I might buy two or three different hotel packages and pool
the points for a bigger award somewhere else, or even transfer the points to a partner airline program.
Not exact matches
Van Meter Industrial, a distributor of automation and electrical products,
awards points for activities such as participating in its
Biggest Loser contest and walking campaigns.
So why not earn
big points on the purchases you make every month to redeem
for awards that can make your life easier?
Cannes hasn't been the best launching
point for major Oscar contenders as of late (
for winners, at least) so looking to the two highest profile films that lost — Wonderstruck and Happy End — I don't think their losses here will have a
big impact on their
awards chances.
Jason from MNPP here with this week's «Beauty vs Beast» contest - we've been more or less working our way through the year's
big awards contenders over the past few weeks, with a Three Billboards here and a Phantom Thread there, and knowing what you know about my oft - expressed personal... predilections... you'd be forgiven
for expecting a proper Call Me By Your Name showdown at some
point.
This year's win in Kelley Blue Book's 5 - Year Cost to Own
Awards competition, as well as a third - place finish in our Best Resale Value
Awards scrum,
point to a small car with
big eyes
for value and reliability.
The card works best
for individuals who spend
big on dining and travel, as it
awards 2
points per $ 1 in these categories.
One of the best ways to get
Big Travel with Small Money is transferring flexible
points to airline and hotel partners
for award flights and stays.
You can save
Big Money using miles and
points for award flights and stays.
So why not earn
big points on the purchases you make every month to redeem
for awards that can make your life easier?
If you have
points on other cards, move them all to one account so you can redeem them
for bigger awards.
The
biggest downside to the FlexPerks Select + card is that you need at least 20,000
points to redeem
for an
award flight.
Hilton was the last hotel group to tweak the number of
points needed
for an
award night right at the end of 2015 so IHG is the first of the
big chains to blink in 2016.
The
biggest pitfall I see travelers falling into surrounds the airlines that charge «surcharges» on their
award tickets —
for a lot of the airlines the days of free
award travel are long gone and this can catch out those who are new to collecting miles /
points.
The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has announced the launch of the Radisson
Big Night Giveaway, which will
award 50,000 Club Carlson Gold
Points to the first 100,000 eligible customers registering
for the offer.
With the airline offering up more
award space to KrisFlyer members than it does to partner airlines, being able to transfer
points into the KrisFlyer program is a
big positive
for Ultimate Rewards.
Redeeming
Points: The biggest innovation in hotel rewards in a while is the simplification of the program to only two awards: GoFree awards allow you to redeem 15,000 points for a free night at any Wyndham hotel worldwide, doing away with hotel categories and making it the most simple program on the m
Points: The
biggest innovation in hotel rewards in a while is the simplification of the program to only two
awards: GoFree
awards allow you to redeem 15,000
points for a free night at any Wyndham hotel worldwide, doing away with hotel categories and making it the most simple program on the m
points for a free night at any Wyndham hotel worldwide, doing away with hotel categories and making it the most simple program on the market.
Relieving the hassle —
for a price
Award bookers say their customers fall into two camps: business travelers who have amassed
big point balances from frequent flights and hotel stays, and «churners» — people who sign up
for credit cards to milk lucrative sign - up bonuses.
• Be flexible about your travel dates and times • Book flights
for late night or mid-morning, as they may be available
for fewer
points • Try to book your
Award Flight as far in advance as possible • Consider booking a trip during the off - peak season • Try leaving early
for a trip, or returning later, or consider flying on the actual day of the holiday, since most people like to overnight on
big holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas
I am a
big fan of Starpoints and one of the best features of the Starwood program is that in addition to using SPG
points for free hotel
award stays, you can also convert Starpoints to airline miles.
If all programs did is increasingly bonus higher revenue fares (United already did this with changes to their program
for 2012) and provide the option to book any seat desired with
points at a fixed - value per
point based on fare (in parallel to the
award chart) this would be no
big deal.
For families who don't have enough SPG
points in 1 account, but when combined do, this member perk is a
big help when booking
award nights or transferring SPG
points to an airline transfer partner.
The card works best
for individuals who spend
big on dining and travel, as it
awards 2
points per $ 1 in these categories.
This promotion is dubbed the «
Big Night Giveaway» as it
awards enough
points for a free night at any Radisson or Radisson Blu hotel in the world.
We used Firefish in - house and it became a
big selling
point for the agency, winning us the Onrec
award for Best Use of Online Recruitment.