Originally Posted by
tbm13
Does anyone know if there's a reason why there's no MegaBonus in the month of May?
Spring MegaBonus goes until the end of April and Summer MegaBonus starts in June, meaning that stays in May don't count for any MegaBonus. For some reason, I tend to have a lot of stays in May, so I'd be curious to know if anyone knows why May is not covered by any MegaBonus promotions.
Most hotel program take a break between promos! Have you never noticed that before, or are you simply new to hotel points program promos?
Marriott Rewards takes breaks between promos. IHG Priority Club takes breaks between promos. Choice Privileges takes breaks between promos. Club Carlson takes breaks between promos. Best Western Rewards takes breaks between promos. Hyatt Gold Passport takes breaks between promos. WyndhamRewards takes breaks between promos. And SPG takes breaks between promos.
There's only
one hotel program that I know of that doesn't usually take breaks between promos (or at most only a handful of days): Hilton HHonors. But that's certainly not the norm.
And where in the world did you hear that the next MegaBonus starts in June? (Or are you speaking of how it worked in previous years?) Not everything works the same year after year. For example, last year MegaBonus and MegaMiles promos only partilally overlapped, allowing people interested in both to use one while the other was taking a break. But this year they synchronized MegaBonus and MegaMiles so they both run pretty much the same range of dates. So IMHO that alone proves that you can't use last year to predict this year.