The best free nights in the Big Apple | Ep161 | 7-30-22
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🗓️ 30 July 2022
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Summary
Want to sleep cheap in the city that never sleeps? Using hotel points can save you a boatload on your next New York City vacation, but not all award options are created equally. This week, Greg and Nick discuss your best bets.
00:58 Giant Mailbag Double Header (First up: IHG welcome bonus free night not top-off-able)
03:56 Marriott free night certificates extendable after all 9:39 What crazy thing...did IHG do this week?
14:39 Mattress running the numbers: Locking in the 20% back Marriott offer for good rates in the future and abroad
21:27 Awards we booked this week
25:33 3 Cards, 3 Continents, 3 Updates
30:20 Main Event: The best free nights in the Big Apple
31:38 Hilton
38:00 Hyatt
45:50 IHG
51:35 Marriott
1:03:25 Choice
1:07:46 Wyndham
1:09:33 Radisson
1:14:48 Can you get off a cruise ship early to fly home?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:10.7 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did City this week? |
| 0:17.5 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? The main event. |
| 0:21.6 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:23.6 | Today's main event, the best free nights in the Big Apple. |
| 0:31.6 | I want to take a bite out of the Big Apple. |
| 0:33.6 | Yeah, of course we meet in New York City. |
| 0:35.6 | We're talking about hotels in Manhattan |
| 0:38.1 | that you can book with points. And we're going to be discussing, you know, where to use your |
| 0:42.8 | free night certificates, where to use your points and that sort of thing and how to get good value |
| 0:47.6 | when you want to stay in New York City. It's not like the easiest nut to crack or especially |
| 0:54.0 | not decor. But I'm just... it's not like the easiest nut to crack or oh especially not these core um but um |
| 0:58.2 | well done with the dad joke there I yes no no prices have gotten high so yeah we'll have to |
| 1:03.9 | talk yeah yeah yeah all right today we've got a uh giant mailbag header. So the first giant mail comes from Rich. |
| 1:16.3 | And you'll remember, I don't know, it was last week or two weeks ago. |
| 1:21.2 | We talked about how IHG's great welcome bonus of a free night plus 140,000 points was not as great as it sounded |
| 1:32.4 | because the free night was not top offable, meaning you can't add points to it. |
| 1:38.3 | And we thought that was pretty darn crazy. |
| 1:40.5 | Right. |
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