American Express' bonus for transferring Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy & Hilton Honors has returned! Last seen right around this time last year, cardmembers now a month to convert their Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy or Hilton Honors and receive 25% or a 30% bonus respectively. This offer is available from September 15 to October 15, 2022
Update #2: The offer is now showing on Amex's website
This is a deals, movers and shakers and tips & tricks episode. We cover the fall promotions from four major hotel chains, we talk about the awesome move from Air France KLM Flying Blue to lower, yes lower, their standard redemption rates for economy class tickets from Canada to Europe, Turkey & North Africa. We also discuss Aeroplan finally adding the option to book stopovers online and we end the episode with tip that everyone from beginners to experts need to follow.
This episode is sponsored by CIBC
Hilton Honors’ Fall promotion is now live and it offers double points all stays Worldwide. On top of the double points, if you check out on a weekday (Mon-Fri) you’ll earn an additional 2,000 bonus points. With no limit to the number of bonus points you can earn this is a perfect hotel hopping promotion to move around hotels during the middle of week! If you have a three day business trip from Monday to Wednesday and your time allows you to alternate Hilton Hotels for each night you could earn the double points plus 6,000 points for those three nights.
Hilton Honors’ Fall promotion has been revealed and it offers double points all stays Worldwide. On top of the double points, if you check out on a weekday (Mon-Fri) you’ll earn an additional 2,000 bonus points. With no limit to the number of bonus points you can earn this is a perfect hotel hopping promotion to move around hotels during the middle of week! If you have a three day business trip from Monday to Wednesday and your time allows you to alternate Hilton Hotels for each night you could earn the double points plus 6,000 points for those three nights.
Hilton has once again brought out a bonus for buying their Honors points. This time the bonus is a flat 100% when you buy 5,000 or more points in one tranasction. Also the promotion this time does see the doubling of the annual cap on buying points so you can buy up to 160,000 points. That 160,000 cap does not include the bonus points so if you max out this offer and buy 160,000 points you’ll receive 320,000 into your account.
Here is your monthly update of all the global hotel bonus points promotions that are available. One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of these global/systemwide/regional bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs.
Hilton has once again brought out a bonus for buying Honors points. This time the bonus varies by members, I personally received an offer for an 80% bonus however others are receiving 100%. Also the promotion this time does see the doubling of the annual cap on buying points so you can buy up to 160,000 points. That 160,000 cap does not include the bonus points so if you max out this offer and buy 160,000 points you’ll receive 320,000 into your account.
Here is your monthly update of all the global hotel bonus points promotions that are available. One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of these global/systemwide/regional bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs.
Here is your monthly update of all the global hotel bonus points promotions that are available. One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of these global/systemwide/regional bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs.
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We made an update to our New Hilton Hotel Openings in Canada for 2022 feature (Check out the feature here). Thanks to our reader Min'ai for letting us know the opening of the Hampton Inn by Hilton Midland, ON has been pushed back to May 26. We also decided to check the other hotels that were to open during February, March and April and have learned on has opened in Montreal and in addition to the Midland hotel four others have had their opening dates pushed back as follows:
In this episode we look at some of the exciting new hotels that are set to open in Canada this year. Even though international travel is making a big come back many Canadians are still planning on staying closer to home for their vacations so what better way than to stay in a new hotel. We highlight a handful of hotels from the 37 properties that are set to open from Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and Marriott that should be on your list if you do want to check out some place new!You can also watch the video of the podcast here:
Five days after it came to a close we see the return of Hilton’s bonus for buying points! Once again you can earn a 100% bonus when you buy points and just like the last version the bonus kicks in when you buy a minimum of 5,000 points. Also the promotion this time does see the doubling of the annual cap on buying points so you can buy up to 160,000 points. That 160,000 cap does not include the bonus points so if you max out this offer and buy 160,000 points you’ll receive 320,000 into your account.