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There are currently 2 promotions ongoing where it might make sense to do some mattress running at a Wyndham. If you’ll recall, Wyndham recently changed their loyalty program where EVERY hotel in the chain costs 15,000 points for a free night (or 3,000 points plus a cash copay). This can lend itself to some pretty amazing redemptions – there are hotels that run for $500 / night in New York City and other expensive places (all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean!) that are only 15,000 points / night!
Promotion 1 – 7500 points for paying with Masterpass
This has been an ongoing promotion where you can get 7500 Wyndham Rewards points for paying with Masterpass. Masterpass is a payment network like ApplePay, SamsungPay, Paypal, etc. So you don’t have to pay with a Mastercard
The official promotion page is here and Miles to Memories has some more details. You have to stay by October 31st and this is good for 2 stays (15,000 points total)
Promotion 2 – 10,000 points for one stay (check email / account)
Frequent Miler had a post out this morning talking about a promotion that was possibly targeted, offering
I don’t think it’s targeted (though I could be wrong) – I had no email from Wyndham, and when I logged into my account I saw
I registered and it took me to the following promo page which does not appear to be targeted (but you do need to register)
For this promo, you need to book by September 30th and stay by October 9th.
I tried signing up a new account and it did NOT have this promotion, so perhaps YMMV on this one – in any case check your email or your Wyndham account
But wait! There’s more!
There is also an increased offer on the Barclaycard Wyndham credit card – 45,000 points after spending $2000 in the first 3 months (30K after 1st purchase and 15,000 more after the $2000 spend). There is a $75 annual fee, not waived the first year, and I do not earn a commission if you apply through this link.
There’s also a no annual fee card that gives 18,000 as a bonus.
I’ve heard (but have no real confirmation) that these offers expire today (8/9).
Mattress Running
Of all the chains to mattress fun, Wyndham is probably the best i.e. cheapest. Here’s a random Super 8 here in Cincinnati
Up to you whether you ACTUALLY want to stay the night…. I’ve stayed at a Super 8 before and it wasn’t bad
(SEE ALSO: A tale of two Super 8s – true budget traveling)
What do you think? Will you be mattress running these Wyndham promotions? Where are you going to stay?
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It is targeted, I couldn’t register for it.
Interesting – did you have a Wyndham account already? Any recent Wyndham stays?
I also couldn’t register for it. I did already have a Wyndham account, Gold member, last stay in September 2016.
Also, on my Wyndham account page it says the 45k offer on the card *does* expire today 8/9/17, so there’s official confirmation.
only make sense if you live in OH, nothing in that price range in CA, above $100 mark which is not worth the pillow run.
Plenty of cheap super 8s and days inn in many places (but probably not California). Nobody told you to live somewhere so expensive 😉
why just Ohio? Lots of economic wyndham properties just about everywhere else…. (that is, if you’d actually want to stay at them….. Yet concur, super 8 in some areas often a good… choice)
Related question, I’m trying to get a straight answer on whether or not “go fast” (3k points & cash) nights count….. (just wasted an hour wading through contradictory T&C’s….)
btw, 10K promo mentioned here definitely targeted. Not in my account, or my wife’s.
10K not on my account. I just spent a single night at a Wyndham about a week ago.
I had a stay 2 nights earn 3,000 points which I have signed up for. I guess it’s better than nothing since I already planned on doing the two nights for 15k
Ok so I am new to your blog. My kids are almost out of high school so my husband and I are starting to take a few trips alone- mind you we went on the first one since our honeymoon (1998) t- sad I know.. to chicago 2 weeks ago! awesome. But we always wanted to include our kids. So now we want to do it more often ! I am open to any and all advice1 Our plane tickets were from using Capital one points.
I did not receive the 10K offer.
Just registered for an account to try my luck because I never had one. Not able to register for the 10k promo possibly because its targeted.
Thanks for pointing this out! Definitely worth changing a previous booked hotel to a comparable wyndham for the free night!
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sour grapes.
I got a smaller bonus for stays June 28–Sep. 30: 3000 bonus points for a 2-night minimum stay. Better than a goose egg, but not as great as 10K!
Didn’t receive the offer. Tried to register through your link. Wyndham says I’m not eligible for this offer.
i would like to share my recent experience with Wyndam. While travelling to my destination, as there were no wireless signals through the mountains I couldn’t book. As i reached the destination I found no availability at Wyndams, so I tried booking.com and found one at a WYHDAM and booked it. When I reached my Wyndam hotel, I told the receptionist about my membership. she pulled the data and verified. she also told me that the receipt will reach me via my email on record.
on my return home i checked my points and realize that neither I received any points, nor any receipt in my mail.
after multiple calls to Wyndam Hotels i realized that there is a ‘small font detail’ which i was never aware of, that if booked through a third-party i get no rewards.
BTW, i never gave my credit info to that third-party and record show that the Wyndam hotel billed me.