These almost always come with category restrictions and often can not be
used at top hotels (the major exception to this rule is the IHG Card which offers a free anniversary night at any IHG property).
Not exact matches
I came up with this recipe as I
use to work
at a
hotel that would sell a gluten free mud cake
topped with chocolate mousse.
The girls and I went to a Fashion Week networking function (New York code for cocktail hour
at a swaggy
hotel) I hadn't worn this yellow ruffle
top since my birthday in May and I wanted to get more
use out of it like I plan to with everything in my closet eventually!
On
top of that, we
used the sign - up bonus from the BMO World Elite card to book 5 nights
at a nice little
hotel right off the beach.
Using the card to pay for stays
at Hyatt properties will earn you an additional 3 points for every $ 1 — this is on
top of the base points you earn through staying
at the
hotel.
But you can
use hotel credit cards to get two nights
at a
top Park Hyatt worth $ 800 or more a night, a night
at the Ritz - Carlton, and nights
at the best Conrad and Radisson properties worldwide.
This free night can be
used at any IHG property, so we suggest
using it
at one of their luxury properties, such as a
top - category InterContinental
hotel.
To give the most trivial example of point density, here's the amount of money that has to be spent with each
hotel loyalty for a non-elite member
using a third - party credit card to earn an award night
at a
top - tier property in that program, notwithstanding any promotions:
Spa treatments
using ancient Hawaiian techniques and golf
at two championship ocean - side courses are the
top draws
at this eco-friendly
hotel.
Here are my benefits from doing that: 2 free nights as the sign - up bonus (which I
used at this
hotel by the way),
top - tier Diamond status for hitting $ 40K spend, 120K Hilton points since each dollar spent earns a minimum of 3 points ($ 40K x 3 points / $ = 120K points), and another free night on my anniversary for hitting the $ 10K spending threshold.
Without a staying a single night
at a Hilton
hotel, you can earn
top - tier status just through credit card
use.
One method that I've seen people
use to value their
hotel points is to find the average price charged by one of the
top / aspirational properties (that they'd like to stay
at) and then divide that by the number of points needed for an award night
at that
hotel.
On the
hotel's website click on «Rooms» — found in the menu bar
at the
top of the page (I'm
using the Park Hyatt New York for my example)
The Waterfront is located
at the very quiet eastern end of Fisherman Village in Bophut, on the north side of Koh Samui.Just a short walking distance from the
hotel, guests will find many local shops, bars, seafront restaurants, 24/7 stores, a weekly night market (plenty of street food and drinks) and the beach itself.Though it is true that it can not be swim in some time of the year but guests can always make a good
use of the resort lovely swimming pool and cool themselves down on any hot and humid days.On
top of the personal touch and family feel, the Waterfront offers all the facilities and service travelers want for a relaxing holiday include beautiful well - kept gardens, sun loungers, hammocks, babysitting / child - minding during the evening, free internet, late checkout / early check - in (subject to availability) and on - site massage.
I
used my Citi Premier card which had a targeted offer for 5 bonus ThankYou Points for every dollar spent
at a Hilton (on
top of the 3 normally earned for
hotels) and also received 1,000 Hilton HHonor points as a welcome bonus since I am a Diamond elite through status match.
If you could put this benefit to
use a couple of times a year
at a decent
hotel or even one night a year
at a nice
hotel, you could easily recover your effective annual fee of $ 200 and come out on
top.
The Starwood Preferred Guest ® Credit Card from American Express is one of our
top recommended rewards cards as not only can you
use Starpoints
at over 1,200 Starwood brand
hotels (Westin, W, Sheraton, Aloft, Four Points, St. Regis, among others), but these points also transfer to numerous airline partners to add an amazing amount of flexibility to these
hotel points.
By implementing several strategies, credit card sign - up bonus and bonus miles via referral I was able to acquire more than 700,000 miles and points without flying.We
used some of these miles and points to travel for almost free to destinations like Washington D.C, Myrtle beach, Miami, NYC, Baltimore, Cancun and the highlight of this year was our 10 days Trip to Europe (Spain and France) which costed me barely $ 500 (airfare + lodging) for two people while flying business class on US Air (more details in next week posts) and staying
at some
top - notch five star
hotels in the best of the locations.
Obviously, you'll want to put this free night to
use at a
top - tier
hotel to get the biggest return on your investment.
While I've long
used Starwood points for
hotel stays — the Starwood program has more
top - end properties that I'd want to stay
at than any other chain — often the best value can be obtained through airline mileage transfers.
Those can be
used for 2 - 3 nights
at most
top - tier
hotels, and a couple of weeks worth of stays
at lower tier
hotels.
In other words, $ 1,500 worth of spend or 15 paid
hotel nights will get you a free night that could be
used at top - tier Wyndham properties.
Why it's a
top hotel rewards credit card: Beyond the generous rewards for staying
at Ritz - Carlton Rewards ® and SPG ®
hotels, the card gives you a $ 300 annual travel credit to
use for baggage fees, seat upgrades, and access to airport lounges.