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New promotions for September and October hotel stays have been announced by a majority of the major hotel chains, including Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges, country inn suites hotels Club Carlson, Hyatt Gold Passport, country inn suites hotels Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred 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 programs. InsideFlyer is adapting country inn suites hotels 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 double points. Elite members also earn bonus for 6th and 8th stays. Loyalty Traveler country inn suites hotels 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 5,000 bonus points. This bonus may be earned with no maximum limit during the promotion. An eligible stay requires country inn suites hotels 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 country inn suites hotels 24. Club Carlson Sweepstakes for six vacation packages country inn suites hotels 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. There are about 500 hotels, country inn suites hotels nearly all in U.S. not participating in this promotion country inn suites hotels 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 5 nights, up to 65,000 bonus points. country inn suites hotels Hyatt Visa cardmembers receive 20% additional points. Registration starts August country inn suites hotels 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.
country inn suites hotels 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 25 stays or 50 nights country inn suites hotels in calendar year). As Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond for 2012 you also will receive country inn suites hotels 4 confirmed suite upgrades. country inn suites hotels Start the Gold Passport Diamond Challenge country inn suites hotels 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 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 for 2-night weekend stay Friday, country inn suites hotels 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 country inn suites hotels 30, 2012. You can only register for one offer, so pick the target you are most likely to reach. Priority Club Summer country inn suites hotels Stay promotion bonuses 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. Some members may have been targeted with a different bonus points offer. Loyalty Traveler post August 3, 2012 .
**** August 1 – November country inn suites hotels 30, 2012: Earn 1,200 Southwest 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 country inn suites hotels Rewards account country inn suites hotels earning preference 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. country inn suites hotels 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 country inn suites hotels traveler post June 29, 2012 .
*** Oct 1 – Dec 20 SPG double points for 1 and 2 night stays; country inn suites hotels triple points for stays of 3 nights or more. Plus there is a 250 points online booking bonus for spg.com or 500 points for SPG iPhone country inn suites hotels app bookings. Loyalty Traveler post August 23 .
***** SPG now allows members to receive elite stay and night credit country inn suites hotels for up to 3 rooms per stay when they are reserved and paid by the SPG member. country inn suites hotels Loyalty Traveler June 19 post on earning SPG elite credit for multiple rooms .
***** July 17 September 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 my highest value rating. This promotion earns a free night at most hotels in the in the Wyndham Rewards program for $400 or less in spend to earn 16,000 points. Loyalty Traveler post July 17 .
Accor Hotels is globally the largest chain of hotel brands country inn suites hotels outside 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 country inn suites hotels segments do not participate in Accor's hotel loyalty programs.
***** Elite Status country inn suites hotels Match: Best Western Rewards Elite Status Match Offer This offer is ongoing and still available. Best Western is a particularly useful loyalty program when traveling country inn suites hotels outside the USA. LT post Feb 19, 2010 .
*** September 23-November 18: Triple Points country inn suites hotels on 2nd and 4th stay when booked on BestWestern.com, otherwise double points. country inn suites hotels Elite members also earn bonus for 6th and 8th stays. Loyalty 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 country inn suites hotels (mostly outside country inn suites hotels 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 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. country inn suites hotels An eligible stay requires two consecutive nights at four brands: MainStay, Suburban, Rodeway and EconoLodge. Loyalty Traveler post Aug 27 .
Choice Privileges reward night cost analysis. 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. country inn suites hotels This is the only breakdown of hotel reward tiers I have ever seen for Choice Hotels. country inn suites 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 through Expedia is a no brainer method for earning additional travel rebates since frequent flyer benefits are unaffected. country inn suites hotels Hotels are