How to Earn Hotel Points Fast Before Christmas Travel
Buy bonus points, stack fall stay offers, and transfer bank points to cover December hotel nights.
You can earn hotel points fast before Christmas by buying points in a fall bonus sale, registering for fall stay bonuses, and transferring bank points to a hotel program. Hotel points are loyalty balances you trade for free nights, so stacking those routes can cover December stays. Timing and registration control whether the extra points arrive.
Many fall offers end in November or December and require registration before you buy or stay, so register first and match the deadline to your trip.
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Buy points while a bonus lowers the cost
Marriott Bonvoy members can buy at least 2,000 points to trigger up to a 55% bonus from Sept. 29 to Nov. 23, 2026.
The 2026 annual purchase cap is raised to 200,000 points, lowering the cost to about 0.81 cents per point for Christmas redemptions, according to Marriott Help Center's point-purchase promotion. Buy only the gap between your balance and a December night. A small top-up can confirm a booking sooner than waiting for another stay to post.
Turn fall nights into bonus points
Registered Marriott Bonvoy members earn 1,500 bonus points on each paid stay of two or more consecutive nights from Sept. 22 to Nov. 22, 2026.
They earn an extra 3,000 points at participating resorts, according to Marriott Help Center's global promotion. This fits travelers with pre-Christmas trips already planned. Two-night paid stays qualify, and resort nights add thousands more quickly.
How can Hyatt nights add points into December?
Registered World of Hyatt members earn 3,000 bonus points for every three eligible nights completed Sept. 29 to Dec. 15, 2026, up to 36,000 points.
Paid and award nights qualify, but nights count only when registration comes before the stay, according to World of Hyatt's bonus-points offer. Track nights in groups of three. If December travel includes Hyatt nights, registration before checkout keeps those nights eligible for the bonus.
Move bank points to hotels for December bookings
Chase Ultimate Rewards holders with Sapphire Preferred, Sapphire Reserve or Ink Business Preferred can transfer points to IHG One Rewards, Marriott Bonvoy and World of Hyatt. That transfer option converts bank points into hotel points for December bookings, according to Chase's rewards transfer guide. Use transfers when a hotel balance is close but short.
Check the hotel price in points first, then move only the amount needed for the night.