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Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains details of all of the current offers, together with links to our major articles on each hotel scheme.  However, a positive response from readers – especially our 10,000 email subscribers – means I am now running this monthly article as a handy summary of what is going on.

Where should you credit your stays this month?

You are, to be honest, spoilt for choice at the moment.  I run through the options below.

Hotel Indigo Krakow

IHG (Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Indigo, Staybridge Suites etc)

The Summer version of IHG’s ‘Accelerate’ is probably the best choice for most people with lighter schedules.  As targets are personalised it is totally dependent on what you were offered but you should be able to rack up a significant number of bonus points with just a few nights.

‘Accelerate’ runs until 31st August.  This is my main article on the offer.

Everyone has individual targets, but they are generally fairly easy.  You can earn 30,000+ bonus points with the points starting to flow from your first stay.

I have this for 48,900 points:

  • 5,000 points for a stay before 30th June
  • 2,500 points on my next stay
  • 10,000 points for staying five nights
  • 5,600 points for staying two weekends (Fri / Sat or Sat / Sun)
  • 11,200 points for staying in IHG hotels in two different countries outside the UK
  • 3,600 points for booking a Bonus Points Package
  • 11,000 points for completing four of the five targets above, excluding the June bonus

Even with my modest number of planned IHG stays (two!) I should be able to hit most of these targets and I should be able to slot in another night if necessary to ensure that I earn the full amount.

You need to register for ‘Accelerate’ – the link is here, where you will also find your personalised targets.  The IHG home page is here.

Hilton (Hampton, Conrad, Waldorf-Astoria etc)

The Hilton offer looks good and is very straightforward.  You will receive double base points on every stay until 31st August.  Diamond members will receive triple points.

I wrote about this offer here.  If you have top tier status with another hotel programme, Hilton will match you to Diamond for 90 days which will allow you to receive triple points – I explain how to do it in this article.

You MUST register for double points by visiting this page of hilton.com.

Hilton is also running a separate offer which gives 2,000 Avios on your next five stays before 31st August.  This requires you to switch your earning preference to ‘points and miles’ instead of ‘points and points’ but it should be worth it unless you are doing a very expensive stay.  Full details, and the link to register for 2,000 bonus Avios, are in this article.

Club Carlson (Radisson Blu, Park Inn, Park Plaza, Radisson Red)

Club Carlson has its own generous offer which could – if the specifics make sense to you – be very lucrative.

Called ‘Free Fridays’, you will receive one free Friday night (valid at any hotel, to be used from October) for every two stays you do.

Alternatively, you can choose to receive 10,000 bonus Club Carlson points for every two stays.

The deal runs until 30th September and you’ll find full details in my article here.

Totally separately, this link gives you an exclusive 10% discount on many Radisson Blu hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Le Club AccorHotels

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Ibis / Novotel / Sofitel / Mecure etc, is currently running a very generous triple or quadruple points offer in Europe and the Middle East.  You can register here and my article on it is here.  Book by 23rd July for stays by 3rd September.

Accor has  a similar 3x bonus offer for the Asia-Pacific region.  Specifically, it covers:

Cambodia, Greater China (including Hong Kong ,Taiwan & Macao), India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, New Zealand

It is a good deal.  Again, you will earn TRIPLE base points on every booking you make and complete before 10th September.

Even if you have no Accor status, you will be earning 7.5 points per €1 equivalent you spend.  This is worth 15% of your spend back in Accor vouchers or (if you credit to Iberia Plus and not British Airways) 7.5 Avios per €1 spent.

Status members will do even better.

You need to register via this page of the Accor website.

Bookings made before 10th June will not count so, if you have existing flexible bookings, you should cancel and rebook them as long as the price is no higher.

Totally separately, see this article for how to earn 500 bonus Avios on your next Novotel or Mercure stay before 30th September.

World of Hyatt

Hyatt has no global promotion at present.

Starwood (St Regis, Westin, Sheraton, Element, W, Luxury Collection etc)

I wrote about the new Starwood promotion here.  It is a simple one but comes with a small catch – it requires a stay of 2 nights or more.

2+ night stays between 27th May and 4th September will earn double points.  If your stay includes a Friday or Saturday night, the entire stay will earn triple points.

