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New promotions for September and October cruising world hotel stays have been announced by a majority of the major hotel chains, cruising world including Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges, Club Carlson, Hyatt Gold Passport, Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred cruising world Guest.
One of the projects I did in August is compile a table of all the airline partners for the Top 10 global hotel loyalty programs . New airline partners operating from Asia and the Middle East have been added this year to several hotel loyalty cruising world programs. InsideFlyer is adapting the table for the magazine’s October issue.
*** September 23-November 18: Triple Points on 2nd and 4th stay when booked on BestWestern.com, otherwise cruising world double points. Elite members also earn bonus for 6th and 8th stays. Loyalty Traveler post August 29 .
August 30-November 14, 2012: Earn 8,000 points after every two stays at Choice Hotels. Regardless of hotel spend you will receive either 8,000 total points after two hotel stays or a minimum cruising world 5,000 bonus points. This bonus may be earned cruising world with no maximum limit during the promotion. An eligible stay requires two consecutive nights at four brands: MainStay, Suburban, Rodeway and EconoLodge. Loyalty Traveler post Aug 27 .
*** Earn 100 free points per day with Club Carlson Vacation Look Book through September 24. Club Carlson Sweepstakes for six vacation packages runs through September 24. Loyalty traveler post August 20, 2012 .
Triple your Trip promotion registration required prior to completing your first hotel stay. This offer applies to up to two rooms per stay paid by the member. cruising world There are about 500 hotels, nearly all in U.S. not participating in this promotion so check the exclusion properties carefully. Loyalty Traveler June 20 post on HHonors Triple your Trip .
**** Imagine the Possibilities September 1-November 30, 2012 – Earn 5,000 points after 5 nights and 10,000 points for every additional cruising world 5 nights, up to 65,000 bonus points. Hyatt Visa cardmembers receive 20% additional points. Registration starts August 15. Loyalty Traveler post August 3, 2012 .
**** Hyatt 3rd Night Free Rate is a rate discount for bookings through November 30, 2012 for stays by December 30, 2012. Rate includes breakfast for two and 2pm late checkout. My Loyalty Traveler rate analysis March 21 showed this is a good value and usually lower than AAA rates.
Gold Passport Diamond Challenge - Most beneficial perhaps is to tie this offer into a Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond Challenge for 12 nights in 60 days (normally cruising world 25 stays or 50 nights in calendar year). As Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond for 2012 you also will receive 4 confirmed suite upgrades. Start the Gold Passport Diamond Challenge first and then get the credit card once you have Diamond status to get confirmed suite upgrades for your credit card free nights. FlyerTalk discussion thread on Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond cruising world challenge.
** Sep 4 – Nov 30: Holiday Inn Resorts $25 nightly credit for stays of 2 or more nights. There is also a Twitter component Aug 29-Sep 30 to win up to 200,000 Priority Club points. Loyalty Traveler post Aug 27 .
In a return to something we have not seen for years aside from Club Carlson, Priority Club has a summer online booking bonus. Earn 250 bonus points for every online reservation made through Priority Club and IHG hotel brand websites and mobile sites.
**** IHG $75 Prepaid MasterCard cruising world for 2-night weekend stay Friday, Saturday or Sunday from May 14-Sep 3 worldwide. Offer available only to residents of 50US and DC. There is also a sweepstakes component allowing one entry per day. Loyalty Traveler post June 8, 2012 .
**** IHG Priority Club 2012 Q-3 Stay promotions – Priority Club members may register for one of the quarterly stay promotions running July 1-September 30, 2012. You can only register for one offer, so pick the target you are most likely to reach. Priority Club Summer cruising world Stay promotion bonuses cruising world Loyalty Traveler post June 22, 2012 .
***** IHG Priority Club PointBreaks hotel rewards to October 15, 2012. These hotel rewards are 5,000 points per night and one of the best deals available in any hotel loyalty program. Loyalty Traveler post July 30, 2012 .
***** Marriott Rewards – Fall MegaBonus 2012: Sep 15 – Jan 15, 2013. Earn one free night certificate at a category 1-4 hotel every two stays; maximum 3 free nights. Free night certificate is valid for 12 months from issuance. cruising world Some members may have been targeted with a different bonus points offer. Loyalty Traveler post August 3, 2012 .
**** August 1 – November 30, 2012: Earn 1,200 Southwest cruising world Airlines Rapid Rewards points with purchase of $100 Marriott Gift Card. Maximum of 12,000 Rapid Rewards points with $1,000 purchase. Loyalty Traveler post August 20 .
