{"id":3875,"date":"2013-02-12T23:01:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T06:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2013-02-12T23:04:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T06:04:52","slug":"club-carlson-visa-with-85k-gold-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=3875","title":{"rendered":"Club Carlson Visa with 85k Gold Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made a post not long ago in which I said that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubcarlsonvisa.com\/credit\/welcome.do\" target=\"_blank\">Club Carlson card with 85k bonus points<\/a> wasn&#8217;t as good as some other hotel card offers. \u00a0I&#8217;m now going to repent and ask for forgiveness. While there are still other great offers out there, there are a couple of very key benefits to this card that make it worth your attention.<\/p>\n<h2>Three Club Carlson Cards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\">The Club Carlson Premier Card &#8211; 50k bonus plus 35k after spending $2500 in the first 90 days plus gold status<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Club Carlson Rewards Card &#8211; 50k bonus plus 10k\u00a0after spending $1500 in the first 90 days plus silver status<\/li>\n<li>The Club Carlson Business Rewards Card &#8211;\u00a050k bonus plus 35k after spending $2500 in the first 90 days plus gold status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I mentioned the other day, I like to think of the bonuses in terms of how many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubcarlson.com\/category2\" target=\"_blank\">Category 2<\/a> hotel nights they&#8217;d get me. \u00a0With Category 2 hotel nights at Club Carlson hotels running 15k a night, we&#8217;ll be pocketing 4-6 free nights after meeting the spending requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The status is nice because it never hurts to get a courtesy upgrade &#8211; something that will likely come when you stay in hotels that aren&#8217;t extremely busy.<\/p>\n<p>Those reasons alone are already enough to start wanderlusting with Club Carlson&#8217;s hotel directory&#8230; but it&#8217;s about to get even sweeter.<\/p>\n<p>Since blazing onto the scene, I&#8217;ve found the Club Carlson loyalty program to be extraordinarily generous &#8211; and they don&#8217;t disappoint cardholders. \u00a0This next little benefit is what really makes this deal sweet like candy: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Any time you redeem Gold Points for two or more consecutive nights, your last night is free.<\/span>\u00a0That becomes extremely powerful when you start to look at loop-trips with two nights in each location.<\/p>\n<p>What that means is that if you&#8217;re able to find 5 category 2 hotels and stay two nights in each of them, you&#8217;d burn up a total of 75k gold points. Wait, that&#8217;s like 7500 points a night? Uh..huh&#8230; You&#8217;re grasping it, aren&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3876\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3876\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3876\" alt=\"Bulgaria Hotel\" src=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Park-Inn-Sophia-Bulgaria.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Park-Inn-Sophia-Bulgaria.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Park-Inn-Sophia-Bulgaria-300x179.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Park Inn Hotel in Sophia Bulgaria is a Cat 2 CC Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All of the sudden this beautiful little addition to your wallet is starting to sound very nice. \u00a0But like an infomercial, it&#8217;s about to get even better. \u00a0They also want you to keep this bad boy for more than just a year, so they&#8217;ve said, &#8220;look, for every year you keep the card, we&#8217;ll hit you with 40k more gold points.&#8221; And you reply, &#8220;so I could almost stay 6 nights a year (in 2-night increments) with the ongoing I&#8217;ll be getting?&#8221; Then Club Carlson&#8217;s all, &#8220;You freaking love me, don&#8217;t you?&#8221; So you&#8217;re like, &#8220;Yes, I do freaking love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One more little added benefit is the abundance of free breakfast at so many of these hotels. \u00a0The Country Inn &amp; Suites properties do not skimp when it comes to making sure you&#8217;re well-fed. \u00a0From warm cookies at check-in, to a hearty breakfast each morning, these places are better than home!<\/p>\n<p>Now, what infomercial wouldn&#8217;t have a catch? The &#8220;catch&#8221; in this case is that they don&#8217;t waive the $75 annual fee in the first year, and each year your renew you&#8217;ll be on the hook for it again. \u00a0When you think about it, though, it&#8217;s a very small price to pay for some incredible benefits. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the link again to review the cards and the benefits: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubcarlsonvisa.com\/credit\/visaPremierCard.do\" target=\"_blank\">Club Carlson Visa.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re worried that the selection of Category 2 hotels is going to be a disappointment, just check them out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubcarlson.com\/category2\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Then be on the lookout for some more WorldWanderlusting loops through vacation destinations with Club Carlson properties.<\/p>\n<p><em>By the way, we do not receive any commission in promoting this card. \u00a0We get our reward when you comment or email and tell us how you&#8217;re using your points to discover the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a post not long ago in which I said that the Club Carlson card with 85k bonus points wasn&#8217;t as good as some other hotel card offers. \u00a0I&#8217;m now going to repent and ask for forgiveness. 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