Best Hotel Loyalty Program

Best HOTEL REWARDS PROGRAMS WHAT MAKES A Great HOTEL REWARDS PROGRAM? $0 >How global is it? >how quickly can you What are the perks? earn free nights? >How nice is it? NUMBER OF HOTELS ON TRAVEL & LEISURE'S TOP 500 LIST OF 2014 30 of the top 45 Marriott hotels are Ritz Carltons! T+L 45 Marriotts 500 THE WORLD'S 24 15 BEST HOTELS 2014 Starwoods Hyatts Fairmonts Accors 3 IHGS Hiltons = 1 out of Travel and Leisure's top 500 hotels NUMBER OF TOTAL PROPERTIES IN THE WORLD Choice has 7,000 properties, O of which were featured on T+L's top 500 InterContinental: 4,704 Properties Choice Hotels: 7,000 Properties Fairmont: 105 Properties # OF TOTAL PROPERTIES IN THE WORLD Hyatt: 527 Properties Hilton: Club Carlson: 4,100 Properties 1,000 Properties Starwood: 1,162 Properties Marriott: 3,800 Properties Accor: 3,500 Properties MONEY SPENT WITHA HOTEL TO EARN A FREE NIGHT How much must I spend with a hotel to earn enough points for a free night. LEL $17,500 <--at the top category properties? <--at the lowest category properties? LE L$9,500 $7,000 L $6,000 LE $5,000 E $3.500 A $2.500 $1,500 $1,000 $1,000 $750 $500 $500 CLUB CARLSON CHOICE INTER. CON. HYATT MARRIOTT HILTON STARWOOD EARNING AND SPENDING POINTS AT A HOTEL Points earned per $ spent with the hotel. HILTON 10 CLUB CARLSON CHOICE INTER. CON. HYATT MARRIOTT STARWOOD 2 20 10 10 10 PTS/S PTS/S PTS/$ PTS/$ PTS/$ PTS/$ PTS/$ Cost in points. 95K 70K 50K 50K 35K 30K 35K 9K 5K 10K 5K 7.5K 5K 3K CLUB CARLSON CHOICE INTER. CON. HYATT MARRIOTT HILTON STARWOOD Points earned per $ spent with the hotel with top tier status. CLUB CARLSON CHOICE INTER. CON. HYATT MARRIOTT HILTON STARWOOD 35 PTS/S 15 15 6.5 15 15 3 PTS/$ PTS/$ PTS/S PTS/S PTS/$ PTS/S MONEY SPENT WITH A HOTEL TO EARN A FREE NIGHT .WITH TOP TIER STATUS PLATINUM PREFERRED STATUS $11,667 DIAMOND STATUS DIAMOND PLATINUM STATUS E $6,333 STATUS PLATINUM STATUS E $4,615 E $4,667 DIAMOND STATUS CONCIERGE E $3,333 STATUS $2,333 $1,429 $1.000 $769 $667 $500 R $267 $3 $333 CLUB CARLSON CHOICE INTER. CON. HYATT MARRIOTT HILTON STARWOOD WHAT CAN YOU EARN WITH NIGHTS AND STAYS? STATUSES CLUB CARLSON SILVER 15 10 15% CLUB CARLSON GOLD 35 20 35% CLUB CARLSON CONCIERGE 75 30 75% FAIRMONT PREMIER 10 5 FAIRMONT PLATINUM 30 10 HILTON SILVER 10 4 15% HILTON GOLD 40 20 25% HILTON DIAMOND 60 30 50% HYATT PLATINUM 15 5 15% HYATT DIAMOND 50 25 30% INTERCONTINENTAL GOLD 15 10% INTERCONTINENTAL PLATINUM 50 50% MARRIOTT SILVER 10 20% MARRIOTT GOLD 50 25% MARRIOTT PLATINUM 75 50% STARWOOD GOLD PREFERRED 25 10 50% STARWOOD PLATINUM PREFERRED 50 25 50% 10 WHAT CAN YOU EARN WITH HOTEL CREDIT CARDS? Hilton HHonors Visa earn 40K after spending $1K in 4 months no annual fee earn 6 pts/$ at Hilton 47 anos 2375 6789 VISA EARNS SILVER STATUS IHG Rewards Select Visa $49 annual fee (waived for the 1st year) CHASEO earn 60K after spending $1K in 3 months NO FOREIGN earn 5 pts/$ at IHG properties 4417 1234 5618 9112 00/00 TRANSACTION FEE / VISA Anniversary gift of 1 free night EARNS PLATINUM STATUS SPG Card from Amex $65 annual fee earn 25K after spending $5K in 6 months spg. earn 5 pts/$ at Starwood properties 3159 S16543 21001 NO STATUS Hyatt Credit Card $75 annual fee earn 2 free night certs after spending $1K in 3 months HYAIT NO FOREIGN 4417 1234 5678 9112 TRANSACTION FEE earn 3 pts/$ at Hyatt properties VISA EARNS PLATINUM STATUS Anniversary gift of 1 category 1-4 night Club Carlson Visa Card $75 annual fee earn 50K after 1st purchase CARLSON earn 35K after spending $2.5K in 90 days 9030 VISA PAT DERN earn 10 pts/$ at Club Carlson properties EARNS GOLD STATUS Anniversary gift of 40K points Marriott Visa Signature earm 50K after spending $1K in 3 months $85 annual fee (waived for the 1st year) and 1 category 1-4 night Marrett REWARDS NO FOREIGN earn 5 pts/$ at Marriott properties 411 1234 568 9112 TRANSACTION FEE VISA . 12Sn Anniversary gift of 1 category 1-5 night EARNS SILVER STATUS Hilton HHonors Reserve earn 2 free night certs after spending $2.5K in 4 months $95 annual fee citi NO FOREIGN 4147 2901 23S 6789 earn 10 pts/$ at Hilton properties TRANSACTION FEE VISA EARNS GOLD STATUS TRAVEL IS FREE .COM HOW WE THE BROKE CAN TRAVEL COPYRENT 2014 Guaranteed suite upgrades ***** Breakfast Lounge access Free internet Bonus points Required stays Required nights