If you’re heading to a marquee-name resort these days, make your motto "Never Pay Retail." If you look hard—or even look a little—you can almost always find ways to whittle down the price.

Take Atlantis, on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Right now the mega-resort is throwing a Super Summer Sale with layers and layers of perks—especially if you book your trip using an American Express card. The 4,000 room resort has an endless supply of kids’ activities, including dolphin interactions, a toddler camp, a tweens arcade and a dance club for teens. For the whole family, there’s  a 141-acre “waterscape” with pools, saltwater lagoons and a huge waterpark.

If you book by July 15, here’s what you get:

• A 4th night free (for July, rooms normally start at $224/night)
• Free breakfast daily for a family of four (worth $50/day x 4 days=$200)
  
• Kids ages 11 and under eat lunches and dinners free at most Atlantis restaurants (worth about $30/day x 2 kids x 4 days= $240 value)
• $150 resort credit that you can use at most resort outlets
• 2 passes for the kids’, pre-teen or teen clubs Club Rush, CRUSH or Atlantis Kids Adventures (worth up to $90 total)

In addition to getting a 25% discount on your room, you're getting almost $700 in freebies that you’ll either need (as in, food) or want (kids’ clubs or extra activities). And if you're ready to book by June 30, you can get even one more perk—a $250 credit against your family’s  total airfare, which brings your total savings near the $1,000 mark. 

And while using an Amex card helps, it’s not necessary for the bulk of the savings; the resort credit and club passes are only for Amex cardholders, but the 4th night free, airfare credit, breakfasts and kids meals are available for everyone. The different deals have different minimum stays involved, but if you go for four nights, you’ll qualify for everything except perhaps the airfare. The rules exclude a few features at the kids' clubs, and meals at  the chain restaurants  (Starbucks, Johnny Rocket’s). Yet Atlantis is so huge, and its options so varied, it will make little difference to most people.

To get the airfare deal, you must book by June 30, but can travel through December 21, excluding some blackout dates. For the other deals, you must book by July 15 and travel by August  20. To take advantage of these offers, you can use the link on the web site or call 888/877-7525.