A free night certificate is a voucher for one hotel night up to a fixed points ceiling, usually granted once a year as a credit card benefit.
A free night certificate is a voucher for one hotel night up to a fixed points ceiling, usually granted once a year as a credit card benefit.
Also called: Free night award.
How it works#
A certificate is worth whatever hotel can be found below its ceiling, and that ceiling typically rises more slowly than hotel award prices do. Certificates expire on a fixed date and are rarely extended. They therefore need planning early rather than saving up, and their value is measured against the room that can realistically be booked, not against a peak-season rate.
Not to be confused with#
A free night certificate is not the same as a points redemption: the certificate is capped and dated, whereas points can be spent freely for as long as the balance lasts.
In German#
The German term is Freinacht-Gutschein. German version of this term
Related terms#
- Hotel award category: A hotel award category is the price tier a loyalty programme assigns to a property, from which the points price per night follows.
- Peak and off-peak award pricing: Peak and off-peak award pricing is an award chart with several price levels depending on travel dates, typically high, low and shoulder season.
- Fifth night free: Fifth night free is an elite benefit under which an award stay of five or more consecutive nights is charged for four nights of points.
Articles that use this term#
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