Not exact matches
One benefit of your new Marriott Rewards Premier Plus account is an Anniversary Free Night
Award e-certificate every year after your account anniversary, valid for a one night hotel stay at a property with a
redemption level at or under 35,000 points, instead of the
category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000 points you received on your Marriott Rewards account.
It's a Quarterly 5 % Rotating Cash Rewards Credit Card, but has a unique advantage over the other 5 % rotating cards — you get to pick the 5 % cash back
categories — and there's an additional
redemption award!
Oftentimes, hotel
award redemptions in New York City suffer from the city's premium status, with properties commanding rates several
categories higher than a similar hotel in another city might.
Point density takes into account 2 variables: your elite status with the chain in question (and use of a co-branded credit card, if applicable) and the desired hotel
category you aim to redeem your points in, and generates a single number: the number of dollars you need to spend to generate that
award night
redemption.
Many other airlines price Caribbean destinations in a different
award zone
category, which makes
award redemptions much higher on these competitors!
As of January 7, Hyatt added a
Category 7 to its
redemption list and increased the cost of many
awards.
Often the best flight, in terms of schedule, stops, or experience, is offered on a partner, so you want to make sure you see them.Click your preferred dates on the
award calendar, even if the days are marked in white, which implies there is no space in the lowest
redemption categories.
There are more
categories where you see the uber low
redemptions that used to be known as American's off - peak
awards, like flying to Europe between October 15 and May 15 for 20,000 miles instead of 30,000 miles each way.
5
award nights at a
category 4 property is a very good
redemption.
In recent years, Delta has worked to clean up its online booking software and it has added tons of
award availability, though unfortunately not always in the lowest
redemption category.
Here's the Hyatt
award chart showing Cash & Points
redemptions across all of Hyatt's hotel
categories:
Hyatt's
award redemptions start at 5,000 points per night for a
category 1.
Award nights at top
category hotels can be expensive, but the
redemptions at low - mid tier hotels a = offer a great value.
But when you dig in a but, you may realize that these are mostly
Category 7 resorts with such high standard
redemption rates it's hard to get a great deal — except maybe if you can find
award availability at very peak times.
There are also cards that
award bonuses when you redeem points for certain
categories, instead of giving a flat
redemption rate for all travel expenses.
Starwood gives you the «5th night free» on all
award redemptions of
Category 3 and above and they also have a great offering called «Nights and Flights» which add even more value to your point
redemptions.
Award options are also loosely revenue - based because hotels are grouped into
categories that reflect the cost of the
redemption.
Voted best
redemption ability Middle East & Asia / Oceania Region in the airline
category for the 5th year in a row at the Freddie
Awards *, allowing you to use your Velocity Points to fly to over 600 destinations now including Hong Kong.
April 2015: The Velocity Frequent Flyer program has been earned three
awards at the 27th annual Freddie Awards in Atlanta winning Program of the Year, Best Customer Service and Best Redemption Ability for the Middle East and Asia / Oceania region Airline cat
awards at the 27th annual Freddie
Awards in Atlanta winning Program of the Year, Best Customer Service and Best Redemption Ability for the Middle East and Asia / Oceania region Airline cat
Awards in Atlanta winning Program of the Year, Best Customer Service and Best
Redemption Ability for the Middle East and Asia / Oceania region Airline
category.
Being a
category 5 Marriott property which also happens to be a five - star hotel, that certainly makes for a great
award or free night certificate
redemption.
† Velocity Frequent Flyer
awarded Best
Redemption Ability for Middle East & Asia / Oceania
category in 2013 Freddie
Awards, and ranked highest of all Asia Pacific region programs in Ideaworks Company's 2013 SwitchFly Reward Seat Availability survey.
Recently at the 2014 Freddie
Awards, the program took home Best Customer Service and Best
Redemption Ability in the Middle East / Asia / Oceania
categories and the program was singled out for their exceptional elite program winning the Best Elite Program in Europe / Africa.
Bonus Points are only
awarded for a stay including at least seven standard Rewards Program
redemption nights at a
category 7, 8 or 9 hotel.