Great info, thank you!

Why am I spending 62 EUR and 3,000 points per night for a 5-night stay at a Ramada hotel where I can book a revenue room for 89 EUR?

On a GoFast rate I booked the highest category room in the hotel with a nightly rate of 139 EUR to save $471 on a 5-night stay.

15,000 Wyndham Rewards points reduces room rate to 325.50 EUR compared to 730 EUR regular rate for best category room at the hotel. 15,000 points + 325 EUR is lower than the lowest paid rate at 445 EUR for the lowest category room at the hotel.

I earned 17,000 points last month on two paid nights in France and Bulgaria for $160 with the Wyndham Masterpass promotion. Plan to earn another 15,000 on three stays with Visa Checkout before end of February.

These two promotions with 7 total paid nights in 2017 earned 42,000 Wyndham Rewards points. Seven paid nights cost less than $400.

I redeemed 42,000 points in 2017 in Amsterdam, Vilnius Lithuania (sad to see the truly luxury Ramada hotel went independent recently) , Sofia and Plovdiv Bulgaria for 14 GoFast reward nights for about $1,400 in room rate savings after deducting the GoFast cash portion.

Not all Wyndham Rewards hotels offer all room categories on reward points. Many hotels do have a choice of room types. The secret to Wyndham Rewards, Choice Privileges and Best Western Rewards is knowing which hotels offer higher category room types to unlock additional value with hotel points on reward night redemption.

These lists are just made for clicking $$$

Don’t play their game!

1. LoyaltyLobby
2. DansDeals
3. Mile Nerd
4. Frequent Miler
5. Mommy Points
6. The Points Guy
7. Miles Momma
8. PointChaser
9. Extra Pack of Peanuts
10. MileValue

http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-miles-and-points-blog-2017/

Check that code for Virgin Australia-it’s VS.

HT: TBB Research Dept.

Can TPG and MMS post that? Nope!

Wow.