oliver2002

Now they have loaded Universal Orlando offers for May 28. Decent prices, a bit below the prices I normally get at undercovertourist.com

FlyerTalker70

Thanks OP for posting this. I've been waiting to get in on these offers since the deals ended last year!

I thought I'd post all the upcoming offers now so that we can discuss which ones represent good value for money (including cents per point calculation for those offers where you can acquire valuable travel points):

Monday May 13 (Universal Studios)

• 1 Universal Express Ticket with Admission - $149

Tuesday May 14 (Caesars Entertainment)

• 3 Night Caesars Palace hotel stay + $200 dining credit, show tickets, limo-transport between airport+hotel - $1,400
• 2 Night Red Room Premier Paris hotel stay with dinner for 2 - $500
• 2 Nights at Harrah's Atlantic City with 2 in-room Champers, gourmet dinner for 2 and roundtrip limo travel - $450
• 2 Weekend Nights at Rio Las Vegas, $100 dining credit and limo transfer to/from airport - $400
• 2 Nights at Bally's Jubilee King Room, ticket to any Caesars Entertainment show, champers, gourmet dinner for 2 and limo transport to/from airport - $500
• 2 Nights at Harrah's Las Vegas, buffet passes, roundtrip limo to/from airport - $299

Wednesday May 15 (Choice Hotels)

• 14,000 Choice Privileges Points - $80 [0.57 CPP]
• 28,000 Choice Privileges Points - $144 [0.51 CPP]
• 42,000 Choice Privileges Points - $205 [0.49 CPP]
• 55,000 Choice Privileges Points - $265 [0.48 CPP]

Thursday May 16 (AVIS Car Rental)

• Avis One-Day Car Rental (up to Code G) - $30
• Avis President's Club Membership (1 year) - $750

Friday May 17 (Loews Hotels & Resorts)

• 2 Nights stay at Luxury Loews Hotels in Select Markets - $275
• 2 Nights stay at Luxury Loews Resorts in Miami, Orlando, or Coronado Bay - $325
• 2 Nights stay in Oceanfront King Suite at Loews Miami Beach - $1,200
• 2 Nights stay in Grand Executive Suite at Loews Regency New York - $1000
• 2 Nights stay in Ocean View King Suite at Loews Santa Monica - $950

Monday May 20 (Caesars Entertainment)

• 3 Nights stay in Siena Suite at the Palazzo Las Vegas - $850
• 3 Nights Stay in a Piazza Suite at the Venetian Las Vegas - $650

Tuesday May 21 (Best Western Hotels & Resorts)

• 10,000 Best Western Rewards points - $55 [0.55 CPP]

Wednesday May 22 (Omni Hotels & Resorts)

• 2 Night Weekend Stay from Omni Hotels & Resorts in select locations at Texas, Virginia, Indiana and Florida - $160
• 2 Night Weekend Stay at Select Omni Hotels & Resorts in the US - $245
• 2 Night Stay at Select Omni Hotels & Resorts in the US - $335
• 1 Night Stay at Select Omni Hotels & Resorts in the US - $235

Thursday May 23 (Caesars Entertainment)

• 3 Nights in a Bellagio Suites, tickets to "O", spa treatments & dinner for 2 - $2000
• 4 Nights in Excalibur, 2 tickets to Tournament of Kings and $400 dining credit - $500
• 3 Nights at Circus Circus including dining and passes to Theme Park - $200
• 3 Nights in Sky Suite at ARIA Las Vegas, dinner and spa treatments for 2 - $1,700
• 3 Nights in Nightingale Suite at Park MGM Vegas, tickets to "O", dinners and limo transfers - $1,750

Friday May 24 (Orbitz Hotels)

• $1,000 Orbitz hotel promo code - $650

Monday May 27 (Caesars Entertainment)

• 2 Nights in Luxury King Room at Cromwell Las Vegas, $100 dining credit, in-room champers and roundtrip limo transfer - $590
• 2 Night at Las Vegas resort of your choice, $100 dining credit, $150 spa credit, champers, and limo transfer - $425
• 2 Nights at Planet Hollywood Vegas, dinner for two, 2 tickets to Caesars show of choice, champers, limo transfer - $500
• 2 Nights at Caesars Palace, 2 all-days buffets, roundtrip limo transfer - $450
• 2 Nights at Nobu Hotel, dinner for 2, in room tea service - $590
• 2 Nights at LINQ Hotel, 2 tickets to observation wheel and 2 tickets to show of choice, in room champers, limo transfer - $350

Tuesday May 28 (Universal Parks)

• 2 of 3-Park, 3-Day Park-to-Park Tickets to Universal Parks in Orlando - $592
• 1 Day Non-Private VIP Experience to Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure for up to 5 people - $1,869
• Universal Orlando Vacation Package for 4 including hotel stay, roundtrip airfare, 3 day-admission to the 3 parks - $2,738

Wednesday May 29 (Hertz Car Rental)

