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Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza hotel group, has kicked off 2015 with a bang by launching a very generous promotion.

It is a simple proposition:

Stay 3+ consecutive nights at a Radisson, Park Inn or Park Plaza and earn 30,000 bonus points

Stay 2 consecutive nights at a Radisson, Park Inn or Park Plaza and earn 15,000 bonus points

You must stay between 12th January and 29th March

You can earn the bonus more than once

You must register at this website to be eligible

I value Club Carlson points at £5 per 1,000.  This is based on using 44,000 or 50,000 for a typical 5-star redemption in London, or 9,000 for a cheap Park Inn night in the regions.  The bonus is therefore worth roughly £150 on a 3-night stay and this is on top of the base points for your stay.

You may receive an even bigger bonus.  Flyertalk reports that some members have been targeted with the offer of a 40,000 point bonus on your first three night stay.  You will see if you are eligible for this when you log in on the promotion home page.  This would make your 3+ night bonus worth £200.

It is not clear if this promotion will work in conjunction with the ‘2 4 1’ and ‘4 4 2’ deals offered to Club Carlson Gold members at weekends.  It would depend on the hotel treating a ‘2 4 1’ stay as 2 nights rather than 1 night.  I wrote about these deals here.

If you have an American Express Platinum card, remember that you can join Club Carlson at Gold level.  This will increase your base points earning rate as well as giving you the chance of an upgrade and other benefits.  It will also allow you to book the ‘2 4 1’ and ‘4 4 2’ rates I mention above.

You can also convert Club Carlson points to Avios or other airline miles.  The rate is 10:1 which is pretty poor – 30,000 points gets you £150 of hotel points or £30 of Avios points.  However, if you have no interest in Club Carlson points, earning 3,000 Avios for a three-night stay is still a good deal in its own right.

If you are not already a Club Carlson member you can learn more about it hereYou can sign up via the promotional page for the offer here.

PS.  As mentioned in the comments, Park Plaza has some good sale deals at the moment, including excellent hotels in London from £89.  You need to book by 7th January for stays to 12th April and the deals are only available via their website and entering promo code JANSAL under ‘Search Options’.


How to earn Radisson Rewards points and status from UK credit cards

How to earn Radisson Rewards points and status from UK credit cards (April 2024)

Radisson Rewards does not have a dedicated UK credit card. However, you can earn Radisson Rewards points by converting Membership Rewards points earned from selected UK American Express cards.

These cards earn Membership Rewards points:

Membership Rewards points convert at 1:3 into Radisson Rewards points which is a very attractive rate.  The cards above all earn 1 Membership Rewards point per £1 spent on your card, which converts to 3 Radisson Rewards points.

Even better, holders of The Platinum Card receive free Radisson Rewards Premium status for as long as they hold the card.  It also comes with Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Gold and MeliaRewards Gold status.  We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here.

(Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)

Comments (34)

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  • julie says:

    If you book a 241 for Dec and your Gold status runs out in March, will they still honour the booking or will you be charged for the additional night when you book into the hotel.
    Not sure how I received Gold status but assume it must have been something to do with this website, so I wont be able to renew my gold status before my proposed stay

    • Idrive says:

      There was a period they used to offer Gold to new signs up last year. I don’t think they won’t honour as in theory you should show your card but they can see on screen,the system might cancel maybe but at least you would know in advance..so to rebook an other option

    • Rob says:

      Pretty sure that if you book whilst you are still a Gold you will be OK. That is the usual process with these things, eg I can book an Avios ‘extra seats for Gold’ redemption whilst Gold for travel after I have dropped to Silver.

      Depending on how rubbish their IT is, you may even still be treated as a Gold because the status info was transmitted on the day you booked and never updated.

      • Idrive says:

        You really think so?

        • Rob says:

          I am pretty certain that if you are allowed to book a 2-4-1 rate because you are Gold and then drop down a level they will not take away your right to the rate – if not, it should surely be clearly stated on the 2-4-1 website?

  • Andi Hawes says:

    We book on normal website? there is no promotional page we need to book through? I may change my bookings through February and March to a Carlson hotel, 3 nights a week, and reap the points to spend after promo has finished…

    • Rob says:

      Yes, there is no special booking site – all you need to do is ensure you register.

  • Andi Hawes says:

    Anyone ever get anything back from online support at Carlson? sent several requests to them and no response…

    took 10 emails to ‘forgotten password’ to even get a link to login that hadnt expirewd by the time it arrived…

    • Alan says:

      I’ve never tried their normall support email – they’re normally good at responding on Twitter though, or you could try their social media team on CCare (at) carlsonrezidor.com (not sure if they want you to contact them via social media first though)

      • Andi Hawes says:

        When did email become so obsolete?

        should have realised i guess… everyone else now ignores email and focuses on social. Off topic a bit but Just had another John Lewis problem sorted by Social Media where phone calls go me nowhere…

        • Alan says:

          Totally agree. I’m not sure if it’s just companies are afraid that everyone can see the negative comments about them on social media? Ironically (for a telecommunications company) I find BT much quicker to resolve things via Twitter than on the phone!

          I quite like the live chat setup that a few companies have – rather than sitting waiting on hold you can get on with other work. I also like ones that give you a proper case reference when you email them so you have a way of chasing things up.

          • Andi Hawes says:

            agree with the Live Chat. perfect for those of us chained to our desk/Laptop and no waiting on hold while the company passes you around the globe to find someone that can answer your simple account query

          • Andi Hawes says:

            maybe Raffles should install Live Chat just to make sure he never gets any time to himself…ever 🙂

  • Joe says:

    Thanks, booked next week for two nights anyhow so just registered for this….

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