How much is Diamond status worth to you?
#32
Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium (former PP), Hilton Silver, UA Silver, AS Member, Hertz 5*
Posts: 3,906
4 award nights at the PH Paris will cost a lot more than $1200 versus the 88,000 points needed. You would have 8,000 points left over for a night at a category 2 hotel. The Hyatt Dulles is a category 2 hotel, and weekday rates are usually $150-250 there. I like that hotel as well.
#33
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: RDU
Programs: AA LT Gold, DL SM, HY Disc, Marriott LT Gold
Posts: 12,502
I won't bore you with the details, but I figured out that over the last 365 days, I'd easily be willing to pay $1200 for the benefits which I received as a Diamond. Face price of what I received is probably closer to $3500, but I wouldn't pay some of the suite rates, breakfast costs, or internet charges.
That's almost all domestic travel, plus breakfast for two plus internet for two nights at the Park Hyatt Zurich.
That's almost all domestic travel, plus breakfast for two plus internet for two nights at the Park Hyatt Zurich.