Breaking news: this was just annouced through Club Carlson’s Twitter profile merely minutes ago:
It looks like Club Carlson has graced us with yet a fourth “stay one, get one” promotion – this time with Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts. Registration is limited to the first 20,000 registrants, and if you complete a stay during the promotional period (June 28, 2012 and August 28, 2012), you’ll receive an additional 50,000 bonus points! I’m thrilled that Club Carlson is going all out with these promotions!
While there is only one Park Plaza hotel in North America (in Minneapolis, MN), this promotion might be useful if you’re traveling to some parts of Asia or Europe during the promotional period because that’s where the bulk of the Park Plaza hotels seem to be. Kevin and I had a lovely stay at the Park Plaza Bangkok Soi 18 back in April, and rates seem to be in the $50 range. For those readers who live in the Minneapolis area, you all lucked out, and I’m jealous. Take a look at the map of Park Plaza hotel locations below:
I’ll be updating this post with more detailed information as I come across it, but for now don’t delay – go register!
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Sweet!
It appears they already have 20,000 people registered :(
Already over 20k- can only get 15k pts now.
Looks like the 20k registrations went quick. It shows only 15k bonus points now.
Oh wow! That was FAST? I registered at the time of this blog post and got this message: THANK YOU for registering for the Park Plaza® Ultimate Night Giveaway. You are receiving this email to confirm that you have successfully registered and are eligible to earn 50,000 bonus Gold Points®.
Simply complete a qualifying one night stay at any Park Plaza hotel now through 28 August 2012 and earn enough bonus Gold Points® for a FREE night at any Park Plaza hotel worldwide.
Stay One Night, Get One Night with Park Plaza. Book your stay today
Follow the link through the club carlson main page. The link is still good for the 50k!
…..and now it’s back to 50K. Weird glitch I guess!
Just worked for me….another 50K for under $60!
I just registered and it confirmed that I qualified for the 50K offer. And best of all, I live in Minneapolis!
Hi Angelina,
Thanks a lot for sharing this…I was lucky enough to be in the first 20k people – thanks to your update.
Unfortunately – there seems to be only one Park Plaza in USA…so not sure if I’ll be able to take advantage of it though.
On a side note – do you know if the club carlson points expire?
Thanks again for the continuous updates.
@Angelina – do you know of anyone who registered during the “glitch” period and was only eligible for the 15,000 points, but should have been eligible for the 50,000 and got it corrected? I live in Minneapolis, so I intend to take advantage of this promotion, but I feel I got “stuck” with the 15,000 promo despite the current registration showing one can still register for the 50,000. Thanks!
@daniel – I had the same problem. Registered less than one hour from when it went love and got a message that the first 20k had registered and it was now 15K. Tried to re-register once the glitch worked out, but it said I had already registered. My email confirmation shows just 15k even though the promotion is still showing the 50k offer available as of today. Called the next day and filed an issue with Club Carlson. They said they would get back to me Monday or Tuesday of this week. I know this happened to @mommypoints as well. Any word from anyone else? I’ll update when I hear from them.
@MSPTraveler – thanks for the response. I emailed them right away last week and have yet to hear back. Once I hear back, I’ll update the post. We finally have a promo that benefits where we live, and I guess we jumped the gun so to speak!
@Daniel – thanks to you as well. And thanks to Angelina for posting about this offer and the other Carlson promos. Because of her efforts and those of Mommy Points and others, my wife and I will rack up about 400,000 Club Carlson points. We’ve already done a stay each at the Radisson Plaza MSP. We were in Berlin for the first week of June and were lucky to get two stays at Park Inns. This week we are each doing a stay at a Country Inn (Shakopee, MN and Northfield, MN). Then, once this Park Plaza thing gets straightened out, we will do two nights at the Park Plaza MSP. Close to 400K Club Carlson points for under $700 out of pocket is incredible.
I heard back from the Club Carlson rep today that both my wife and I will receive 50K after completing a Park Plaza stay even though our confirmation emails only stated 15K. He didn’t explain the glitch, just said that if the 50K points don’t post correctly to contact him and they would fix it.
