ORD-TGU

So is there an official list of what discounted rates are NOT eligible?

PaulMSN

I forgot all about this last night, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway, and I got an email back from Radisson saying I'm eligible for the 50,000 bonus. Nothing from Country Inn so far.

Added: Got the Country Inn email for 44,000.

penner42

I'm staying at the Park Inn Albuquerque 6/10 and the Country Inn and Suites Albuquerque 6/11.

Park Inn 55.20 + 7.18 tax = 62.38
Country Inn 62.90 + 8.18 tax = 71.08

They status matched my HHonors Gold to Club Carlson Silver, so 2k points for booking each online, 25% points bonus. 10% back from TopCashBack ($11.81). Both hotels have airport shuttles so I'm not going to rent a car... probably just sit by the pool and read.

Cost: $121.65 after cashback. Points: 88k + 2952 spending + 4k booking = 94952.

Unfortunately, I have to fly to get there and that cost $281. But for that I get 2854 PQM, 3567 RDM and a bonus 5000 RDM thanks to the UA Explore the World promo. Not good just as a mileage run, but overall a great value.

$402.62 for 94,952 Club Carlson points, 2854 UA PQM and 8567 UA RDM. Plus 829 points on my Amazon Visa, and 141 Expedia points (eh), and 281 Chase UR points for booking through the UR mall to Expedia.

Now I just have to convince my girlfriend we should stay at the Portland airport Radisson when we're there for a night in July...

Edit: I may have to rebook my Park Inn stay, because that promo hasn't gone live yet and the terms say you have to book after registering. Hopefully, the same rate will be available, or they'll change the terms to make that not necessary. At least that reservation is a refundable one.

jpdx

Please visit the Club Carlson Summer 2012 Promos Master Thread in the Club Carlson forum for detailed FAQs and discussion.

yOyOYoo

Silly question, but do I need to book my stay immediately after confirmation email? Or can I book later? thanks.

flyer31

you can book later....

koolr

Thanks, I registered for both.

knopfler

Nice, but just wondering if the extra 141 Expedia points are a better value than getting another 281 UR points by using the Travelocity UR mall link (2x bonus)...or was there another reason you used Expedia? Just curious because I'll probably have the same decision to make soon!

penner42

Travelocity (and united.com) both couldn't price the ticket at $281... they had it at $308 or $331 respectively. Not sure why Expedia was able to get it lower, but it has been confirmed and ticketed now by UA. My preference would have been booking on united.com with my UA MP Visa (3miles/$1, extra PQM). I get the same number of RDM this way out of the Sapphire Preferred, but no PQM. Edit: Actually not, because I uesd my Amazon Visa not my SP, because I've got a targeted 7500 point bonus there right now when I spend $3k by 6/30.

ThePointsCollector

Who do send email/call to match status. Looked at old threads and don't see any emails or numbers.

penner42

I emailed [email protected] with a scan of my HHonors card. Got a reply and match, which shows on my account now, in about an hour.

ThePointsCollector

Thank you.
I just made a pdf of my HH acount. Hope that works. ^

infamousdx

[email protected]

penner42

I emailed that address on Friday on got no response. [email protected] had me upgraded within an hour.

bandana1948

Registered for Radisson and Country Inn promos for the wife and myself. Quite an opportune promotion, as we were planning to stay at a Radisson in Toronto next month, and Country Inns close to Chicago in early June. Should be able to take in about 138,000 points on this one. Unfortunately, neither of us have status elsewhere, so no status match for us.