Another big night giveaway?
May 14, 2012, 9:29 am
#212
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: New York, NY
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Verified with a CSA that we can in fact triple dip on this promo. That puts my mind at ease.
I already have 41,400 points in my account. I'm booking 5 nights with Cash + Points at all 3 brands. I transfered 10,000 points to my grandparents' accounts for a Radisson stay. For $313.00, and 25,000 points, I'll end up getting:
3 nights at the Radisson Blu Vanderbilt in London (44,000 per night)
3 nights at the Park Inn in Munich (38,000 per night)
3 nights at the Park Inn in Prague (15,000 per night)
I have $200.00 worth of Best Western travel cards for their BRG program that I will use for a night in Salzburg.
At $35.00 per night, and 9,000+ points to spare, that's a pretty salty deal.
I already have 41,400 points in my account. I'm booking 5 nights with Cash + Points at all 3 brands. I transfered 10,000 points to my grandparents' accounts for a Radisson stay. For $313.00, and 25,000 points, I'll end up getting:
3 nights at the Radisson Blu Vanderbilt in London (44,000 per night)
3 nights at the Park Inn in Munich (38,000 per night)
3 nights at the Park Inn in Prague (15,000 per night)
I have $200.00 worth of Best Western travel cards for their BRG program that I will use for a night in Salzburg.
At $35.00 per night, and 9,000+ points to spare, that's a pretty salty deal.
Last edited by spankytoes; May 14, 2012 at 9:35 am
May 14, 2012, 9:43 am
#213
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
Does anyone think registration will be difficult? Last year it stayed open for weeks but this year there is much more coverage and we saw what happened with daily getaways this year. Are people planning to stay up late?
May 14, 2012, 10:19 am
#214
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: UK
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Any links to the Park Inn promo yet?
Does Park Plaza count as Park Inn or will this also count towards another 50,000 miles?
The question is asked above but thus far their have been no responses to either of the above (as far as I can see).
Interestingly, I also tried moving my clock forward to see if the promo landing page would change. I also received the blinking screen.
Does Park Plaza count as Park Inn or will this also count towards another 50,000 miles?
The question is asked above but thus far their have been no responses to either of the above (as far as I can see).
Interestingly, I also tried moving my clock forward to see if the promo landing page would change. I also received the blinking screen.
May 14, 2012, 10:34 am
#215
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Internet
Posts: 865
According to the Frequent Miler, TopCashBack is increasing their cashback from 5% to 10% for this promo. Make sure and sign up for an account before you make your bookings.
Here's my link for referral XXXXXXXXXXXX
These bookings will count towards the promo as they are still being booked through the Radisson website.
Here's my link for referral XXXXXXXXXXXX
These bookings will count towards the promo as they are still being booked through the Radisson website.
I don't think Park Plaza will be covered by this promotion unfortunately.
Last edited by jpdx; May 14, 2012 at 10:47 am Reason: Removed quoted referral link.
May 14, 2012, 10:48 am
#216
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Enough with the referral links and blogspam! If anyone wants to sign up for Topcashback, please follow FT etiquette and use the Conga in the S.P.A.M forum. Thanks!
--jpdx, MR Moderator
--jpdx, MR Moderator
May 14, 2012, 12:04 pm
#217
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It would be a great publicity for Radisson since people will search for all its hotels around the world, while since the publicity is so high this year - people will register like crazy and later chicken out causing less redemptions. So its a win-win for Radisson. And the registration website will go haywire when it opens
. This is my prediction for this giveaway.
It would be a great publicity for Radisson since people will search for all its hotels around the world, while since the publicity is so high this year - people will register like crazy and later chicken out causing less redemptions. So its a win-win for Radisson. And the registration website will go haywire when it opens
. This is my prediction for this giveaway.
Last edited by charms81; May 14, 2012 at 12:05 pm
May 14, 2012, 12:40 pm
#218
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NYC
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Club Carlson has these promotions quite often actually, so hopefully we'll see another one (if not two) within the next 2 months.
May 14, 2012, 2:00 pm
#220
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 368
Clearly no one knows 100% until the T&C are posted, but I was just talking to a CSR about a status match and asked a couple of questions, so here are her answers:
She said you can get the bonus for all three brands. As to stays that you booked before signing up for the promo, she isn't sure if they will count. She said they were just talking about this around the office and it wasn't clear yet to the employees. She said last time stayed booked before promo registration didn't count, I booked my stay after registration last time, so I can't speak to that. I'm sure others remember if they counted or not.
My stays are coming up this weekend, so I am booked right now, but with refundable rates. After I register for the promo I will check and see if rooms are still available at a similar rate and if so, I will cancel and rebook just to be on the safe side.
She said you can get the bonus for all three brands. As to stays that you booked before signing up for the promo, she isn't sure if they will count. She said they were just talking about this around the office and it wasn't clear yet to the employees. She said last time stayed booked before promo registration didn't count, I booked my stay after registration last time, so I can't speak to that. I'm sure others remember if they counted or not.
My stays are coming up this weekend, so I am booked right now, but with refundable rates. After I register for the promo I will check and see if rooms are still available at a similar rate and if so, I will cancel and rebook just to be on the safe side.
May 14, 2012, 2:04 pm
#221
Join Date: Apr 2004
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This might be a completely silly question (I am new to CC), but the countdown clock on www.radissonbignightgiveaway.com corresponds to 12.01 am my local time, which is CEST (UTC+2). CEST is quite far from CDT (UTC-5). Is the clock showing my local time, or what is going on? As of now, the clock shows 10 hours to go from my computer. Someone, please clarify? When does the promotion start?
I tried changing my computer's clock, and you are exactly right. Funny though that they have a timer as the main attraction point on the site. A timer that is wrong for everybody not in central US. Stunning effort by CC IT.
Curious me couldn't help it, and I tried changing the clock to Samoa (UTC+13) to see if the timer would show negative numbers. It did not - it just went crazy on me blinking and reloading over and over again. Hilarious.
Anyways - glad I have CEST as my time zone. Hence, I do not have to stay up late to register
Curious me couldn't help it, and I tried changing the clock to Samoa (UTC+13) to see if the timer would show negative numbers. It did not - it just went crazy on me blinking and reloading over and over again. Hilarious.
Anyways - glad I have CEST as my time zone. Hence, I do not have to stay up late to register
Thanks, joined the conga, every little bit helps!
May 14, 2012, 3:53 pm
#222
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I'm still a little confused... Is the website for the radisson promo sign-up going to be the same for the country inn and park inn ones as well? And the country inn sign-up starts at midnight as well, but the park inn one starts on the 22nd?
May 14, 2012, 5:39 pm
#223
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: LAX
Posts: 295
Can you create multiple accounts with multiple email addresses to register and xfer the points to a central account through member services?
May 14, 2012, 5:53 pm
#224
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Another question, do CC points expire?
alarm is set
now to spend a bit of time finding a Radisson and the other two brands.. anyone know of any near IAD?
May 14, 2012, 6:32 pm
#225
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PDX, PVR, NHA
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I created three accounts for myself during the last promotion. All three credited 50k. Different email addresses, different phone numbers. On one I used my first name, on a second I used my middle name, on the third I used first and middle initials.