Registration is required via this page of the Starwood Preferred Guest website.  Check that your chosen hotel is on the list of those taking part.

I recommend this offer if you have a high value, multi-night trip planned, especially if it takes in a Friday or Saturday night.

Marriott (Renaissance, Ritz-Carlton etc)

The new Marriott Rewards offer, ‘Infinite Points’, covers the same dates as the Starwood offer – 27th May to 4th September.

You must register in advance via this website.

You earn no bonus for your first stay between 27th May and 4th September.  After that, you receive 2,000 bonus Marriott Rewards points for your 2nd and subsequent stays.

You also receive 2,000 additional Marriott Rewards bonus points for your 2nd and subsequent brands, so there is the potential to receive 4,000 bonus points per stay if you can brand-hop.

Because there is no minimum stay needed and because the bonus is a fixed amount, this offer works best for someone doing shorter and cheaper stays.  Don’t forget to register here.

Conclusion

The current offers are looking attractive, even without anything from Accor and Hyatt.

Having a choice of:

a ‘Free Friday’ or 10,000 bonus points from Club Carlson

or

double or triple Hilton points plus 2,000 bonus Avios

or

double Starwood bonus points (for 2+ night stays)

or

2,000 – 4,000 bonus Marriott points (from your 2nd stay)

or

a potential 30,000+ fairly easy points via IHG‘s Accelerate offer

…. is not a bad choice to have.

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Hotel offers update – April 2024:

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Comments (52)

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  • Roger says:
    21 Jul21 July 04:30

    SPG – I have a personalised offer of 2500 points for first stay and 5000 points for second stay.
    Any ideas of cheaper UK?European hotels where I can utilise this offer on a cheap?
    looking at various blogs Westin ZAGREB seems to be one of the cheaper EU hotels.
    Anything close to home would be ideal.

    • Rob says:
      21 Jul21 July 09:14

      Sheraton Heathrow on a Saturday – usually £50!

      If I were you, though, I’d find a city that a) you’d like to visit and b) has 2 Starwood hotels and then do a weekend away, changing hotels after the first night.

  • David says:
    21 Jul21 July 06:52

    This morning the final tranche of my 10,000 avios posted from the Hilton promotion. 10k I wouldn’t have known about without HfP – thanks Rob!

    • Nate1309 says:
      21 Jul21 July 07:07

      How long did they take to post David? They have appeared in my Hilton record but not my BAEC.

      • David says:
        21 Jul21 July 07:23

        Stayed Monday night, posted on Hilton yesterday and BAEC this morning. The swiftest of the lot!

        Now switched back to points + points but almost tempted to see whether they are counting properly…

        • Nate1309 says:
          21 Jul21 July 08:29

          Hmmm I had a stay end of June and one last weekend and neither have credited on BAEC despite appearing on Hilton Honors. Any body know who I should contact?

          • Paulm says:
            21 Jul21 July 08:33

            Contact the Hilton honors desk, but I think they will just tell you wait 6 weeks for them. I am waiting for one from a stay at the start of June, but all others have been credited.

        • Andy says:
          21 Jul21 July 08:31

          None of my 3 lots of 2K Avios have posted yet. May 29th being the first stay. I have been in touch but been told as per the T&Cs it could take 6 weeks

          • Nate1309 says:
            21 Jul21 July 08:38

            Thanks. Glad it’s not jut me. I will sit tight and get in touch after 6 weeks. Not in a rush for them.

  • Gareth says:
    21 Jul21 July 06:55

    With the radisson offer, I have a hotel booked via holiday extras, I emailed them and it’s showing on my club Carlson account. Do you think that would count as one night of the two required? Thanks

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
      21 Jul21 July 09:07

      Wouldn’t bank on it, maybe a 1/4 shot. Whilst I’ve generally booked CC hotels directly, I’ve had points credit once or twice when booking elsewhere and presenting my card on check-in. Might help to bill something to the room (although that’s more of a Hilton trick).

  • MARCELO C CORREA says:
    21 Jul21 July 06:57

    Hi! Can you guys help me?
    I have registered for IHG and they have sent me an email regarding a new users campaign, where I can earn up to 30k points completing 4 goals. My doubt is whether I can use one stay to complete all the 4 goals or should be 4 different stays. The goals are: stay 2 nights, book through IHG, use a bonus point package and book a Saturday and another night.
    Tks!

