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Some of the major fall hotel promotions have now been announced, namely from Hyatt and Marriott.  I ll say up front that neither is a knock your socks off kind of promo, but both are interesting in their own way.
Marriott runs MegaBonus promos many times per year, and there are actually just two weeks between the summer and fall MegaBonus promos this year.  As is usual, there are several different versions of the MegaBonus that are targeted to different Marriott Rewards customers.  You can see which promotion is available to you by logging in your Marriott account and clicking on Promotion Central .  Some of the available getty museum los angeles promotions I have read about are:
Stay twice between September 15, 2012, and January 15, 2013.  Earn 1 free night after every second paid stay, up to 3 free nights.  Enjoy your free nights at any of nearly 3,000 category 1 – 4 hotels. Free night award will expire one (1) year after the date of issuance.
Stay twice between September 15, 2012, and January 15, 2013.  Earn 1 free night after every second paid stay, up to 2 free nights.  Enjoy your free nights at a category 1 5 hotel.  Free night award will expire getty museum los angeles one (1) year after the date of issuance.
What is interesting is that one of the available promotions includes a certificate that is valid at a category 1 5 hotel, as opposed to the usual category 1 4 hotel.  The certificates are also good for a full year from when they are issued.  Those are both huge improvements, especially for those who can get category 5 certificates. Personally, I was targeted for the category 1 4 hotel, but that isn t surprising since I don t have status with Marriott and only have a few stays there each year.  What is interesting getty museum los angeles in a not so positive way is that there is a new tidbit in the terms and conditions portion of this offer that says: The member receiving this offer has been specifically targeted and the offer is not transferable.
That is troubling as Marriott has historically been very accommodating with helping their elite customers switch promotions to help ensure that they get the most for their stays.  While there are still some reports of successful promotion switching, getty museum los angeles there are an increased number of reports of problems with changing promotions.   The official terms certainly no longer support the change of promotions on any given account.
The MegaBonus promotions that allow for a free night after every other stay are my personal favorite promotions as they are a way to rack up free nights with very little time away from home.  I would be annoyed if I was an elite member and wasn t able to change to one of those promotions that are routinely getty museum los angeles offered to non-elite customers.
Many Hyatt fans are still suffering from FFNW , otherwise known as Faster Free Nights Withdrawal .  What that means is that Hyatt used to offer a promotion called getty museum los angeles Faster Free Nights that awarded a free night to use anywhere after just two paid stays.  It doesn t take a math whiz to see how easy it was to use some short and inexpensive stays to leverage some stays at some very expensive and exceptional Hyatt properties.  I bring that up because I think that FFNW clouds many expectations around Hyatt promotions that don t live up to the FFN promotions of the past few years.  If you are expecting something along the lines of FFN, you won t like this promotion very much.  However, it isn t terrible in my books ..it just isn t as great as some promotions from a little while back.  Here are the details of the Imagine the Possibilities promotion:
You can earn 5,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points after your first five eligible nights and 10,000 more for every five nights after that. Earn up to 65,000 bonus points redeemable for free nights getty museum los angeles with no blackout dates, room upgrades and more. Simply register by October 31 and stay at any Hyatt hotel worldwide from September 1 through November 30.
What I like about this promotion is that it runs until November getty museum los angeles 30th, so it is pretty good timing for those who need to make a run for elite status before the end of the year.  Once you get passed the first five nights, getty museum los angeles you are essentially earning 2,000 bonus points for every night.  That is not at all a reason getty museum los angeles by itself to book a hotel stay, but it is a nice consolation prize if you need to do some stays anyway.  I am still sitting at 12 paid Hyatt stays for the year, with 3 more paid stays scheduled until the end of the year.  I am sure I will have a few more stays pop up, but currently I am a full 10 stays away from re-qualifying for Diamond status for next year.  So, suffice to say I have a long way to go, and any bonus points I can pick up along my journey are very welcomed (though I am hoping for an amazing Star MegaDo Hyatt promo to make the process even easier).
My husband will be thrilled that the promo is based on nights instead of stays so that he doesn t have to hotel hop on his business trips.  I don t yet have the Hyatt credit card, but if it is going to continue to make promotions like this more lucrative, then it may climb faster to the top of the pile of personal Chase cards that I want to apply for.  For those that get the full bonus for staying 35 nights, that is an additional 13,000 points!
I m a little sad that neither of these promos are as exciting as the Club Carlson promotion over the summer, but they are both far better than nothing.  I know I will at least get some bonus points out of the Hyatt promo since I have some Hyatt stays that I need to make anyway.  How do these promotions work for you and your family?
@David, I don t think the official terms for this are out, but it reads to me that you just have to be a cardholder, not necessarily use the card for the stays. I can t swear that is true until I see the terms though.
Mommy, what has been your general experience with stays that begin prior to the promo but end after the promo? getty museum los angeles I have one stay coming up for two nights on 9/14 and 9/15. Would the 9/15 night count as my first stay or should I check out and back in? Thanks as always.
@Michael, that sort of stuff is usually answered in the terms and conditions (which aren t out yet for Hyatt), so I would check there! I would say the days that are within the promo should work. At the very least, you could make two separate reservations.