Hotel Transfers [GS 2011 master thread]
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Accor does not count as a transfer hit. If you don't want to buy points, it looks like for a lot of programs it's quite easy to earn points with cheap rental cars, see lowfareair's post for more info. |
What is the minimum number of points per transfer for non-elites?
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Originally Posted by BryanIAH
(Post 16961583)
What is the minimum number of points per transfer for non-elites?
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Don't get me wrong
Originally Posted by rob_flies_ua
(Post 16961377)
Hopefully this type of thread is OK in here. If you anticipate that there will be hits for hotel points transfers again, and that Choice points might be one of those transfer partners, there's currently a 10% bonus on buying Choice points ($11/1,100 instead of $11/1,000) that expires Aug 31.
I do however agree with the suggestions of other members that rather than create a separate thread for every question or idea that we should have some threads that go by category. So perhaps we could start one called "Hotels" and merge this post in to that. |
Not sure how
Not sure how we do that though.
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Originally Posted by cmckee1961
(Post 16962134)
Not sure how we do that though.
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Originally Posted by cmckee1961
(Post 16961847)
I think it's great that you are jumping in and offering tips already even though the promo isn't out yet. A lot of us have been planning for a couple of months now. Go team!
I do however agree with the suggestions of other members that rather than create a separate thread for every question or idea that we should have some threads that go by category. So perhaps we could start one called "Hotels" and merge this post in to that. The FAQ also states that a minimum of 850 miles must be transferred in, so no more SPG Plat 1 starpoint => 1 mile transfers, which means that as an SPG Gold with a 1,500 starpoint minimum transfer, I might as well "waste" the extra 650 starpoints and just do the transfer myself, as the incremental cost over transferring just 850 starpoints from some other SPG plat member is minimal. |
Starwood
Originally Posted by rob_flies_ua
(Post 16963867)
I've asked the mods to change the title to "Hotel Transfer Points" or something similar, and I'll try to keep it updated for all transfer options.
With US Airways®, you can transfer up to 79,999 of your Starpoints® into Dividend Miles® at a 1-to-1 ratio. And for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, you will earn 5,000 bonus Starpoints which will be automatically added to your transfer up to a maximum of 94,999 miles per eligible transfer. There is no minimum point transfer requirement for Platinum members. Gold members have a minimum point transfer of 1,500 Starpoints and Preferred members have a minimum point transfer of 2,500. SOURCE Starwood points can be purchased for $17.50 per 500. BUY HERE |
La Quinta transfer
Assuming La Quinta qualifies as a transfer hit -- we'll know soon enough -- the transfer is probably 6000 points -> 1000 miles. I'm considering an eRewards $100 deposit for 4000 LQ, then buying the remaining 2000 from the LQ website ($22), giving me enough for the DM transfer. That's $22 out of pocket just for a hit. Sound all right? Guess we should wait for GS terms before assigning values, and values depend on tier levels, but what do you think at this point about this plan? Too soon to say? (I'd still have enough eRewards for DM deposit hit.)
UPDATE: Confirmed, La Quinta IS part of Grand Slam. |
Originally Posted by NewArrival
(Post 16964866)
Assuming La Quinta qualifies as a transfer hit -- we'll know soon enough -- the transfer is probably 6000 points -> 1000 miles. I'm considering an eRewards $100 deposit for 4000 LQ, then buying the remaining 2000 from the LQ website ($22), giving me enough for the DM transfer. That's $22 out of pocket just for a hit. Sound all right? Guess we should wait for GS terms before assigning values, and values depend on tier levels, but what do you think at this point about this plan? Too soon to say? (I'd still have enough eRewards for DM deposit hit.)
Sounds all right, BUT it's not only 22 $, it's also the (opportunity) costs for the 100 $ e Rewards credits @:-) |
E-rewards and hotel transfers
Originally Posted by NewArrival
(Post 16964866)
Assuming La Quinta qualifies as a transfer hit -- we'll know soon enough -- the transfer is probably 6000 points -> 1000 miles. I'm considering an eRewards $100 deposit for 4000 LQ, then buying the remaining 2000 from the LQ website ($22), giving me enough for the DM transfer. That's $22 out of pocket just for a hit. Sound all right? Guess we should wait for GS terms before assigning values, and values depend on tier levels, but what do you think at this point about this plan? Too soon to say? (I'd still have enough eRewards for DM deposit hit.)