    • Genghis says:
      21 Jul21 July 07:12

      Can be done in one stay. Ie. Book a bonus points package through the IHG app (?) for two nights staying either Fri and Sat and Sat and Sun. Just check the T&Cs of all offer components before you book though.

  • Frank says:
    21 Jul21 July 07:19

    Be very careful with the Hilton offer! If you add your BA number to your account to benefit from the Avios offer you don’t just have to change your earning style to Points and Miles, you will have to go back and edit every single existing reservation because their dysfunctional reservations system doesn’t carry over your preference and BA number. I am being denied Avios for this very reason – Hilton is taking a ridiculously hard line on this, so beware!

    • David says:
      21 Jul21 July 07:24

      Do it at check in – that’s the easiest way. Only had a problem once, the other four were simple.

    • Oh! Matron! says:
      21 Jul21 July 08:40

      Thanks for the advice. Have hit the 5 stays (10,000 avois) so time to change back

      Cheers

      Paul

    • Alan says:
      22 Jul22 July 17:22

      Yep, I warn about this every time p+m Hilton offers come up here! – editing reservations isn’t always enough either – always confirm at check-in and check-out with the property.

  • K says:
    21 Jul21 July 07:45

    Regarding LeClubAccor – what about the current 3x points offer for classic/silver/gold members and 4x for platinum?

    • Rob says:
      21 Jul21 July 09:05

      B8gger! This article was going to run next Monday so I didn’t put it in (last booking date is 23rd). Then I pulled it forward …. Will update.

  • Phil says:
    21 Jul21 July 09:18

    When it comes to using the voucher when spending first £750 on HHonours credit card, do the options tend to be quite good? It seems too good to be true! I know there are some exclusions from the voucher, but what’s availability like?

    • Genghis says:
      21 Jul21 July 09:26

      Rangali at £1k a night sound good?

      • Phil says:
        21 Jul21 July 09:32

        This is my predicament! Surely it’s not ANY hotel? Is availability generally good for the better ones?

        • Cate says:
          21 Jul21 July 19:12

          For our reward night I got so fed up trailing through the website looking for standard rooms that I phoned up Hilton and kept the girl on the phone until she too gave up looking and I ended up with a suite in Park lane 🙂

      • JamesB says:
        21 Jul21 July 09:48

        Or Samui for private villa with pool, and where the value may be even greater if that is the goal. Samui wins over Maldives for those who wish or need to keep the rest of their holiday costs down as it’s easy to find affordable (even luxury) rooms in Thailand.

    • Rob says:
      21 Jul21 July 10:04

      There are no exclusions. If a standard reward night is available, you can book it. Availability rarely much of an issue – we’ve done Conrad Tokyo and Conrad New York this, possibly the 2 priciest city hotels, with no problems.

    • mark2 says:
      21 Jul21 July 15:27

      I have had no problems, but remember that it one weekend night that you are getting so you will probably end up paying for other nights, although if you were going any way it is a good bonus.
      Also watch the timing – you have three months to earn it then six months to spend.

  • Anna says:
    21 Jul21 July 12:38

    Thinking of applying for Hilton visa x 2 next year and using the free nights in Washington DC – any recommendations?

    • MattyS says:
      21 Jul21 July 13:24

      Looking at four nights in DC for next year as well, but want to be very central and didn’t really fancy the Hilton’s at the HH points rate even with two nights free. Plus didn’t want to have to wait until six months before to book..

      Decided to go down the SPG cards plus existing Amex points route (or possibly convert to Marriot) as their hotels look better for what we want – JW Marriot particularly.

      • Tracy says:
        21 Jul21 July 16:51

        We stayed at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Washington last year. Definitely not central but attached to a transit center, shops etc. Very easy to get around & pretty decent hotel.
        Managed to get a sale rate on a room that sleeps 5 for $80/night. Booked 1 night in a room with lounge access & 4 nights in standard room, but we got to keep the better room for all 5 nights including lounge access = result.

        • JamesB says:
          22 Jul22 July 00:37

          I second Crystal City for DC stays. Great rates and decent hotel, decent transport to the national mall area and others, and great for National airport. Like most cities in the States best to carefully research locations. For example, the front and back of the railway station in DC are totally different worlds.

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