How To Get Hotel Elite Status With Radisson Rewards Americas

Radisson Rewards Americas is a very solid, albeit often overlooked, hotel loyalty program. The program offers guests more than 1,200 properties in over 100 countries worldwide, a reasonable award chart, valuable loyalty benefits, and strong point-earning opportunities.

If you enjoy visiting Radisson Hotels Americas properties and are a fan of the Radisson Rewards Americas loyalty program, then do yourself a favor to enhance your Radisson stays even further — get Radisson Rewards Americas elite status.

Getting Radisson Rewards Americas elite status won’t just earn you great benefits like room upgrades, hotel restaurant discounts, and late checkout, it will also help you earn Radisson Rewards Americas points even faster, decreasing the amount of time it will take you to earn enough points for your next award stay.

So let’s take a look at what elite status within the Radisson Rewards Americas program has to offer and how you can work your way up the loyalty tiers.

Table of contents

The Benefits of Hotel Elite Status With Radisson Rewards Americas
- How To Join Radisson Rewards Americas
- Status Benefits at Each Elite Level
How To Qualify for Radisson Rewards Americas Elite Status
- Stay at Radisson Hotels Americas Properties
- Request a Status Match
Final Thoughts

Table of Contents

The Benefits of Hotel Elite Status With Radisson Rewards Americas
- How To Join Radisson Rewards Americas
- Status Benefits at Each Elite Level
How To Qualify for Radisson Rewards Americas Elite Status
- Stay at Radisson Hotels Americas Properties
- Request a Status Match
Final Thoughts

The Benefits of Hotel Elite Status With Radisson Rewards Americas

Earning elite status can upgrade all your stays. Radisson Aquatica Resort Barbados. Image Credit: Radisson Hotels Americas

How To Join Radisson Rewards Americas

Joining Radisson Rewards Americas is free, easy to do, and required for anyone who wants to earn rewards for all of their future Radisson Hotels Americas stays. To join the program, all you need to do is head to the Radisson Rewards Americas homepage and create an account. Once you’ve done that you’ll receive your Radisson Rewards Americas loyalty number and can begin earning Radisson Rewards Americas points for all of your stays and working your way through each of the levels of elite status.

Hot Tip: Be aware that Radisson Rewards Americas (which covers the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean) was acquired by Choice Hotels in 2022. As of January 2023, points can be transferred between the 2 programs at a rate of 2 Radisson points to 1 Choice point.

Status Benefits at Each Elite Level

Speaking of working your way through the level of elite status, let’s take a look at the benefits each tier of the Radisson Rewards Americas program has to offer to loyalty members.

Club Member

When you first join the Radisson Rewards Americas loyalty program, you’ll start out at the Club member level, which comes with the following benefits:

20x points per $1 on stays
5% discount on hotel food and beverages (excluding alcohol, tax, and tip)
2 complimentary bottles of water per stay

Silver Member

Silver status requires you to complete 9 nights or 6 stays at Radisson Hotels Americas properties within a calendar year. Once you achieve Silver status you’ll receive the following benefits:

22x points per $1 on stays (10% bonus)
10% discount on hotel food and beverages
Rollover nights
Complimentary room upgrades (if available)
Early check-in and late checkout (if available)

Gold Member

To reach Gold status you’ll need to complete 30 nights or 20 stays at Radisson Hotels Americas properties within a calendar year. Once you reach Gold status you’ll receive the following benefits:

All Silver status benefits
25x points per $1 on stays (25% bonus)
15% discount on hotel food and beverages
In-room welcome gift
72-hour guaranteed room availability

Platinum Member

Finally, top-tier Platinum status in the Radisson Rewards Americas program requires 60 nights or 30 stays at Radisson Hotels Americas properties within a calendar year to receive the following benefits.

All Gold status benefits
35x points per $1 on stays (75% bonus)
20% discount on hotel food and beverages
Complimentary Suite upgrades (if available)
48-hour guaranteed room availability
Complimentary breakfast
Platinum member services line

Bottom Line: Anyone who stays at Radisson Hotels Americas properties, even if it is just a few nights a year, should join the Radisson Rewards Americas program. Even if you never reach the top tiers of Radisson Rewards Americas elite status, you’ll still earn points on all of your stays that can later be redeemed for future free nights!

How To Qualify for Radisson Rewards Americas Elite Status

Radisson Blu Resort Residence Punta Cana 1 — Rack up the points during your Radisson Hotels Americas stays. Radisson Blu Resort Residence Punta Cana. Image Credit: Radisson Hotels Americas

Stay at Radisson Hotels Americas Properties

The most straightforward way to qualify for Radisson Rewards Americas elite status is by completing a certain number of qualifying nights or qualifying stays within a calendar year. Here are the thresholds you need to reach for each status level:

Silver status — 9 nights or 6 stays
Gold status — 30 nights or 20 stays
Platinum status — 60 nights or 30 stays

Paid stays, award stays, and Points + Cash stays all count towards Radisson Rewards Americas elite status.

Request a Status Match

If you have elite status with another hotel loyalty program, you can request to have your status matched to an equivalent level in the Radisson Rewards Americas program.

