Originally Posted by
ejh25
How about Marriott? Every $3K in spend gets you an elite night. The upgrades very between property but in general they are good for Golds and Plats. The lounges are decent and can be excellent if you're in Asia. My favorite part of the Marriott program is redeeming points for Ritz properties.
It seems like hotel points are more important to you but the SPG card does give the option to transfer to airline miles.
Actually - I have enough hotel points for a couple weeks' of free stays (at least in my market) ...I'm DEFINITELY interested in getting some free airfare now. The problem with the SPG and other good cards is that my credit sucks - I consider myself blessed to have a job that allows me to rack up the hotel points since I can't get approved for cards yet that give big point bonuses.
So if I wanted to start earning miles instead of hotels stays just by booking hotel rooms, which chain would get me to Peru or Italy more quickly?
The chains I usually have to choose from are Priority Club, Choice, Wyndham, Best Western. Occasionally, but not as often, I can book with HHonors or Marriot.
Thanks for the help!
Originally Posted by
b1513
+1, and
Welcome to FT, 50ae and Fightgar.
Bobette
Thanks for the welcome! I just realized that I probably posted this in the wrong forum, but thanks to all for replying anyway! My wife and I have decided to value travel more in our lives and started to climb out of our debt hole. In just a couple more months, the only thing we'll owe money on is our house!