Check out the FAQ for details.
The promotion:
With Hilton HHonors™, you choose how you earn with Fast Ways to Free Stays. It’s your choice – earn Double Points for each stay or get a free night certificate after only four stays or ten nights when you stay now through December 31 at any participating hotel and resort worldwide. With two ways to earn, you choose how you can get to experiences worth sharing faster than ever.
Here’s a great promotion for those of you who have reached platinum status on Starwood.
Details from the website:
Register to earn an extra Starpoint per dollar on eligible stays from October 1 through December 31, 2010.
As a Platinum member, you’ve shown your continued dedication to our program, so we’d like to thank you with an exclusive Starpoints® offer. You will earn four Starpoints per dollar for every stay from October 1 through December 31, 2010, that occurs after you’ve registered for this offer and requalified for Platinum status for the upcoming year.
- Earn four Starpoints per dollar on all your eligible stays beyond the Platinum qualification of 25 stays or 50 nights this calendar year. That’s one additional Starpoint on top of the three Starpoints per dollar you’re already earning as a Platinum member.
- The extra Starpoint per dollar you earn will be on top of any other bonus Starpoints offers you enjoy during this time period.
Register today and you’ll be on your way to earning extra Starpoints at our more than 1,000 hotels and resorts across nine distinctive brands. More luxury. More destinations.
Register directly on the Starwood promotion site here.
Details from the website:
Earn double or triple Starpoints — with no limits!
Discover a world of endless rewards with our Every Night Counts promotion from Starwood Preferred Guest®. Stay at your choice of more than 850 participating hotels and resorts across 9 distinctive brands, including W®, Westin® and Sheraton® and earn bonus Starpoints® for each night you stay between September 8 and December 15, 2010.
Nights are accumulated across all your stays from September 8 through December 15, 2010. Watch your Starpoints add up and then redeem for Free Night Awards at some of the best luxury hotels and resorts worldwide, Award Flights and more.
Register for Every Night Counts by October 31, 2010.
Another late reminder on a Starwood promotion which started earlier this year.
Earn 2x, 3x or 4x the Starpoints on all your eligible stays.
Start out the year with rich rewards from SPG®, where the more nights you have in your stay, the more bonus Starpoints® you’ll earn. Receive double, triple or quadruple Starpoints
for every night of each eligible stay — with no limits — between
January 5 and April 15, 2010. For example, a three-night stay earns you
triple Starpoints on each night.
Better late than never.
Go here. Enter your mileage plus number and do what you do by flying at least 3 qualifying round trips. 
Sorry for the late post on this one.
I’m a huge fan of Mint.com so when I heard AwardWallet.com mentioned in the same sentence, I decided to take a look. The concept is straight forward. Enter your login credentials and AwardWallet.com will track your balances and notify you of events such as expiration of points/miles.
The Good:
- The interface is clean
- The website had no issues gathering my balance information; I tested 2 hotels, 2 airlines, 2 car rentals, and my corporate card
- I really like having all my membership numbers in a single location
The Not-So-Good:
- I got a email telling me about my travel itinerary as soon as I entered my airline information; I did not ask to track my travel plans.
- Instead of displaying my Hertz balance, it had a link asking me to upgrade to AwardWallet Plus; I haven’t had a chance to see the value in the service and I’m already being asked for money?
- A connection section; No I’m not interested in sharing my travel plans with all my connections
Suggestion to AwardWallet.com: You need to focus on being awesome in a single space. Stop trying to compete with TripIt. Build a great service, then ask for money. Asking me to upgrade before I can truely understand the value is wasting both our times. Not everything needs to have a social networking component to it (Mint.com did not and look how well they did). Some of us think Facebook is a waste of time (and frequent flyers don’t have alot of time). Understand your target customer and get some of them on your board. Your website is called "Award Wallet", not "Travel Itineraries" or "Travel Connections" - either change your name or stop trying to be all things. FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS
I plan to report back after I’ve given it a few cycles. Let’s see what happens.
