Originally Posted by 2muchfun

DiscoPapa
With 3 months, you should be able to get top status in a few hotel chains without too much hoping. Some chains give bonuses on stays, some on nights, some after 2, 3, 4 or 5 stays. Normally big bonuses for repeat stays. So you might want to plan your 3 months to max out your benefits and accept that hoping is good for you.

Remember that you can convert points from some chains to your airline FF account at a bonus (20K SPG points gets you 25K miles in most FF programs). You maximize your hotel points, you maximize you FF miles!

I see nothing wrong in explaining to your boss that you wanted to try a few different places during this long period. Just to change the environment. Finally I have read on FT that some programs limit their benefits to 30 days stay maximum but I can't remember which one though. Read the fine print of your program. Good luck!