@MSPTraveler – did they call you back, as you said earlier you called them and left a message, or did they respond to you via email and do you have documentation of this? If you have a contact name, that would be most helpful. Thanks/Daniel
@Daniel – I spoke with Shane at Club Carlson. We talked initially by phone, but he had me email him the confirmation email. I followed up with an email on Monday and he emailed back to say that I should get the 50K bonus and to let him know if there was any problem with it posting. @mommypoints also indicated that she heard back indicating that she would get the 50K bonus. I’m not sure if she heard from them via email or phone.
@Daniel – Just completed a stay at the Park Plaza Bloomington last night. Will update once it posts to my account to let you know if it posts correctly (50K) or incorrectly (15K).
I registered my car eligible for 50k, stayed one night in Amsterdam and…. I received 50000 points!! Fantastic!
@MSPTraveler – Thanks for keeping me updated. How is the property, or was it just a mattress run? Did you get upgraded? I did a status match with them and am now a Gold Elite, and I’ve been upgraded for both of the nights I’ve spent for the promos.
@Daniel and @mommypoints – We stayed there Saturday night and the points posted correctly today (Tuesday). Reserved a standard room at 5K points plus $65. Received something like 1200 base points for room rate, 600 points for Gold 50% points bonus, 2000 online booking bonus (Gold Level), and 50000 points for the promotion. The property was ok in and of itself. They could use some capital improvements for sure. The staff, however, was wonderful. My 7 year old wanted to do something special for our anniversary so he offered to take us to a hotel (and pay with his own money) to spend the night. I emailed the hotel manager in advance to let him know this and to ask about his assistance in getting a nice room and some flowers and champagne delivered. He upgraded us to a two room suite, sent up a bottle of champagne on the house, and had a local florist get in touch with me to arrange for flowers, which they had set up in the room when we got there. They also had a plate of cookies waiting for us. Not on the order of those delicious, warm, crack-like Doubletree cookies, but still a wonderful touch.
We couldn’t have been more pleased with getting such wonderful service, especially since we ended up netting about 48K points (50K+1200+600+2000-5000) for $65.
Kudos to the general manager (Pete) for really working to make it a special stay for us.
One more thing, which of course depends a lot on your neighbors, but our room was extremely quiet. The first section of the two room suite is where the room opens to the hall, so the bedroom area is very far from the door. A quiet night’s sleep is a very significant thing for me, and this was about as good as it gets in that respect.
So, I’d say it is a 2-star hotel in terms of the property itself, but we got 5-star treatment and 5-star sleep quality.
We will be staying there again before August 15 to get the promotional points for my wife’s account.
Hope you enjoy your stay as well.
P.S. – Our son didn’t end up paying for the room. I told him it was on me since the thought was so special. He did, however, contribute $50 of his own money to our dinner at Crave (MOA).
@MSPTraveler – Great to hear about your experience!
I met the Director of Sales at the New Radisson Blu at a golf tournament in St. Paul on Monday, and I forwarded my email to her that I sent to the Gold Points Desk as I hadn’t heard if I was “officially” registered for the 50,000 points. She said she would take care of it. I got a follow up email from her on Tuesday, and then I got this email yesterday:
Dear Daniel,
Thank you for taking the time to write.
We show your account was registered for the Park Plaza Ultimate Night Giveaway for 50,000 bonus points on 6/27/2012.
Sincerely,
Ryan
With the confirmation in place, I booked last evening for tonight a little “staycation” for my wife and little one. 5k + $53.00 and taxes.
I should net a similar amount to you when all said and done and a total of 144,000 points from the 3 properties I was able to make this summer. Next go around I will have to set my wife up with an account, smart strategy on your part!
Thanks for sharing!
FYI –
Radisson Blu Minneapolis/Mall of America is slated to open March 15, 2013.
Points posted today…
(50K+1208+604+2000-5000 and $61 = 48,812 Net)
Not too bad…
@Daniel – thanks for the update. Hope your “staycation” went well. And thanks for the info about the Blu MOA. Should be cool to check out.