You can earn hotel reward points or United miles, (you can choose either one), when paying for a hotel room at one of United Airlines hotel partners.  To earn points or miles for hotel stay, you need to have hotel rewards membership with the hotel. Sign up online, it's free. 

United Airlines partners with the following hotels membership rewards programs:  Starwood Preferred Guest, World of Hyatt, Hilton Honors, Marriott Rewards, IHG Rewards, Wyndham Rewards, Club Carlson, Choice Privileges and Golden Circle. Most hotel partners offer 1 to 2 miles for $1 spent.

Plus, remember to use one of your reward credit cards (like Sapphire Reserve, Sapphire Preferred or United MileagePlus Explorer), when paying for the room so you can also earn the points on your reward card (3 points/$1 spent with Reserve, 2 points/$1 spent with Preferred, or 1 mile/$1 spent with MileagePlus Explorer).  

When paying for a hotel room, the number of hotel reward points you earn is usually higher than the number of airline miles, but airline mile are more valuable, so choose either one depending on your needs.

As a side note, it's not a good idea to transfer points from your hotel reward program account into airline miles because they lose a lot of their value in the process. For instance, you only get 26,000 United airlines miles for 56,000 Marriott hotel points.

Marriott Rewards:

  • Earn 2 United miles per $1 spent, for qualified stay, at the following Marriott Rewards hotels: JW Marriott, Marriott Hotels, Autograph Collection Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz Carlton, EDITION, Gaylord Hotels and Marriott Vacation Club.
  • Earn 1 United miles per $1 spent, for qualified stay, at the following Marriott Rewards hotels: Courtyard by Marriott, AC Hotels by Marriott, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, SpringHill Suites by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites by Marriott and Marriott Executive Apartments. 

Hilton Honors:

  • With Hilton Honors Double Dip, you can earn hotel base points rewards and airline miles in the same time.
  • You can earn 10 Hilton points/$1 spent plus 1 United mille/ $1 spent, for qualified stay, at the following hotels:  Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Waldorf Astoria, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Canopy by Hilton, Curio – A Collection by Hilton, DoubleTree by Hilton, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, Tru by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Hilton Grand Vacations and Home2 Suites by Hilton (maximum 10,000 miles/stay, except Home2 Suites, where the maximum is 100 miles/stay).

IHG Rewards Club

  • Earn 2 miles per $1 spent at the following hotels: InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Hotel Indigo.
  • Earn 1 mile per $1 spent at Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts (SPG):

  •  Earn 2 miles per $1 spent at the following hotels: Four Points by Sheraton, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, W Hotels, Le Meridien, The Luxury Collection, Westin Hotels & Resorts, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, aloft and Element.

World of Hyatt:

  • Earn 500 award miles per stay at the following World of Hyatt hotels: Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt, Andaz, Hyatt Centric, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, Hyatt Ziva and Hyatt Zilara.

Wyndham Rewards:

  • Earn 2 miles per $1 spent at: Wingate by Wyndham, Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham, Ramada Worldwide, Baymont Inn & Suites, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, and Knights Inn
  •  Earn 500  miles per stay at: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham Grand Collection, Wyndham Garden, TRYP by Wyndham and Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham.

Club Carlson:

  • Earn 500 miles per stay at: Radisson Blu, Radisson Hotels & Resorts, and Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts.
  • Earn 250 miles per stay at: Country Inn & Suites by Carlson and Park Inn by Radisson.

Choice Privileges: 

  • Earn 250 miles per stay at: Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites, Mainstay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotels, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, and Ascend Hotel Collection.

Golden Circle:

  • Earn 500 award miles per stay at: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Traders Hotel and Kerry Hotels.

 

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