“Cingular (now AT&T) rollover meets Marriott rewards”
This new Marriott offering ensures you stay Elite Platinum through 2011 without having to worry about racking up the required nights in 2010. Silver and Gold members have a similar offer. I’m not sure we can call this a promotion as there doesn’t seem to be an expiration date. Perhaps it will be a permanent offering going forward. Expect the other hotel chains to follow suit with similar offerings – they have to.
The Sell:
| You asked for it; we’ve created it. We’re breaking new ground to help you achieve – and increase – your Elite status. Introducing Elite Rollover Nights! After you’ve stayed enough nights to earn Elite status in 2009, we’ll roll over all additional nights to 2010 (for example, Silver member nights in excess of 10, Gold member nights in excess of 50 and Platinum members nights in excess of 75). That means you can start earning next year’s status this year! It’s the only rollover night enhancement we know of – anywhere. And we’ve designed it exclusively for you. Plus, get a head start with Double Nights. Between May 11 and June 26, every night you stay counts twice! If you’re not registered, you can sign up now. So get rolling! Reserve at any of more than 3,000 Marriott hotels worldwide. Since every night this year counts, it’s easier to maintain your status – and achieve the next level in 2010. No need to do anything extra: your Elite Rollover Nights will be automatically posted to your 2010 account. |
This is a great offering with a promotion thrown in as well. Make sure you sign up so it’s even easier to get Platinum Status through 2010.
There’s a fair amount of chatter about this promotion among my fellow road warriors. On the surface it looks really good.
Promotion Details:
- Register for SPG Free Weekends now and start earning one Free Weekend Night Award with every two stays through July 31, 2009 — with no limits.
- Awards can be earned and redeemed at more than 875 Starwood Preferred Guest participating hotels and resorts worldwide across nine brands — including Westin, Sheraton, W and more.
- Redeem Awards at over 875 Category 1–6 properties any Friday, Saturday or Sunday night from May through the end of September 2009 — all with no blackout dates on available standard rooms.
- To earn one Free Weekend Night Award with every two stays, register and stay between May 1 and July 31, 2009.
A quote from a fellow road warrior:
“This is one of the best promotions ever I’ve seen Starwood run. The free nights are good at category 1-6 hotels (usually they only go up to cat-4 or occasionally cat-5), and the number of nights you can earn is unlimited (vs. usually capped at two or three).”
A closer look at the fine print in the FAQ (thanks josh):
Is there an expiration date for the Free Weekend Night Award?
Yes. The Free Weekend Night Award can be used through September 27, 2009.
It’s a really good promotion as long as you use it before the end of September.
From American’s promotion page:
“Qualify or re-qualify for AAdvantage Gold®, AAdvantage Platinum®, or AAdvantage Executive Platinum® status faster than ever with this special promotion. Just book your trip and fly on American Airlines, American Eagle, or AmericanConnection® between March 18, 2009, and June 15, 2009, and you’ll earn double elite-qualifying miles - the miles that bring you closer to AAdvantage elite-status membership - at an accelerated rate.”
Terms and Conditions:
Double elite-status qualifying miles are not redeemable for award travel, but do count toward qualification for AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum, and AAdvantage Executive Platinum status. AAdvantage elite-status qualifying double-mile offer is valid only for travel on eligible purchased, published fare tickets on American Airlines, American Eagle, or AmericanConnection marketed and operated flights between March 18, 2009, and June 15, 2009. Promotion does not apply to travel on mileage award tickets or fares that are ineligible for AAdvantage mileage accrual. Flights operated by our codeshare partners or oneworld® alliance carriers are not eligible for this promotion. Offer applies only to new reservations booked between March 18, 2009, and June 15, 2009. Registration prior to travel is required. This offer does not increment the member’s elite-qualifying points, segments or award-eligible mileage balance. Double elite-qualifying miles will be calculated at 100% of the elite-qualifying miles earned for each applicable flight and will be posted to the account of the traveling AAdvantage member within six to eight weeks after the qualifying activity is posted to your account.
The promotions keep coming…
From Delta’s promotion page:
“Have you made your birthday wish yet? Because it’s time to pack your bags and celebrate. As our birthday gift to you, you’ll receive double miles when you register and book a round-trip flight on Delta between now and April 30, 2009 and fly by May 31, 2009”