Bam! Wyndham Bonus Arrives Today

This is one of the best kept secrets out there. Once you get your flights secured with points or miles, you need to move onto hotels. For my family, breakfast and a clean room are tops. A pool is a bonus if we are going to a warm climate.
But luxury is not the way we usually travel. And since we are a family of 5, sometimes we have to book 2 rooms due to hotel rules.
So the Wyndham Credit Card  has been very useful for us. The bonus is 45,000 points with a $75 annual fee which is not waived and a $2,000 minimum spend. You actually earn 30,000 points with your first purchase and then the additional 15,000 once you reach the minimum spend. There is a second card. The bonus is just 15,000 points, but there is no annual fee and the minimum spend is just $1,000.
Since every hotel room costs 15,000 points, this bonus is good for 3 nights.
You can use the website Awardmapper.com to find Wyndham hotels and partner hotels.
Hotel partners include Days Inn, Ramada, Howard Johnsons and Super 8.
We used the points for an overnight this past summer at the Wyndham Costa del Sol Airport in Lima Peru. The Wyndham is actually connected to the airport which makes it so easy to catch an early morning flight.
The breakfast is quite hearty and included. We booked 2 rooms so it cost us 30,000 points. If we had paid cash for this hotel, it would have cost us $350.
My husband I both applied for the card this time and we were both approved. We knew we had some bills coming up like our gym membership so reaching the minimum spend wouldn't be hard.
We will use the 90,000 points for a 3 night stay with 2 rooms in Prague next summer. If we had paid for a hotel in Prague, we would have spent approximately $750. BAM! That's what I call almostFREEfamilytravel!