Hotel Loyalty Programs

If you’ve been a part of the Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program, you’re probably familiar with the free night certificates that come with certain co-brand credit cards from Chase or American …

Having status in a hotel’s loyalty program can significantly improve the quality of a hotel stay. At a minimum, just being a member of the program will decrease your chances …

Major hotel brands have loyalty programs where you earn points for your stays, and these points can be used for free nights. Additionally, achieving status by accumulating qualifying stays with …

Hotel co-brand credit cards offer similar benefits. Most cards offer hotel status, and some even provide a free night for renewing the card for another year and paying the annual …

For as long as I’ve been reading travel websites, one of the biggest advantages of having status with a hotel chain was getting free breakfast. At first, I wondered what …

While many hotel loyalty programs extended the expiration policies for reward points several times during the pandemic, those times are over. Most hotel programs have reinstated their requirements of having …

When it comes to hotel loyalty programs, IHG One Rewards is one of the simplest to understand. You earn points that can be redeemed for hotel rooms. There’s no need …

Marriott often receives criticism for being unfriendly when it comes to dealing with its loyalty program, Marriott Bonvoy. In fact, a term called “being Bonvoyed” is used whenever someone feels …

While we don’t chase hotel status, over time I’ve realized it doesn’t suck to have some status with hotel programs. Whether it means getting free premium Wi-Fi, free breakfast or …

For most of my life, I never understood why people valued hotel status. Besides free internet and a sub-par breakfast, what were you getting for your loyalty? That was, until …