized user bonus, the 1
free night certificate
per year, the automatic Discoverist status, and the category bonuses, Hyatt also advertises the following perks
for the Chase Hyatt Credit Card:
Members can still redeem a
free hotel
night for 15,000
points and if they want to redeem
for a condo or home, the rate is 15,000
points per bedroom,
per night.
Marriott offers low - level status
for free, and one
night stay after each $ 3,000 of spending, but earning only one Marriott
point per dollar spent on most purchases is a poor value.
When it comes to redeeming
points for free nights, Marriott has nine categories of hotels (which cost between 7,500 and 45,000
points per night) whereas SPG has seven, requiring 2,000 to 35,000
points per night.
If I had factored in the cash price after applying the 4th
night free benefit, I'd be looking at redeeming
for 1.25 cents
per point with ThankYou
Points and that would make it look like less of a bargain than using Ultimate Rewards.
Marriott launched the new MegaBonus offering a
free night for two paid stays and SPG launched two offers, one targeted and one offering 500 to 1,000 bonus
points per stay, plus 10,000
for 25
nights during the promo period.
While the average redemption is around 16,000
points per night, members can get a
free night for as few as 8,000
points — one of the lowest
free night thresholds of all major hotel programs.
When you use ThankYou
Points for the 4th night free benefit, the points redeem at one cent per
Points for the 4th
night free benefit, the
points redeem at one cent per
points redeem at one cent
per point.
Well, that's just about 3
nights at a Category 5 property (12,000 - 16,000
points per night) or enough
for 6
free nights in a Category 3 hotel (7,000
points a
night and 5th
night free).
A stay in a place like St. Regis New York, a category 7 property, where an SPG
free night will set you back 30,000
points for a hotel stay valued at USD $ 877
per night.
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).
If you want to really enjoy the benefits of a 5th
night free redemption, try using it when booking
for a high - end hotel stay; that said, if you find you're getting over 2 cents
per point for your redemption, then you're in safe territory value-wise.
This is good
for up to 12
free nights at SPG hotels if you redeem
for Category 1 properties at 2,000 SPG
points per night.
Benefits like a 4th
night free at hotels and the ability to use Citi ThankYou
points at an elevated rate
for American Airlines bookings were examples of the new things we saw and the inclusion of an Admirals Club membership, a Priority Pass membership and a $ 250
per year airline credit all made a pretty compelling case
for getting the card.
That's enough
for a
free night award at any Category 6 property (there are only a small number of Category 7 hotels that cost 30,000
points per night).
As an example, Marriott category 5 hotels normally go
for 25K
points per night and you get the 5th
night free if you redeem enough
points for at least 4
nights.
Not only will this make it even easier to rack up Marriott Rewards
points for free nights (up to 15
points per dollar if they use the Marriott Rewards credit card from Chase) but it will also make meeting the thresholds
for Marriott lifetime status a lot easier
for them too.
PointSavers reduce your
point requirements by 10,000
points per night for each hotel tier and can be combined with the fifth
night free.
Award
nights start at 30,000
points per night for a Tier 1 hotel and the fifth
night is
free on a five
night stay.
I can usually find a good Category 4 hotel when traveling, and these are only 15,000
points per night for a
free night award.
Per the terms, «[t] he anniversary
free night may not be transferred, extended beyond the expiration date, redeemed
for cash, or re-credited
for points.»
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).
At.8 cents
per point for Marriott
points and 1.5 cents
per miles, that's an exchange of $ 2,160 of Marriott
points for $ 2,430 of Aeroplan miles PLUS the 7
free nights at a Marriott property up to a category 5.
The cost was 48,000 SPG
points for 5
nights (12,000
nights per night, but the 5th
night is
free).
Parallel to these changes, Chase is rolling out two new cards, including a Premium card that offers a
free night (with the same limitations), a 20 % discount on purchased
points, a 4th -
night -
free award and 10
points per USD spent
for an annual fee of $ 89.
Since you get the 5th
night free with SPG and a standard room could go
for $ 581 including taxes, it'd be possible to get 4.8 cents
per point in value.
For example, a free night at a Category 6 hotel like the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong for $ 248 will cost 25,000 Gold Passport points — equivalent to 25,000 Ultimate Rewards points and resulting in a value just under one cent per poi
For example, a
free night at a Category 6 hotel like the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
for $ 248 will cost 25,000 Gold Passport points — equivalent to 25,000 Ultimate Rewards points and resulting in a value just under one cent per poi
for $ 248 will cost 25,000 Gold Passport
points — equivalent to 25,000 Ultimate Rewards
points and resulting in a value just under one cent
per point.
15,000
points gets you a
free night at any Wyndham property (or
per bedroom in a villa or castle) so you may well find some pretty good uses
for those TR
points.
It was at the Le Meridien in Monte Carlo, Monaco and I used just 1,500
points per night over the normal redemption rate to get, instead of a standard room, a Junior Suite with butler service,
free parking (worth over 50 Euro a day) and
free buffet breakfast
for two (worth over 80 Euro a day) included in the rate.
The most significant change was that they did away with standard redemption tiers / categories that most other hotel programs use (category 3, 4, 5, etc.) and they put in a new redemption scheme where properties can be redeemed
for 15,000
points per night (that means you can get 3
free nights with this card).
Marriott launched the new MegaBonus offering a
free night for two paid stays and SPG launched two offers, one targeted and one offering 500 to 1,000 bonus
points per stay, plus 10,000...
Currently, the top Hyatt properties require 30,000 Hyatt
points per night so that would require 60,000 Hyatt
points for two
nights whereas before you could just use the two
free night certificates and cover two
free nights with the sign - up bonus.
Besides, you'll probably want to spend 5 days in Beijing, making your
points worth 16,000
per night (with the fifth
night free for elite members).
• 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
What's remarkable about this promotion is the breadth of that redemption offer — you can get a
free night for just 10,000
points at some of the nicest Best Western Hotels & Resorts out there where rooms typically go
for close to 40,000
points per night.
[+] There is a sign - up bonus that earns you 60,000
points [+] You have to spend $ 1000 in the first three months to earn the
points [+] Earn an extra 5000
points if you add an authorized user who then makes purchases [+] The annual fee is waived
for the first year [+] You get five
points per dollar spent at IHG hotels [+] Get two
points per dollar you spend at gas stations and in restaurants [+] Earn two
points per dollar when you spend in most grocery stores [+] Get one
point per dollar spent when you spend with most other merchants [+] You get a
free night's stay at one of their hotels
for having your card a full year [+] There are over 5000 hotels worldwide where you may use your
free night's stay [+] Opt in
for platinum elite status that continues while your account is open and active
[+] There is a sign - up bonus of 80,000
points [+] You only have to spend $ 3000 within the first three months to earn the rewards [+] Add another authorized user to get an extra 7500
points if your user makes purchases [+] Get five
points per dollar with Marriott properties [+] Get two
points per dollar when you spend money with certain airlines [+] Earn two
points per dollar spent in restaurants and at car rental agencies [+] Earn one
point per dollar with most other purchases [+] Get a
free night's stay every anniversary at one of the category 1 - 5 locations [+] They do not add foreign transaction fees onto your account [+] They have over 4300 hotels in 81 different countries / territories [+] You may use your card and your
point overseas in their hotels [+] You may sign up
for Silver Elite status [+] They allow you to transfer your
points to participating airlines
A deluxe property on all counts, if you're paying to stay at the Park Hyatt Maldives, a standard villa costs around $ 1500
per day in season (or 30,000 World of Hyatt
points for a
free night).