Hyatt launches its ‘More Possibilities’ promotion

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• Mr Bridge says:

  12 Feb12 February 09:44

  just got my club carlson gold from amex, and made booking, should i set up auto conversion of points to ba avios or wait for a conversion bonues

  • General Mayhem says:

    12 Feb12 February 13:24

    Interesting maths on this one. Usually as a carlson gold member, for every £100 you spend (net of taxes) you will get 4500 ($150 @30 points per $) points plus booking bonus of 2000 points = 6500 points. Let it build up to 100,000 points (spend £1538) and get 18000 avios points.

    ie 11.7 avios per £

    Until mid march there is a triple points promotion so 70 points per $. So spend £100 and get 12500 points. Spend to reach 100,000 points is therefore approx £800. Which works out at 22.5 avios to the £.

    But what are 100,000 CC gold points worth? It could mean two nights in a Central London or Paris hotel, which would otherwise cost about £250 per night.

    So your spend of £1538 (usual) or £800 (during the 3x points promotion) could be “worth” £500. Which looks rather better value than 18000 avios.

    • Raffles says:

      12 Feb12 February 14:06

      Agreed. The Carlson conversion rate to airline miles is OK but redeeming is a better deal. I’ve got a £100 room in Hamburg coming up which I got for 19,000 Carlson points.

      The triple points promo is exceptionally generous. As you say, for a Gold member it is effectively 125 points per £1, and if you redeem ‘well’ (which I take as getting £5 per 1,000 points of value) then you are effectively getting 60% of your spend back!

      (The reason I am using points in Hamburg instead of paying cash and getting triple points is that I needed flexibility to cancel, which would have meant booking an inflated room rate in the first place.)

• Raffles says:

  12 Feb12 February 14:08

  I actually have a post on Carlson lined up for tomorrow, by the way!

• General Mayhem says:

  12 Feb12 February 16:45

  Thank you Raffles. That will be interesting.

  The cancellation point is a very good one. And one of the better features of Club Carlson, along with the 241 and 442 weekend rooms.

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