Finally made it to 1,000,000 UR points
Jul 21, 2017, 2:02 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 284
Wow, you accumulated 1 million solid without cutting into the stash? Lots of people on here have accumulated 1 million total, but most tend to churn and burn them, so the balance at any given moment may be somewhat low. But piling in 1 million before spending any? Thats some seriously delayed gratification. Go take a few insane trips and treat yourself now!
Jul 21, 2017, 4:01 pm
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
The most popular transfer partners, UA, SQ, Hyatt, all have had devaluations.
So the stock pile actually has lost about 20% or more value in the duration to amass them.
Jul 21, 2017, 4:02 pm
#19
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,265
Wow, you accumulated 1 million solid without cutting into the stash? Lots of people on here have accumulated 1 million total, but most tend to churn and burn them, so the balance at any given moment may be somewhat low. But piling in 1 million before spending any? Thats some seriously delayed gratification. Go take a few insane trips and treat yourself now!
Jul 21, 2017, 5:44 pm
#20
Moderator: Travel Buzz
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Sunny San Diego
Posts: 3,095
Congrats on the milestone! I have yet to reach a million in any one program, although I've been very, very close several times, just before booking a trip. The tally is terrific, (so many zeros!) but the travel that it represents is truly a blessing to you and yours, me and mine.
Jul 21, 2017, 7:39 pm
#21
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,265
Congrats on the milestone! I have yet to reach a million in any one program, although I've been very, very close several times, just before booking a trip. The tally is terrific, (so many zeros!) but the travel that it represents is truly a blessing to you and yours, me and mine.
As a side note... I grew up in San Diego and I have a brother, sister and a son who currently live there now. A great place.
Jul 21, 2017, 9:43 pm
#22
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, UA Gold, Marriott LTT, Avis President's Club
Posts: 1,539
The JWM in Hong Kong is one of my favorite hotels. On my last trip I decided to look at SPG choices due to the merger, but the JWM has the best location. It's on Hong Kong island and is connected to MRT via Pacific Place mall. Can't wait to go back!
Jul 22, 2017, 12:50 am
#23
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
Due to several unforeseen factors we wound up had a 12 nights stay in Hong Kong. (plus 3 nights in Abu Dhabi and 7 nights in Dubai when we originally was to go to Jordan...) The SPG pts came to rescue while we also used some HHonors pts we burnt a ton of SPG pts on that trip.
As much as I like UR pts, I like SPG pts much more because we use 40 to 50 hotel nights each year. The SPG to Marriott ratio is a great arbitrage opportunity.