To do so, you’ll need to email proof of your status in another program to [email protected]. But keep in mind that the highest status level you can be matched to is Gold status. So even if you have top-tier elite status in another hotel program, Radisson Rewards Americas will not match you to Platinum status.

Here are some examples of hotel elite status levels that you might have, and what they will match to in the Radisson Rewards Americas program.

Radisson Rewards Americas Elite Status	Eligible Hotel Matches
Platinum	Cannot be matched
Gold	Hilton Honors Gold/Diamond	Marriott Bonvoy Gold/Platinum/Titanium	IHG One Rewards Platinum/Diamond Elite
Gold	World of Hyatt Explorist/Globalist	Wyndham Rewards Platinum/Diamond
Silver	Hilton Honors Silver	Marriott Bonvoy Silver	IHG One Rewards Gold
Silver	World of Hyatt Discoverist	Wyndham Rewards Gold

Final Thoughts

Anyone who visits Radisson Hotels Americas properties, even if it is just once a year, should be a member of the Radisson Rewards Americas program since it is free to join and helps you earn points towards free stays in the future. But if you want to take your Radisson Hotels Americas stays to the next level, then you should make an effort to earn Radisson Rewards Americas elite status.

Frequently asked questions

Why should I join Radisson Rewards Americas? Is it worth it?

The Radisson Rewards Americas program is free to join and allows you to earn points that you can later redeem for free nights with the hotel chain. So yes, joining Radisson Rewards Americas is 100% worth doing if you plan to stay at a Radisson Hotels Americas property.

How many Radisson Rewards Americas points does it take for a free night?

Award nights with Radisson Rewards Americas can be as low as 9,000 points for a Category 1 property, and as high as 70,000 for an award night at a Category 7 property.

Do Radisson Rewards Americas points expire?

Yes, Radisson Rewards Americas points expire if your account has no earning or redeeming activity during a 24-month period (though Radisson Rewards Americas has suspended its point expiration policy until February 2023, due to COVID-19).

To extend your points, all you have to do is earn some by staying at a Radisson Hotels Americas property or by any other point-earning activity. You can also extend them by redeeming some of your points for a free night or a Points + Cash stay.

Is Radisson Rewards Americas free to join?

Yes, the Radisson Rewards Americas program is completely free to join.

What are Radisson Rewards Americas points worth?

Valuing points and miles is subjective, but at Upgraded Points, we value Radisson Rewards Americas points at 0.3 cents per point. This figure is meant to serve as a baseline for the amount of value you should try to receive when redeeming your Radisson Rewards Americas points.

Will I earn more Radisson Rewards Americas points with elite status?

Yes, each level of Radisson Rewards Americas elite status will earn you more Radisson Rewards Americas points. Silver status gives you a 10% bonus (22x points per $1), Gold status gives you a 25% bonus (25x points per $1), and Platinum status gives you a 75% bonus (35x points per $1).

13 comments

Richard June 6, 2021

The Radisson status benefits chart seems to indicate that you have to be Silver status or above to be able to redeem points for a hotel stay. That can’t be right, can it?

Jarrod West June 6, 2021
Hi Richard,
You do not have to be a Silver member in order to redeem points for a stay, any Radisson Club member can do so.
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Sarah June 28, 2021

Any idea how long the status match generally takes? We emailed it a week ago and haven’t heard anything.

Jarrod West June 28, 2021
Hi Sarah,
If you haven’t heard anything in another week I would follow up with them!
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Mike November 22, 2021

Hi. There is something that is not clear to me. Do you get keep gold status as long as you have the credit card? The way IHG gives you platinum. Or is it just for the first year? Or just the current hotel year? It seems that none of the pages from Barclays or Radisson state this clearly either way.

Christine Krzyszton November 23, 2021
Hi Mike. The Radisson Rewards Premier Visa Signature credit card offers complimentary Gold status. You’ll have Gold status as long as you have the card. And yes, just like the IHG card gives you Platinum as long as you have that associated card. Thanks for the question.
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John February 8, 2022

I have a couple of questions.
1) I can’t find any site to apply for the card now Did they remove the ability to apply recently? I know the business card is long gone, but I can’t find a link for either of the personals.
2) Can you confirm what you said about the free night awards being good at any property worldwide? They used to only be good for the US.

Thanks!

Jarrod West February 8, 2022
Hi John,
Here is a link for both cards: https://www.radissonrewardsvisa.com/credit/welcome.do?exp=&lang=en&redirect=directTraffic1sec
And you’re correct that free night certificates are only valid in the US. I’ve just corrected the post to make that clear.
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G December 28, 2022

[email protected] is for the non-Americas program.

Susan March 15, 2023
Yes. That’s what I found out when I tried to get a status match using this email address. They told me to use [email protected]elsamericas.com to ask for a status match. But, doing that got me an automated reply pertaining to reservations. I still don’t know how to get a status match as a Radisson Hotels Americas member.
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- Christine Krzyszton March 15, 2023
  Hi Susan. You can also contact Radisson Rewards for Radisson Hotels Americas at 888-288-8889 to request a status match.
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Victorio February 25, 2023

Once you get status match with Radisson how long does the status last. Do they offer a challenge to retain for the following year?

Jarrod West February 27, 2023
Hi Victorio,
The status match should be valid for through the rest of the qualification year, and you’ll need to meet night requirements in order to requalify.
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