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DAILY GETAWAY FOR WEEK OF 03/30

3/29/2015

The daily getaway for Week-2 will start on 03/30. There are couple of hotel points sale promotion which you might be interested in. The first one of interest is for Best Western Points which is on 03/30 and the other one for Choice Privileges Points on 04/03. There are other hotel getaway sales for "The Palazzo", "Venetian" and "CAESARS" as well as for "Universal Studios" but those are not that interesting in my view. Below is the snap shot of what's available for Week-2.

Daily Getaway week-2 deals

Best Western Points Deal - $55 for 10k points - 0.55 cent/point value - 03/30:

Best Western typically sells the points at 1 cent/point. So its 45% discount from that price. But the difficulty with Best Western points is to get good value out of them.
One of the best bargains using Best Western points is to use them for stay in "Stockholm, Sweden". There are lot of Best Western hotels there and reasonably priced on points so that you would really get good value out of them.
Best Western points do not expire. (good news?)
You can buy 5 packages of 10k points each. So the limit for buying is 50k points per Best Western Rewards account.

Choice Privileges Points Deal - Various packages = 0.4 cent/point to 0.45 cent/point value - 04/03:

Choice Privileges typically sells the points at 1.1 cent/point ($11 for 1000 points), so this one is good deal compared to that.
Best use of choice points is in Europe where you get real good value in hotel redemption especially in shoulder season. But do remember that Choice points expire on December 31st, 2 years after the year you earned them. So make sure you buy only if you have good use of them.
You can transfer 6000 Choice privileges points to 1800 Southwest rapid reward points and those points DO COUNT for Southwest companion pass. So it would be equivalent of buying Southwest points at a rate of 1.33 cent/point which considering you get closer to Southwest companion pass is not a bad deal.
There are 4 different package on sale and you can buy at max 2 of each kind (so total of 8 packages). Typically Choice Points sell out fast, so if you really need them move fast to purchase them on Daily Getaways!

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DAILY GETAWAYS START ON 03/23

3/22/2015

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The Daily Getaways are starting tomorrow with "Alamo Car Rental Certificate" going on sale on 03/23/2015. You can see weekly deals at this link. There are some interesting deals available but do note that this year American Express is no longer one of the major sponsor and thus NO 10% discount for using your American Express card for purchasing the daily getaways deal. The deal starts at 1 p.m. EST time and some of the good deals will sell out in minutes. Below is the brief on first week deal which looks interesting to me!

Week 1 Deals

Alamo Car Rental Certificate - $25 for $50 value - 03/23

$25 for $50 value of car rental with Alamo. Maximum quantity per purchase is limited to 3. And you can apply max 3 certificate per rental.
Certificate never expires. Thus a great value even if you do not have any immediate need.
Value can only be applied to the cost of rental and not to taxes, fees and additional items. Un-used value of certificate gets forfeited. So is you have car rental that costs $38 (without taxes, fees and protection) and if you use the certificate, you will have to forfeit the $12 remaining value remaining.
From the terms & conditions it says you need to use the "Coupon Code" and "Contract ID" provided in the certificate, but from my experience you could use a the "Coupon Code" on the certificate for $50 off your rental cost with a different "Contact ID" for earning bonus miles/points in various airlines/hotel programs. Also can you earn Cashback by making the reservation through Cashback sites.

Intercontinental Hotels Group point purchase - 0.565 cent/point to 0.6 cent/point value - 03/24

There are various packages available for point purchasing with the cost ranging from 0.565 cent/point to 0.6 cent/point.
The IHG points never expires but does devalue from time to time. So, buy them only if you have specific and immediate use for them, or else there are tricks to buy them at 0.7 cent/point all year long.

Club Carlson points purchase - 0.45 cent/point value - 03/25

If you are looking to stay at one of the expensive Club Carlson properties and have its co-brand US bank credit card in the USA buying points would be a good use as for 2+ night stay you get 2nd night free on the award redemption.
Club Carlson does have quite lucrative earning of points for revenue stay and have some good quarterly promotions to earn more bonus points. So it might not be a great deal to purchase points at 0.45 cent/point unless you really have stay planned for it.

Hilton HHonors points purchase - 0.5 cent/point value - 03/27

Hilton HHonors points use to be great before the major devaluation which happened in early 2014. There are still quite a few properties where can you still get good value for your points but getting a value better than 1 cent/point is quite difficult. Also the points expire if there is no earning/redemption activity on your account within 12 months of acquiring the points. So, a good value only if you have specific use in mind.

You could also look out deals for March 30-April 3 here, April 6 to April 10 here, April 13 to April 17 here and April 20 to April 24 here. There are some good deals to be have in future weeks as well, such as for 2nd week we have Avis One-day Car Rental certificate for $30, Hyatt Points for ~1.08 cent/point and Choice Privilege Points for ~0.4 cent/point.

So, get ready for purchasing discounted points/certificates for your future travels. Enjoy and Best of Luck!

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