What are the best hotel promos for September 2024?

Welcome to our regular 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 19,000 email subscribers – means we run this monthly article as a handy summary.

Here are quick summaries and links to the registration pages you need for each offer – do it before you forget. (I apologise to email readers if this block is mangled – scroll down to the main text area.)

Current offers for buying hotel points

Here are the ‘buy points’ offers running at the moment:

Current American Express cashback offers

It’s worth noting the current American Express cashback offers with the big chains. These may be showing on one or more of your cards and may influence which hotels you book this month.

Offers with hotel groups:

• Get 10% on pre-paid Expedia hotels, capped at a cumulative £100, when booked via a special American Express link (expires 1st October, click to read more)

• Get £150 back on a £750 spend with selected Four Seasons hotels (expires 20th September, book via our partner for extra benefits)

• Get £100 back on a £500 spend with selected Mandarin Oriental hotels (expires 10th October, click to read more, book via our partner for extra benefits)

• Get £50 back on a £200 spend with selected Hilton Honors hotels in Asia Pacific (expires 13th September, book here)

• Get £100 back on a £500 spend at selected UK and Ireland Relais & Chateaux properties (expires 12th October, book via our partner Emyr Thomas for extra benefits)

• Get £150 back on a £750 spend with Auberge Resorts in the US and Mexico (expires 1st December, book here)

There is also a Radisson deal knocking around but it seems to be very rare!

Offers with specific London hotels:

• Get £100 back on a £400 spend at art’otel London Hoxton (expires 28th September, book here)

• Get £100 back on a £400 spend at Corinthia London (expires 30th September, book here)

• Get £75 back on a £300 spend at The May Fair Hotel (expires 15th September, book here)

• Get £100 back on a £500 spend at The Londoner (expires 15th September, book via our partner Emyr Thomas for extra benefits)

• Get £100 back on a £500 spend at Shangri-La The Shard (expires 30th September, remember to book via our partner Emyr Thomas for extra benefits)

Where should you credit your stays for September 2024?

Remember that, irrespective of the offers below, there is never a single ‘best’ offer.

Some offers require multiple stays to maximise the bonus, which you might not do. Some require stays to be a minimum number of nights before a bonus is earned.

You need to factor in any elite status you have, which will earn you additional status bonuses.

More importantly, you need to be able to use the points. There is no value in earning a large bonus in a scheme where you will never go on to earn enough points to get a free night.

Here are your options:

Hilton (Hampton, Conrad, Waldorf-Astoria etc)

Hilton has a promotion called ‘Power Up’.

You can register here.  Our full article is here. It runs until 31st December.

You will earn 2,500 bonus points on all stays, cash or reward, during the promotional period.

You need to register in advance of your first stay during the period via the Hilton website here.  Existing bookings count and all Hilton Honors hotels are taking part.

The Hilton booking page is here.

Marriott (St Regis, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points etc)

Marriott has a promotion called ‘Earn Two Ways’ for the autumn.

You can register here.  Our full article is here. It runs until 26th November although registration closes early on 12th November.

You will earn 2,000 bonus points on cash stays of 2+ nights.

Holders of the UK Marriott Bonvoy American Express credit card will receive an additional 2,000 bonus points on each 2+ night cash stay, for a total bonus of 4,000 points. Oddly, this element requires separate registration which can only be done via the ‘Promotions’ tab of the Marriott website when you are logged in.

You need to register in advance of your first stay during the period via the Marriott website here.  Existing bookings count.

The Marriott booking page is here.

Radisson (Park Inn, Park Plaza, art’otel etc)

Radisson is running a rare promotion worth 7,000 bonus points over three stays.

You can register here.  Our full article is here. It runs until 2nd November.

Importantly, only stays made after you register will count.

You will earn 500 bonus points on your first cash stay after registration, 3,000 on your second stay and 3,500 on your third stay.

You need to register in advance of BOOKING via the Radisson website here.

The Radisson booking page is here.

And finally ….

If you booking a luxury hotel, remember that we can offer you exclusive additional benefits at Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Peninsula and similar hotels.  

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