Used up all of my hotel related travel credits on one trip, together with some UR and Bonvoy points
From my Chase Sapphire Reserve I had 2x $250 edit credits, 1x $250 IHG credit, in addition to 1 free night certificate from my Bonvoy brilliant (up to 85,000pts) that all needed to be used by the end of this year. Just booked this trip for July.
Decided to take a short trip over to China/Hong Kong/Macau from my home in Japan with my Chinese spouse. I’ve been to China and HK many times, so it’s not a sightseeing trip. Pretty much just going to hang out, eat some food. First time to Macau though.
2 nights @ Grand Hyatt Shanghai 34,000 Hyatt pts transferred from Chase UR 1:1 for a King with Club Access, since I have no status with Hyatt (saved $564)
2 nights @ The Regent Hong Kong using The Edit and IHG credit + boosted 58,000 UR (saved $1457, but I’m also getting breakfast for two, and $300 resort credit, instead of the usual $100 which is a special offer they have)
2 nights @ The Four Seasons Macau using The Edit credit and boosted 41,600 UR (saved $1082, but I’m also getting breakfast for two and $100 resort credit)
2 nights @ JW Marriott Hong Kong using my Brilliant 1 free night certificate and 90,400 Bonvoy points (saved $910 on the booking, and can take advantage of my platinum status for lounge access and late checkout since my flight is at 11:50 PM)
Not a massive return on the Hyatt and Bonvoy booking, but quite satisfied with how it all worked out, especially being able to use both Edit credits, the IHG credit and my Bonvoy free night certificate all on this trip, with $0 out of pocket.
It burned up most of my Bonvoy points as well, which is satisfying, though I still have about 500,000 UR (though I much prefer to keep them over Bonvoy points of course)