Sentences with phrase «stay mattress run»

If you stayed at hotels earning 10X on stays and earned extra points here and there with special promotions, it's feasible that a 9 stay mattress run could cost you nearly $ 500 or maybe even less after you factor in your earnings from Marriott points and credit card spend.

Not exact matches

They used some «mattress runs» (the hotel equivalent of a mileage run where a traveler is flying just to earn points / miles) to earn 2 free nights anywhere after staying 4 nights at any IHG property.

Five stays lets me spend more time working toward SPG Platinum status, without which I might have to pay for $ 500 in mattress runs.

Similarly mattress - running may be inconvenient for someone with a stationary life, but it makes great sense for those already needing lots of hotel stays.

Once again, Frequent Business Traveler, in conjunction with FlyerTalk and ExpertFlyer, is asking readers if they went on a mileage or mattress run this year, as well as whether or not they need to complete any additional flights or hotel stays in the remaining two weeks of the year to attain a status milestone.

But I think that would be going a bit far, since if you are booking 80 % of your stays as mattress runs, you aren't really taking great advantage of your Diamond benefits.

If we pay (cash or points) for a hotel (or mattress run), we'll list the expense for the night we stay, not the day we booked it or paid for it.

If you're attracted to the idea of cheap hotels in Vegas, I'll say that my personal opinion is it's an awful idea for mattress running (booking a hotel with no intention of staying there).

So for this promotion, it might be worth doing a «mattress run» where you book two very cheap hotel stays just to receive the 15,000 points which can be used on properties that cost $ 280 or more!

Frequent Business Traveler, in conjunction with FlyerTalk, wants to know if you went on a mileage or mattress run this year, and whether or not you need to complete any additional flights or hotel stays in the remaining two weeks of the year to attain a status milestone.

I would not mattress run just for the sake of promotion, but if you have stays already planned at Club Carlson hotels, you should register to take advantage of the promotion.

In some cases, it might make sense to complete mattress runs (hotel stays) or mileage runs in order to earn status.

Many people (including me) have commented that you can get cheap mattress runs by staying at some of the less expensive MGM Resorts.

The cheapest route to mattress run for me is 13 separate Points + Cash stays.

If you don't have any upcoming uses for hotels, mattress run (book hotels purely for the sake of earning rewards) four times for one night stays at nearby cheap IHG properties in the Candlewood Suites, Staybridge Suites, and Holiday Inn Express brands.

Honestly, though, even in this case you'd probably just be better off finding a cheap Hyatt and «mattress running» to get those additional stays in.

I'll put my mattress running budget towards actual hotel stays in 2015.

As far as top - tier elite status, mattress running is a good idea if you're at least 70 % of the way to top - tier elite, based on stays.

She survived running out of heat in the camper and had to bundle up in sleeping bags and mattresses just to stay warm.