• 5,500 Hertz points - $280 [5.1 CPP]
• 13,200 Hertz points - $560 [4.2 CPP]
• 16,500 Hertz points - $698 [4.2 CPP]

Thursday May 30 (SPMarriott Hotels & Resorts)

• $100 SPMarriott Gift Card - $80
• $250 SPMarriott Gift Card - $200
• $500 SPMarriott Gif Card - $400

Friday May 31 (Fairmont Hotels & Resorts)

• 2 Nights Stay at Fairmont Austin (incl breakfast) - $608
• 4 Nights Stay at Fairmont San Diego (incl breakfast) - $2000

Monday June 3 (Hyatt Hotels & Resorts)

• 24,000 World of Hyatt Points - $260 [1.08 CPP]
• 30,000 World of Hyatt Points - $330 [1.10 CPP]
• 40,000 World of Hyatt Points - $415 [1.04 CPP]
• 72,000 World of Hyatt Points - $775 [1.08 CPP]

Tuesday June 4 (Hilton Hotels & Resorts)

• 30,000 Hilton HHonors Bonus Points - $150 [0.5 CPP]
• 100,000 Hilton HHonors Bonus Points - $500 [0.5 CPP]
• 250,000 Hilton HHonors Bonus Points - $1,250 [0.5 CPP]

Exiled in Express

Thank you for taking the time to do the math. I missed out on Alamo last year so bought my 3 within seconds of going live this year.

I want to pick up some Choice points for planned Euro travel and will be a player for Hyatt but not expecting stock to last. I need to do more comparison shopping on cash vs points for planned Hilton stays, 0.5 cpp could be a deal if specifically applied. Nothing in my planned travel jumps out as an exceptional deal and I won't buy points speculatively at that price.

Auto Enthusiast

Did anybody notice no Hertz points this year? I guess too many favorable redemptions for one-ways out of expensive markets?

FlyerTalker70

Out of curiosity, do Herz redemptions via points or one day rental coupons accrue frequent flyer miles or must we pay for our car rental to earn that privilege?

pinniped

They're there...May 29th. Around a nickel a point, so still a value opportunity on certain rentals.

Hertz and Hyatt are the two on this list that look halfway decent just from a CPP perspective. Some of the other hotel offers (Loews, OMNI) might be pretty good if you have a specific stay in mind.

smilee

The only problem is that you most likely are not able to buy them!

Even the marginally good ones, say Hhonors points at .05 cents per point, will sell out before many who are sitting at their computers at 1pm hitting refresh can buy them. Which is odd, as they have them frequently on sale at that point for weeks at a time, but through this daily getaways everyone goes crazy and buys the few packages available in seconds. I guess that the type of marketing this promotion encourages - few packages available to purchase, limited time and lots of press about it.

Oh well.

manually

I have had redemptions via points accrue to ff miles in the past but as usually YMMV

pinniped

True... Although I do wonder as the overall lucrativeness of the offers has mostly declined, are there as many people (and bots) camping on the few good deals? Or have people just moved on from these promotions.

I for one will probably not even try. Unless I just happen to think about it at the right time. Or notice this thread a few minutes before a good offer is released.

canesfan

Got the following deal! Price is great and since room is a Suite it should be ok even though it's Harrah's...

• 2 Nights at Harrah's Las Vegas, buffet passes, roundtrip limo to/from airport - $299

pinniped

I'm skeptical of most Vegas deals because of hidden fees and bogus availability limitations, but if that one is really only blacked out for Super Bowl and New Year's, that's actually a pretty solid deal.

mster

Choice hotels just made a significant number of their more desirable overseas properties entirely unavailable for award bookings.

Anyone else nervous about a Choice devaluation immediately after their Choice point sale?

EDIT: It looks like the affected hotels were specifically made unavailable for award bookings starting two days ago on May 13th.

FlyerTalker70

I think the big unknown with Choice is where you can use those points. Their global footprint is not the biggest and I've always struggled to find good quality redemptions using them. Perhaps someone on the forum could enlighten me on where I could find value with said points.

I've had luck with Best Western (Toronto airport hotel redemption for 8,000 points during promotion they ran), SPMarriott (AC Hotel NY Times Square on NYE for 35,000 points) and Hilton (5 nights at HGI Bali for 20,000 points). I haven't tried Hyatt yet but am tempted to pick up a stack of their points when their day comes given I'll be staying in Honolulu next year for several days to attend a conference and Hyatt has some 12,000 point redemptions there (works out to $130/night). The only downside with Hyatt is they don't have the 5th night free as SPMarriott and Hilton have (also I've got status at both SPMarriott and Hilton).

Safe Travels,

James

GUWonder

All the Nordic Choice hotels have now been blocked as a redemption option using these Choice points. I've never before seen this happen with the Nordic Choice hotels before when looking at redeeming my Choice points. The hotels are still online for regular paid bookings, but not for bookings using these points.

miadukes

We did a Vegas deal last year and it was awesome, great deal and we did not have to pay resort fee. Worked out well.

On another note, very excited about today, love choice points!!