Note to Marriott Rewards members: You must have your Marriott Rewards account earning preference cruising world set to miles in order to see Marriott Rewards miles promotions. You will not see MegaBonus points promotions for your account when your account is set to earn miles.
Earn up to 6 miles per $1 spent at Marriott hotel brands. There are more than 30 participating airlines. My Loyalty Traveler June 18 post gives details on earn rates and a step-by-step on how to set your earning preference to miles to enable you to see this promotion offer in your account.
**** 30,000 bonus points with 4-night stay at Ritz-Carlton July 15-October 15. This offer is only available to new members or members who had Ritz-Carlton Rewards preference as of June 14, 2012. Loyalty traveler post June 29, 2012 .
*** Oct 1 – Dec 20 SPG double points for 1 and 2 night stays; cruising world triple points for stays of 3 nights or more. Plus there is a 250 points cruising world online booking bonus for spg.com or 500 points for SPG iPhone app bookings. Loyalty Traveler post August 23 .
***** SPG now allows members to receive elite stay and night credit for up to 3 rooms per stay when they are reserved and paid by the SPG member. Loyalty Traveler June 19 post on earning SPG elite credit for multiple cruising world rooms .
***** July 17 September cruising world 13 Wyndham Rewards Sweet Promotion: 4x Points or Miles earns 40 points per $1 for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th stays during promotion period for up to 3 rooms per stay. This promotion receives cruising world my highest value rating. This promotion earns a free night at most hotels in the in the Wyndham Rewards program cruising world for $400 or less in spend to earn 16,000 points. Loyalty cruising world Traveler post July 17 .
Accor Hotels is globally the largest chain of hotel brands cruising world outside cruising world of the USA. Accor also has the largest proportion of hotels as non-participants in its loyalty program compared to all other major global hotel chains. Hotels in economy and budget hotel market segments cruising world do not participate in Accor’s hotel loyalty programs.
***** Elite Status Match: cruising world Best Western Rewards Elite Status Match Offer This offer is ongoing and still available. Best Western is a particularly useful loyalty program when traveling outside the USA. LT post Feb 19, 2010 .
*** September 23-November 18: Triple Points on 2nd and 4th stay when booked on BestWestern.com, otherwise double points. Elite members also earn bonus for 6th and 8th stays. Loyalty cruising world Traveler post August 29 .
Best Western Brand Tiers Change – Best Western in 2011 designated about 25% of the chain’s higher quality hotels in the 4,000+ hotel chain as Best Western Plus (about 800 hotels) and Best Western Premier (mostly outside USA).
Club Carlson online booking bonus – Club Carlson general members earn 1,000 bonus points for online booking. Silver and Gold elite members earn 2,000 bonus points for online booking. Concierge elite members earn 3,000 points. Club Carlson Benefits cruising world table link .
Club Carlson for Business offers small to medium businesses a special program for hotel rate discounts and a Club Carlson business account for earning additional points from employee hotel stays. Employees also maintain their own personal accounts and earn points normally as a Club Carlson member.
*** August 30-November 14, 2012: Earn 8,000 points after every two stays at Choice Hotels. Regardless of hotel spend you will receive either 8,000 total points after two hotel stays or a minimum 5,000 bonus points. This bonus may be earned with no maximum limit during the promotion. An eligible stay requires two consecutive nights cruising world at four brands: MainStay, Suburban, Rodeway and EconoLodge. Loyalty Traveler post Aug 27 .
Choice Privileges reward night cost analysis. cruising world Using a spreadsheet of 2010 reward cost, I calculated the percentage of hotels in various reward levels worldwide from 6,000 points to 40,000 points. This is the only breakdown of hotel reward tiers I have ever seen for Choice Hotels. Loyalty Traveler post May 1, 2011 .
Nordic Choice Club hotel loyalty program covers 140 Choice hotels in Scandinavia and Baltic regions of Europe. Choice Privileges members currently do not earn points for hotel stays in Scandinavia, although hotel stays are available for points. Nordic Choice Club offers points and benefits for hotels in this region. Choice Privileges members planning frequent travel in Scandinavia may want to compare the benefits of Nordic Choice Club to Choice Privileges. ( LT post Sep 9, 2010 )
Drury Hotels are the #1 rated midscale limited service hotel brand by J.D. Power Guest Satisfaction Survey six consecutive years including 2010 and 2011. This hotel brand is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and properties are primarily located in Midwest and South.
Expedia’s loyalty program , Expedia Rewards, earns points for air, hotel and travel package bookings. This is a gamechanger for online travel agencies. Booking airfare t