Best program for quick accumulation of hotel nights
Dec 10, 2012 | 8:07 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 2,480
Best program for quick accumulation of hotel nights
Guys
We are planning aget-together of family over in NYC next summer and wanted to quickly accumulate about 15 hotel nights total and can spread them out amongst various family members getting cards.
Checking on hilton, it's min 35k pts/night while the best card aval right now gives me only 60k pts (i think its expired though). Any others (not any with annual fee please)
Checking on priority club though, the 80k card is still available and I see hotels in manh only for 25k pts/night which immediately gives me 3 nights per card
Are there any other offers out there I should look into that give me 2-3 hotel nights in NYC or neighboring boroughs? I don't want to stay at very low quality hotel but holiday inn/express kind of fits the bill by offering decent services. Of course, it's no hilton or marriott
Thanks
We are planning aget-together of family over in NYC next summer and wanted to quickly accumulate about 15 hotel nights total and can spread them out amongst various family members getting cards.
Checking on hilton, it's min 35k pts/night while the best card aval right now gives me only 60k pts (i think its expired though). Any others (not any with annual fee please)
Checking on priority club though, the 80k card is still available and I see hotels in manh only for 25k pts/night which immediately gives me 3 nights per card
Are there any other offers out there I should look into that give me 2-3 hotel nights in NYC or neighboring boroughs? I don't want to stay at very low quality hotel but holiday inn/express kind of fits the bill by offering decent services. Of course, it's no hilton or marriott
Thanks
Dec 10, 2012 | 8:29 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 757
Hilton w/o annual fees:
Amex Hilton - was 65K in November, 40K is standard
Citi Hilton - 50K - you can get them two at a time.
With Annual fees:
BoA/BoH - 35K Hawaiian transfers to Hilton 2:1 - $79 AF ea - 70K x2
Citi Reserve - 2 weekend nights, $95 AF + Gold (breakfast)
Amex Surpass - $75 AF, 60K + Gold for one year (breakfast)
Otherwise, Marriott is 50K per card, plus a Cat 1-4 cert (virtually useless in NYC proper), AF waived first year, $100 statement credit.
Hyatt is two nights, you can sometimes get a statement credit equal to the AF if you do a dummy booking on hyatt.com
Priority Club is/was 80K.
Club Carlson has some new offerings, but I think there are annual fees.
Amex Hilton - was 65K in November, 40K is standard
Citi Hilton - 50K - you can get them two at a time.
With Annual fees:
BoA/BoH - 35K Hawaiian transfers to Hilton 2:1 - $79 AF ea - 70K x2
Citi Reserve - 2 weekend nights, $95 AF + Gold (breakfast)
Amex Surpass - $75 AF, 60K + Gold for one year (breakfast)
Otherwise, Marriott is 50K per card, plus a Cat 1-4 cert (virtually useless in NYC proper), AF waived first year, $100 statement credit.
Hyatt is two nights, you can sometimes get a statement credit equal to the AF if you do a dummy booking on hyatt.com
Priority Club is/was 80K.
Club Carlson has some new offerings, but I think there are annual fees.
Dec 11, 2012 | 7:53 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 25
How many nights will you be staying. If you're doing a 4 night stay then I think AXON/GLON awards are a decent option. You could do the Amex and Citi Hilton cards and be at 115k points which would put you pretty close to a 4 night award stay for a CAT 5 or 6.
The Hyatt card is not a bad deal either considering you get 2 nights at any Hyatt hotel. They've got some nice properties in NYC.
The Hyatt card is not a bad deal either considering you get 2 nights at any Hyatt hotel. They've got some nice properties in NYC.
Dec 11, 2012 | 8:10 am
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: Marriott PL, AA GL, IHG PL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,595
Consider Starwood. Get 25K for credit card signup bonus. Sheraton LGA East is right in Flushing Chinatown. Tons of good, cheap restaurants within walking distance. Nice and clean, better than Holiday Inn. Subway around the corner. You can take express train into NYC midtown during rush hours in about 35 min (and back in evening hours). 10K a night. And every 5th nights free. Or you can do Cash & Point there.
15 nights is a lot, esp in NYC. You most likely will have to stay outside of Manhattan.
15 nights is a lot, esp in NYC. You most likely will have to stay outside of Manhattan.
Dec 11, 2012 | 8:31 am
#11
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA Plat MM, AA Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, IHG Plat, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 5,015
Why do you need a US credit card? You are very unlikely to get one unless you are a US citizen or resident and have a verifiable US address.
There already are PLENTY of Canadian hotel or airline credit cards.
Just use Google like I did and you will find these Canadian hotel cards:
Chase Marriott Rewards Platinum Visa
MBNA Best Western Platinum Plus MasterCard
MBNA Choice Privileges MasterCard
Priority Club World MasterCard from Capital One
Priority Club Platinum MasterCard from Capital One
The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
Plus there are even MORE Canadian airline credit cards, like these:
American Express AeroplanPlus Card
American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card
American Express AeroplanPlus Platinum
Alaska Airlines Platinum Plus MasterCard
Capital One Delta SkyMiles World MasterCard*
Capital One Delta SkyMiles Platinum MasterCard*
CIBC Aero Classic Visa
CIBC AeroGold Visa
CIBC AeroGold Infinite Visa
RBC British Airways Visa Infinite
RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum
WestJet RBC World MasterCard
WestJet RBC MasterCard
So now do your research and apply for one or more of them.
Dec 11, 2012 | 9:07 am
#12
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: WAS/NYC/LON
Programs: AA EXP, HH DIA, Hyatt DIA
Posts: 290
Wrong. You can get two nights at any Category 4 or less hotel, not any Hyatt hotel. Only the Hyatt 48 Lex falls within that restriction in NYC. Fortunately, the 48 Lex is a very nice hotel. The other NYC hotels in the Hyatt portfolio are Category 5 or 6 and don't qualify for the free nights. You can get free nights at Category 5 or 6 hotels only by using points.
IIRC, the 2 free nights for signing up is for any hotel, whereas the free night after renewal is for Cat 4 or less.
Dec 11, 2012 | 9:31 am
#15
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,689
WoW~ You have a big job!
Managing your own and the cards for your spouse is one thing, but spreading it out throughout the family is a big job and takes lots of organization.^
Good luck to you. I would never have time to do this with my job and my travels.
Managing your own and the cards for your spouse is one thing, but spreading it out throughout the family is a big job and takes lots of organization.^
Good luck to you. I would never have time to do this with my job and my travels.