Not exact matches
Whether you're just looking for a bed for the
night, a convenient location
on a business trip, or a luxury hotel, you can use Marriott Rewards to book
award stays.
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 acc
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 acc
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.
Award nights are based
on five tiers instead of the nine categories that dictate
stays with Marriott, ranging from 30,000 to 70,000 points per
night.
You also get your 5th
night free
on award stays of 5
nights or more.
Hilton Honors Silver confers minimal hotel
stay benefits, but it opens up the 5th
night free benefit
on award stays (which can save lots of points!).
Like Gold status, Silver status provides the 5th
night free benefit
on award stays.
As a cardholder, you will receive complimentary Silver elite status, which provides the same 5th
night free benefit
on award stays as well as several other benefits.
With Gold status, you can book free
award nights 50 days in advance and earn 10 % bonus points
on eligible
stays!
In addition to the old Diamond benefits that aren't being changed — such as club lounge access
on all
stays, a late 4 pm checkout, and two United club passes each year — Hyatt has also added free parking
on award nights and early check in when available.
On the other hand, a Starwood Preferred Guest elite paying for stays with their co-branded credit card and being reimbursed by their employer for those stays wouldn't have to pay a penny for an award night at a mid-tier property; they'd just have to wait until their employer had spent $ 2,000 on their behal
On the other hand, a Starwood Preferred Guest elite paying for
stays with their co-branded credit card and being reimbursed by their employer for those
stays wouldn't have to pay a penny for an
award night at a mid-tier property; they'd just have to wait until their employer had spent $ 2,000
on their behal
on their behalf.
Most importantly, you'll get 4 new Club Lounge Access
awards, which can each be used
on a
stay up to 7
nights long.
Schlappig also saved money
on travel by taking advantage of Citi's new hotel benefit, which
awards Prestige cardholders a free
night's
stay if they book a room for four or more
nights.
Most Andaz Resorts around the world cost 20,000 to 25,000 points per
night, so this one is a steal at just 15,000 points with waived resort fees
on award stays.
A Starwood Preferred Guest elite paying for
stays with the American Express co-branded credit card earns 5 Starpoints per dollar spent at Starwood properties, and would have to spend $ 2,000
on paid
stays before they earned enough points for a single
award night at a mid-tier property.
The deal gets even better because with Starwood you get the fifth
award night free
on five -
night stays.
For a week's
stay on the island, Marriott's property would require an eye watering 240,000 points, which is actually a discount from the normal daily rate because travelers receive a 5th
night free when booking 4
award nights with Marriott.
This is enough for one
night at a Category 1 property, and it puts you well
on your way to an
award stay at a Category 2 hotel.
Whether you're just looking for a bed for the
night, a convenient location
on a business trip, or a luxury hotel, you can use Marriott Rewards to book
award stays.
-- Radisson is under Club Carlson and these points are easy to collect plus you get a free
night as a U.S. Bank Club Carlson card cardholder
on every
award stay of at least two
nights.
Three new perks: you will get 4th
night free
on award stays, 20 % discount
on points» purchases, plus Global Entry reimbursement...
Additional Terms & Conditions
Award Tickets
on partner airlines may require higher rates or a Saturday
night stay.
Most airlines
award flyers «status» based
on flying a certain number of miles within a year, typically at 25,000, 50,000, 75,000, and 100,000 miles, while most hotel chains
award a status typically based
on number of
nights per year
stayed.
5,000 bonus Qantas Points will be
awarded per qualifying
stay at InterContinental Sydney Double Bay booked between 1 October to 30 December 2014 for a minimum 2
night stay between 1 December 2014 and 31 March 2015
on the QF 5K Bonus package.
New members are given Blue status when they join and will continue to receive the current ten points per dollar or 1,000 points
on all qualified
stays as well as go free
award nights with no blackout dates.
And if you can utilize that 4th
night free
on award stays, that's potentially a huge swing in value for this card.
It's essentially like getting a 1,000 point rebate
on your
award stays and if you value Hyatt points at 1.8 cents per point, that's about $ 18 back per
night (which is excellent).
Before we even arrived in Hong Kong I had requested an upgrade via the Marriott mobile app and, as we were traveling
on an
award booking, I had taken the precaution of asking the Marriott Twitter team if upgrades were available
on reward
night stays:
Taking a 5
night stay checking in
on 2 May as an example this is how the cost of the
award would work out under the original wording / rules:
If you are an elite member, you get 5th
night free
on standard
award stays of 5 consecutive
nights or more.
Note that
award nights are subject to availability and there is an opportunity cost — you will not be able to participate in any promotions or sales and you will not earn points
on award stays.
Club Carlson credit card holders receive the last
night free
on any
award stay of two or more
nights.
Prize will be
awarded as a Marriott Rewards Free
Night Stay E-Certificate valid for hotels in categories 1 - 9 locations (log
on to MarriottRewards.com or call 800-321-7396 to book your E-Certificate).
The ability to buy points with a 20 % discount could be useful but I don't think I'd get as much use out of the 4th
night free
on award stays as I'd like to — my IHG
stays tend to be 2 - 3
nights in length and a 4th
night would, ordinarily, be more than I needed... I'd be
staying somewhere for the sake of
staying.
Additionally, Hilton and SPG offer a fifth
night free
on award bookings of four consecutive
nights, so sometimes reserving a
stay from the same account equals more free
nights.
ONYX Rewards
Award Night reservations may be booked for multiple hotel rooms
on the same
stay date at the same property provided the member's ONYX Rewards membership number is recorded
on each reservation and the required points are redeemed for each room.
I happen to need to check - in
on a Tuesday and as I'm not about to pay AU$ 1,078 + tax for a two
night stay in Sydney I decided to check
award availability.
The 4th
night free
on award stays would be a very nice bonus to have and, if you can use this at one of the better IHG properties, it would save you 70,000 every time you used it — that's a value of $ 280.
Either an
award night is available
on a given date or it's not... there should be no minimum
stay requirement.
Lastly, there doesn't appear to be any mention of the 10 % points rebate current cardholders get every year and I suspect that this has been offset by the «4th
night free»
on award stays.
Earn one Free
Night Award on your first eligible
stay, plus one Free
Night Award on your second eligible
stay for a total of two Free
Night Awards
When you participate in SPG's Nights and Flights deal, you get a discount
on a 5
night Category 3 or 4 hotel
award stay combined with the transfer bonus to an airline partner (at the 1:1 transfer rate only).
Members have the ability to redeem
stays for both
award and cash
nights on a reservation of two or more
nights.
Starting from 800 GC
Award Points per
night, members are invited to experience an even higher level of luxury
on their next confirmed
stay.
The best deal is to
stay for 5
nights since you will get the 5th
night FREE
on any
award stays at any category hotel.
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.
Also remember that you get the fifth
night free —
on free
night awards and
on cash and points
awards — when you book a longer
stay.
The winning foursome was
awarded four round - trip tickets
on American Airlines with a two -
night stay and a round of golf at Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, Mexico.
These savings are in addition to the fifth free
night on longer
award stays and the 5,000 bonus miles when you transfer a block of 20,000 Starpoints.
Since you get the 5th
night free
on an
award stay, it only costs 40,000 Starpoints to
stay at the Disney Dolphin for 5
nights.
While the IHG
award chart isn't the best, the addition of a 4th
night free
on award stays could definitely make it more competitive.