10 brands · 4 loyalty programs
Hotel brand award guides
The brand-by-brand redemption math. Iconic properties, saver pricing, transfer partners, and the watch-outs that protect your points.
Hilton Honors · 2 brands
IHG One Rewards · 1 brand
Marriott Bonvoy · 4 brands
luxury
Ritz-Carlton
Marriott's luxury anchor, but Bonvoy's dynamic pricing makes points value a roulette wheel.
Saver from 70,000 pts
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luxury
St. Regis
Service-focused luxury, butler-on-call is the brand calling card. Top-end Bonvoy points use case.
Saver from 75,000 pts
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upper-upscale
JW Marriott
Marriott's upper-upscale brand, solid points value, especially internationally.
Saver from 35,000 pts
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lifestyle
W Hotels
Marriott's lifestyle brand, once-aspirational, now uneven. Property quality is a coin-flip.
Saver from 35,000 pts
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World of Hyatt · 3 brands
luxury
Park Hyatt
Hyatt's flagship luxury brand. Some of the best value at the top end of points-and-miles.
Saver from 25,000 pts
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lifestyle
Andaz
Hyatt's lifestyle brand, design-forward, more flexible than Park Hyatt at half the points.
Saver from 15,000 pts
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upper-upscale
Grand Hyatt
Hyatt's reliable upper-upscale brand, where the points usually price below cash but rarely transcendent.
Saver from 12,000 pts
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