One of the best ways to earn bonus points and free nights is from hotel promotions. My husband and I both just completed our four stays at four different Club Carlson brands earning us more than 408,000 Club Carlson points. We enjoyed our free night at the Radisson in Aruba and we are looking into other properties to use our points. With Club Carlson’s current promotion, Global Giveaway, we look at pictures of Club Carlson hotels around the world and we each earn 100 Club Carlson points everyday. Here is the link if you have not registered yet.

Marriott is having another MegaBonus promotion from September 15 to January 15, 2013. There are several different variations of this promotion. Click here to register for your promotion. My husband and I both registered and we got the same promotion:

Stay twice between September 15, 2012, and January 15, 2013
Earn 1 free night after every second paid stay, up to 3 free nights at category 1 – 4 hotels.

Hyatt‘s Possibilities promotion runs from September 1 through November 30, 2012. 5,000 bonus points are earned after staying 5 nights and an additional 10,000 bonus points for every additional 5 nights, up to 65,000 bonus points after 35 nights. Here is the link to register for this promotion. If you have the Hyatt Visa you will earn an additional 20% bonus points.