Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
“Hotels Compete for Loyal Guests,” is another example in a series of articles that highlight the loyalty wars of 2010. The article by Kelli B. Grant was published at SmartMoney.com this week and is a good basic read with a summary of some deals in six different hotel loyalty programs. They have all been covered on Loyalty [...]
Today I put some more time into analyzing the category changes for Hilton HHonors.
Hilton HHonors = 3,551 hotels (Waldorf Astoria Collection has additional 19 hotels)
USA = 3,139 hotels; 88.4% of hotel properties
International = 412 hotels; 11.6% of hotel properties
Category 7 = 117 hotels
68 USA/Puerto Rico
49 international
22 hotels made double category jump from Category 5 to [...]
The earthquake disaster in Haiti is going to require billions of dollars for rescue, recovery, and rebuilding of lives and infrastructure. Juliana at Hotel Chatter posted today about the opportunity to donate Starwood Preferred Guest and Marriott Rewards points for cash donations to the Red Cross. I just redeemed 4,000 Starpoints to donate $50 to [...]
There is heated activity on the hotel loyalty front in these holiday weeks. Hilton, Marriott, Starwood, and IHG have announced 2010 promotions. Hyatt still has the best promotion of 2009 and you can take advantage of this offer through the month of January.
Hyatt Gold Passport “The Next Big Thing” promotion is incredible with combined [...]
A reader’s comment the other day asked if I would give a simple points value for the different hotel chains. I quickly made an educated assessment off the top of my head.
Hilton $6-9/1,000 points
Hyatt $15-$20/1,000 points
IHG Priority Club $7-$10/1,000 points
Marriott Rewards $7-10/1,000 points
Starwood Preferred Guest $35-$50/1,000 points
The comment had me thinking this past week [...]
December is the month for securing elite status. People in the know, those frequent guests and fliers making mattress runs and mileage runs this month, know that a few unnecessary hotel room nights or a few thousand miles of unnecessary airline flights are truly necessary. Some loyalty travelers are frantically booking travel solely for the [...]
Many people prefer airline miles over hotel points. I understand the value equation when your air miles are used for Business and First Class travel, but I have a hard time seeing the value in exchanging 20,000 Starpoints for 25,000 miles to redeem a domestic economy class airline ticket.
When grandma wants to see her [...]
Some people need a major hotel chain some of the time. Other people desire a major hotel chain most of the time.
There are 7 “hotelmart” chains. [I just thought of that term and I like it. Could I coin the phrase?
Too late. I checked and found a discount hotel website HotelMartUSA.com. So, I will [...]
Five minutes of your time can save 50% on a Fairmont Hotel stay.
If you are thinking, “Yeah, I would like to save 50% on my hotel stay!” then follow my advice.
Sign up for Fairmont President’s Club today (membership is free) and make sure to check the box next to the statement:
“Subscribe me to [...]
Thousands of Hyatt Gold Passport members are half-way to a free night after checking out of a Hyatt Hotel today, October 1, 2009. Hyatt Gold Passport’s “The Next Big Thing” promotion is huge this year with Faster Free Nights, Stays Count Double, and bonus United miles available in combinable promotions.
In August, I was speaking with [...]
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