1) Choice Privileges: Do two e-rewards redemptions, one in Sep and one in Oct (4K points for $100, 1K points for $30) since the redemption limitation is based on calendar quarters to get the 5K that was last year's transfer minimum). 2) La Quinta: Again, it appears you could do two e-rewards redemptions ($100 and $60 in Sep and Oct respectively) to get 6200 LaQuinta points. Assuming you have the e-rewards currency to spend more than $100, the trade-off with both these options is whether $30 in e-rewards currency is worth more to you than $11 out-of-pocket. If the e-rewards are worth more to you, just buy the last 1000 (CP) or 2000 (LQ) points as discussed above and in the original post. Priority Club and Hilton also are options, and assuming no current points in either program, the total e-rewards cost of getting to last year's transfer amount of 10K points would be: Hilton HHonors: $175 e-rewards total, but it seems like it is already too late to make two e-rewards transfers before the end of Grand Slam since the redemption limitation is once per 90 days, and Aug 21 to Nov 14 is less than 90 days. But, for people with some HH points now or an alternate source of getting points (e.g., dining program, shopping, stays) the $100 e-rewards redemption provides 7000 HH points) Priority Club: $260 e-rewards total, with no redemption limitations I agree with your prioritization of getting the USAirways e-rewards transfer hit first. I also agree with the other respondent about considering the opportunity costs of using your e-rewards on hotel transfers for GS versus other uses. |
Earning hotel points quickly via car rentals
rob_flies_ua, here's what I posted in the advance planning thread, updated with current info:
One thing I noticed that's missing is how easy it is to earn some/all of the hotel points needed with Avis/Budget to transfer to US for hits. Here are their good REGULAR hotel rewards (no coupon code required, free except noted): Best Western(Avis only): 1000 per rental (5 rentals for a transfer) Choice(both offer it, Avis charges $.75/day surcharge: 1000 per rental (5 rentals) La Quinta: 1000 per rental (6 rentals) Programs with a much more meager amount of points, but good for a small top-up: Hilton: 250 per rental (40 rentals for a transfer) Hyatt (Avis only): 300 per rental (17 rentals) IHG: 125 per day (80 days) SPG (Avis only): 50 per day (50 days) Wyndham: 50 per day (160 days) Other rental agencies don't offer as much as Avis/Budget does, although Hertz has 500 Marriott points per rental. Weekend rates can be cheap as well if you use a good corporate code. Current promos that help (via Evan!'s thread in Milesbuzz), details there: 5000 bonus HHonors points on 2+ day rentals with Budget (2 rentals = hit) 3x IHG points at Avis (375/day) with 2+ day rental 1,750 Best Western points at Avis with 2+ day rental (3 rentals = hit) 1,150 Wyndham points at Alamo on 3+ day rentals 1,000 Hyatt points at Avis on 2+ day rentals Not everything here is lucrative, but it can help if you need to 'top off' an account to make a transfer. Plus, it's a way for car rentals prior to the start date of GS to count towards a hit, or if you'll have more than 6 car rentals during GS. |
Gift cards via Priority Club
In the hope that this thread will be renamed to encompass everything related to hotel transfers for the GS:
I was looking for a way to top up my Priority Club account so that there would be enough points to transfer, and I noticed that in their shopping mall there is a section specifically for gift cards. I don't know whether purchasing gift cards from their other merchants earns PC points*, but at least those listed in the gift-card section are supposed to. And I was a bit surprised to find beauty.com listed and drugstore.com not, considering that they have a combined check-out and their gift cards are interchangeable. My purchase of a beauty.com gift card was acknowledged by drugstore.com. -------------- *Last year there was a lot of discussion about whether purchasing gift cards through the US shopping mall earned DM or not. |
Originally Posted by lowfareair
(Post 16965220)
rob_flies_ua, here's what I posted in the advance planning thread, updated with current info:
One thing I noticed that's missing is how easy it is to earn some/all of the hotel points needed with Avis/Budget to transfer to US for hits. Here are their good REGULAR hotel rewards (no coupon code required, free except noted): Best Western(Avis only): 1000 per rental (5 rentals for a transfer) Choice(both offer it, Avis charges $.75/day surcharge: 1000 per rental (5 rentals) La Quinta: 1000 per rental (6 rentals) Programs with a much more meager amount of points, but good for a small top-up: Hilton: 250 per rental (40 rentals for a transfer) Hyatt (Avis only): 300 per rental (17 rentals) IHG: 125 per day (80 days) SPG (Avis only): 50 per day (50 days) Wyndham: 50 per day (160 days) Other rental agencies don't offer as much as Avis/Budget does, although Hertz has 500 Marriott points per rental. Weekend rates can be cheap as well if you use a good corporate code. Current promos that help (via Evan!'s thread in Milesbuzz), details there: 5000 bonus HHonors points on 2+ day rentals with Budget (2 rentals = hit) 3x IHG points at Avis (375/day) with 2+ day rental 1,750 Best Western points at Avis with 2+ day rental (3 rentals = hit) 1,150 Wyndham points at Alamo on 3+ day rentals 1,000 Hyatt points at Avis on 2+ day rentals Not everything here is lucrative, but it can help if you need to 'top off' an account to make a transfer. Plus, it's a way for car rentals prior to the start date of GS to count towards a hit, or if you'll have more than 6 car rentals during GS. link: http://www.clubcarlson.com/fgp/earn/home.do |
Originally Posted by tripice351
(Post 16966838)
One missing partner on your list: Club Carlson, which offers 750 points per rental from Avis, Budget or Sixt. They also have what looks like pretty good discount w/ bonus coupon codes right now, 5000 total points for 2+ day rentals from Avis (25% discount) and Budget (20% discount).
link: http://www.clubcarlson.com/fgp/earn/home.do Noticed the hotel stay and hotel transfer threads were merged, does this make the most sense? |
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