Need new HOTEL Rewards card scheme now MBNA Holiday Inn Priority Points has ended

coffee_king

Hey
Now that MBNA Priority Points (free nights in Holiday Inn Hotels) is coming to a close I need a new rewards scheme.
I'd like one that gives free hotel nights as opposed to free flights, as flights are cheap enough as it is.

Me and the missus spend about £1000 per month on credit cards (using them for expenses etc), and we both have good credit ratings, and a decent income.

The Priority Points credit card was superb as we could bump up our points (that we get from staying in Holiday Inns) each month. We had about 5 free nights last year in Italy, it was brilliant, and all for free!

Any suggestions?

cheers!
coffee_king

simongregson

You can transfer american express membership reward points to Priority club. You would need their green card, which has a £60 annual fee, but the points transfer as 2 x priority club for 1x membership reward, so I think it is double the earning potential of your current card. You will have to weigh up if it is worth it with the annual fee.

Don't be surprised if a new priority club point earning card is released soon, a lot of hotel and airline cards seem to be switching to American Express via other banks, so if you hold fire a bit you may well be able to get a fee free card.

MarcD_2

There's a new priority club Visa card (I think through Barclays) which just been announced. Sign up through priorityclub.com and get 10,000 points bonus after your first purchase on it. I got an email though from priority club offering 20,000 points on first spend so have applied straight away - four free nights straight off at the 5,000 a night point break rate! Don't know if eveyone is getting the 20k offer though...