Furthermore, some hotels are a pretty good deal
when booked with points, and if you reserve four nights with points you'll get the fifth night free.
The Business Platinum Card will still retain arguably it's most worthwhile benefit: the 50 % rebate on
flights booked with points.
These are the 11 properties that I think are the best value for your points, but I'll list every SPG and Marriott property in Hawaii later in this post, plus a value analysis of each
if booked with points.
While there aren't any hotels to
book with points in the Galapagos, Elena was able to use the money she saved on her flights to book locally at a fairly inexpensive rate.
Even if you don't transfer your points, any
travel booked with points through the Ultimate Rewards portal earns a 25 % discount, making each point worth 1.25 cents.
In addition, due to the special relationship Citi has with American, Citi Prestige cardholders can get a terrific value for
booking with points at the Citi Travel Center — 1.6 cents per point.
Even if a particular airline you're looking for isn't listed, you can still
book with points by redeeming through the Citi Travel Center.
Kimpton Hotels can be
booked with points contrary to the current IHG... [Continue reading] about How To Book IHG Hotels With Ultimate Rewards
Similar to Southwest Airlines» program, any seat on any JetBlue flight can be
booked with points as long as it's available to be booked with cash — no blackout dates!
We were upgraded from a Junior Suite Double (standard
room booked with points) to an Ocean Front Junior Suite Double.
If you really want to experience Singapore Suites, some of the shorter routes can be
booked with points from just one credit card sign up bonus.
The real nightly rate (as shown above) is $ 531.81 when you include the mandatory rip - off resort fees so, at 15,000 points for the same night, a
guest booking with points will be getting an incredible 3.54 cents / point of value.
Standby upgrades, which cost the same number of points, are available for all types of tickets including regular
tickets booked with points.
And when I'm in a city I would
normally book with points I usually can crank down on the price of the hotel to the point where a redemption doesn't make any sense (Sub 1CPP for SPG properties for example).
Just over a month ago, I set off on a trip to Thessaloniki, Calais, and
London booked with points and miles after finding business class award space on AirBerlin a few days before departure.
When I post about each region we visited, I'll list options for hotels that you can
book with points such as Starwood and Hilton.
A lot of people have really been loving the American Express Business Platinum card since it was updated last year to include a 50 % points rebate on all business class flights (and one chosen airline for economy flights)
when booked with points through the Amex portal.
In the next couple of weeks, I'll show you which are my favorite properties to
book with points in the Swiss Alps.
In the case of my Tahoe trip, all three of the above situations more or less applied
so booking with points was the best option.
A sample $ 204 fare from Seattle to San Francisco could be
booked with points instead for a cost of 8,791 points and $ 5.60 in fees, putting the value per point close to 2.2 cents each.
If you can find the flight, hotel, or travel package in the Travel Center, you can
book it with your points at the rate of 1.5 cents each that we discussed above.
eliminate a customer service phone line, daily maid service, prior to arrival maid service, limited access to the hotel lounges, room delivered arrival gifts, daily room turn down service, daily newspapers, room upgrades,
rooms booked with points that are not the worst room available, guaranteed rooms, honoring guaranteed reservations, etc..
It even offers all - inclusive resorts in Mexico and Jamaica — and yes, you can
book them with points.
This is yet another trip
we booked with points through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, and it was a great one.