After removing the Bonus Award Night from the Club Carlson Visa card (reported here), effective June 1, 2015, more than 200 hotels in the Carlson Group are going up in the rewards category — some by two or even three categories — drastically increasing the number of points
required for a free hotel night.
Not exact matches
A
free night award chart is being introduced in 2019 where the amount of points
required for a
free night will depend on peak, standard and off - peak pricing at all
hotels.
Just two
nights look like not really valuable bonus, but in fact this bonus is equivalent of 120,000 reward points since some of Tier 4 Ritz - Carlton
hotels require 60,000 to be redeemed
for a
free night.
The number of Points
required for one (1)
free night stay at a Licensed
Hotel is based on the expected average daily rate on the date requested
for the stay, varies throughout the year, and is subject to change at BWI's discretion.
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.
DETAILS Maximum of 2 coupons per person upon purchase
for personal use & 5 to offer as gifts 1 coupon valid
for 2 people May combine up to 2 coupons
for a longer stay You will receive 2 Tuango coupons; one
for the Golf course and one
for the Manoir Offer starts May 5, 2018 / Ends October 10, 2018 (or depending on the weather) Valid from Sunday to Friday / Subject to availability / Not valid during construction holiday from July 22 to August 4, 2018 Possibility to say in a superior room
for an additional fee of $ 30 per room, per
night, payable at the
hotel Valid
for the 18 - hole course only Reservation
required at the Manoir at (418) 625-2101 or toll -
free at 1-800-463-8489 / Subject to availabilities / We can not guarantee room availability / Some dates sell out quickly.
Category 6
hotels require 30,000 Marriott Reward Points
for a
free night but, at those rates, you'd be nuts to redeem points at this
hotel if you were planning to visit Dresden.
Generally, fancy
hotels require more points
for free nights, so you can stretch your points further by staying at less ritzy properties.
Means any award of
free room
nights or room upgrades or food and beverage or CHI, The Spa GC redemption vouchers
for use at Participating
Hotels, which may be redeemed by using the
required number of GC Award Points by a Member.
In general, the better the
hotel, the higher the category, the more points
required for a
free night.
For hotel stays, you are still be better off using a
hotel co-branded card and booking through your
hotel's website, since $ 6,667 spent on a co-branded card is enough to earn 1 or more (in some cases many more)
free nights at any
hotel chain property except a Category 7 Starwood property, which would
require $ 8,750 or $ 7,000 on the co-branded American Express, depending on your elite status.
(see table
for spend
required for a
free night at 10 % of
hotels of the group) And the picture is even worse, if you are trying to save your points
for an aspirational redemption at one of the top luxury
hotels.
While the difference in points
required for an increase of one category is not that big (a Marriott
hotel moving a category is a difference of 5,000 points), this affects anyone holding
free night stay certificates that can be used at Category 1 - 4
hotels and Category 1 - 5
hotels.
Hilton comes in second,
requiring $ 4,666.67 — $ 6,333.33 worth of paid stays
for a
free night at a top - tier Category 10
hotel.
This is a Category 2
hotel requiring between 3,000 - 4,000 Starpoints
for a
free night.
This is especially valuable if you're looking at redeeming Starpoints
for a
free stay in a Category 1 or 2
hotel, as these properties
require a minimal number of points per
night.
PointBreaks are reduced award redemptions at IHG
hotels (Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza,
Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, etc.) that
require just 5,000 Rewards Club points
for a
free night, and change every few months.
Category 1
hotels require only 5,000 points
for a
free night while category 10
hotels require up to 95,000 points.