Sonesta Travel Pass: tiers, points and redemption

Tiers and status

Sonesta presents the tier table as qualified nights or points per year, with Bronze requiring zero nights or zero points. [2] The FAQ states the same ladder in nights per calendar year: ten qualified nights for Silver, twenty for Gold and forty for Platinum. [2] Status earned in any calendar year remains in place through the end of the following calendar year. [2]

Advertised perks include premium Wi-Fi, complimentary continental breakfast, room upgrades, early check-in and late checkout, member-only rates and offers, tier bonus multipliers and elite member-only experiences. [2]

Two shortcuts sit outside the nights-and-points ladder. Sonesta matches status held in other hotel loyalty programmes to Silver, Gold or Platinum; a member enrols, then sends Customer Care their Travel Pass member ID plus a current membership card or statement from the other programme. [2] Separately, members booking the Military and Veterans Appreciation Rate with promo code MILR are upgraded to Gold, on a rate intended for leisure travel and with active-duty government or military identification required at check-in. [2]

Earning points

On qualifying room revenue a member earns 10 points per US$1, or currency equivalent, incurred and paid by the member. [2] The rate is 5 points per US$1 at Sonesta Simply Suites, Americas Best Value Inn, Canadas Best Value Inn and Signature Inn. [2] The reservation must carry the member's Travel Pass number, and points post the day after checkout. [2]

Partner activity earns at a similar rate. Tours and activities booked through Viator, and sports, concert and show tickets bought through Travel Pass Live Access powered by TFL, each earn 5 points per US$1 spent, with programme terms applying. [1] [2] Egypt cruises earn 5 points per US$1 on the room rate, and Planner Perks pays 2 points per US$1 on qualifying business spend on guest rooms, meeting rooms, catering and in-house A/V at hotels in the Sonesta family of brands. [2]

Redeeming points

A free night starts at 10,000 points, with the actual price set by the hotel's tier. [2] To book, a member signs in, picks a room, sees the points needed displayed beneath the cash price, and selects "Rewards Points" at checkout; the same redemption can be made by phone with Customer Care. [2] The page lists free stays and gift cards as the uses for points. [2]

Members also get member-only rates, which Sonesta describes as its best available rates when booking on Sonesta.com or by phone. [2] The corporate homepage advertises savings of up to 10% off best available rates for members using promo code TPMEM. [1]

Exceptions and limits

• Third-party bookings earn nothing. Reservations through online agencies such as Expedia, Hotels.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, Priceline or Hotwire are not eligible for any Travel Pass benefits, and neither are group reservations or bookings through a wholesaler, charter company or airline contract. [2] Voucher, barter, travel industry rates and award stays are also non-qualifying rates. [2]
• What counts as a qualified night. Most rates qualify when booked directly on Sonesta.com or through the call centre, but day use with the same arrival and departure date, some group rates, contract and wholesale rates, third-party sites and some other discounts do not; the full list sits in the programme terms. [2]
• Geography. Points are earned and redeemed at participating hotels in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and St. Maarten only. [2]
• One account per person. Membership cannot be shared: the name on the reservation must match the name on the account and each traveller must enrol separately, although a free reward night may be transferred to an immediate family member. [2]
• Retroactive credit. Membership begins on the enrolment date, but Sonesta will consider stays up to 30 days before enrolment if the member asks within 60 days of enrolling through Customer Care. [2]
• Partner perks. ClassPass and Shell Fuel Rewards offers come from third parties and carry their own terms; Sonesta describes a one-month ClassPass trial with extra credits and, through Shell Fuel Rewards, savings of 10¢, 20¢ or 30¢ per gallon on the first three fills plus what it calls complimentary Gold Status savings of 5¢ per gallon on every fill through 2026. [2]

Related pages

The glossary defines loyalty currency, and the hotel loyalty comparison checklist puts a programme like this beside the larger groups. Two practical cases this programme touches are covered by the free night certificate guide, for reward nights handed to an immediate family member, and best hotel programmes for family stays.

Sources

Sources checked on 18 October 2026. The two pages used are Sonesta's corporate homepage and its Sonesta Travel Pass programme page; the programme terms and conditions page and the benefits chart that the programme page links to were not themselves among the pages checked, so nothing here is a full statement of the terms. Other hotel programmes, including Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton Honors, World of Hyatt, IHG One Rewards and Wyndham Rewards, are not covered on this page.

1. Sonesta corporate homepage, checked 18 October 2026
2. Sonesta Travel Pass programme page, checked 18 October 2026