According to the new issue of InsideFlyer (October, page 18), WyndhamRewards has a strange new promo going on, where you can get bonus airiline miles but only at one to three brands per airline/rail line! For example, double Delta miles but only at Ramada, double Continental miles but only at Baymont, double United miles but only at Super 8, and double Southwest credits but only at Days inn, US only at Howard Johnson! (AA and Amtrak get the same three brands the previous airlines promo was limited to.) The promo period is Oct 1 to Dec 31, and no cap is mentioned in this IF blurb. But no link is menioned either, and thus I can't examine the T&Cs to see if their summary of this complex-to-describe promo is accurate or if there are any restrictions (besides matching the hotel brand to the partner)?
(And, curiously, there's no mention in IF of their also being a double points promo option going on at the same time, which from the separate thread here devoted to it I see is capped.)
Anyone heard of this odd partner promo other than from this short blurb in IF magazine?
AM/AC - All brands
AMTRAK/SY - Wyndham, Wingate, Hawthorn Suites
CO - Baymont
DL - Ramada
YX - Microtel
WN - Days Inn
NK - Travelodge (U.S. hotels only)
UA - Super 8
US - Howard Johnson
Offer: Double Miles
Date: October 1 - December 31, 2010
Airlines: AM, AC, AMTRAK, CO, DL, YX, WN, MK, SY, UA, US
Weird restrictions, indeed...
Some of these are not announced yet.
Evan!
Oct 10, 10, 9:31 am
Clearly missing is a partner for Knights Inn.
IMHO KI ranks the lowest of the low in the WR family. While Travelodge's motto is "Thank goodness for Knights Inn". I wonder how Spirit passengers would feel knowing their prom date is Travelodge.
stallion114
Oct 30, 10, 12:10 pm
Bonus points not posting for Days Inn.
My stay is showing up at .5 not 1 credit. Anyonw else similar?
Also I noticed it caps the offer at "4 bonus credit offers"
Does that mean 4 stays, or 4/.5 bonus for 8 stays?
singlemalt
Oct 30, 10, 7:32 pm
At the risk of looking like an idiot, I'm not seeing the "bonus" in this deal. Let me use UA as an example:
"Members will receive four (4) miles per US dollar spent instead of the standard two (2) miles per US dollar spent..."
If I spend $3,000 under this promotion, I'll get 12,000 miles.
But under the basic WR program, if I'm signed up for the WR points option and I spend $3,000, I get 10 points/$, or 30,000 WR points - which I can redeem for...12,000 miles.
So what am I missing?
sdsearch
Oct 31, 10, 10:06 am
At the risk of looking like an idiot, I'm not seeing the "bonus" in this deal. Let me use UA as an example:
"Members will receive four (4) miles per US dollar spent instead of the standard two (2) miles per US dollar spent..."
If I spend $3,000 under this promotion, I'll get 12,000 miles.
But under the basic WR program, if I'm signed up for the WR points option and I spend $3,000, I get 10 points/$, or 30,000 WR points - which I can redeem for...12,000 miles.
So what am I missing?
First, you're missing that WR doesn't promote the fact that you may be able to earn miles faster by earning points first and then transferring them. That is purely FlyerTalk knowledge.
Second, it depends which miles program you're talking about in this promo. Some airlines in this promo are partnered with low-end WR hotel brands where you'd be hard pressed to spend even $80/night, meaning you'd need over 37 nights to get to $3000, but can you really earn 2x points for 37 nights (or is it capped?). Our mention of UA is a perfect example of this, because you can only get UA miles doubled at Super 8, and Super 8 is one of the lower-cost WR brands.
Third, you can only transfer at multiples of 8000 points earned, so if you only do very occasional stays in WR, the direct miles earning may still be better.
Finally, for some people the "double" is just icing; what they may be most interested in is an airline-side promo (US and WN, at least, having promos where you need a certain number of partners, and hotel points tranfers do not count, only stays), but might as well earn extra while doing that. Or they may need to extend expiration on an airline, but again might as well earn extra while doing that.