{"id":4895,"date":"2015-04-03T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T22:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2016-02-14T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T16:13:37","slug":"club-carlson-visa-slashes-bonus-award-night-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2015\/04\/03\/club-carlson-visa-slashes-bonus-award-night-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Carlson Visa Slashes Bonus Award Night Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sad Day for Club Carlson Visa Card Holders…<\/h1>\n
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Club Carlson Visa<\/p><\/div>\n

I own the Club Carlson Visa card\u00a0and I have to admit, it is one of my favorite credit cards.\u00a0 The card comes with some great benefits – Club Carlson Gold Status for as long as you hold the card, a 40,000 point anniversary bonus, and one of the best perks of all, a free reward night when booking an award night (one per stay).<\/p>\n

I have used this benefit at the Radisson Blu Berlin<\/a>, as well as the Park Plaza, Berlin<\/a>. I have also used this when I have attended the Austin Mega Do for stays at the Radisson Blu Austin. <\/a>And having this benefit on the card made for an incredible week in Ireland at Radisson Blu\u00a0properties in\u00a0Galway, Sligo, and Dublin. As you can see, with a room for two nights costing a little over 450 euro ($493)so being able to use points for double nights was a great deal.<\/p>\n

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Radisson Blu Dublin Rates<\/p><\/div>\n

I just received an email informing me of the changes coming to the Club Carlson Visa. Basically, trying to make it sound like a good thing, card owners will now be able to earn a free night every year with $10,000 of card spend. But wait, there’s more.<\/p>\n

Beginning June 1st Club Carlson is taking away the Bonus Award Night benefit<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

I think this is terrible news!<\/p>\n

Admittedly, the benefit is far more lucrative for award stays in Europe, perhaps, but it also was quite attractive for family stays in the United States.\u00a0 The benefit is ‘going away’ as of May\u00a028th (no Bonus Award nights can be booked after May 28, 2015 according to Frequent Miler<\/a>) so I am grateful that I have some stays for Oktoberfest already booked in Munich in September. I have been wanting to pop back over to Ireland in the fall, so I guess I need to go ahead and firm up those plans. Thankfully, I have enough points that I can book some of the stays speculatively until I determine travel dates.<\/p>\n

Should you get this card? Well, if you have been thinking about it anyway, I would apply for it as soon as possible! The card conditions and\u00a0benefits read as follows:<\/p>\n