Originally Posted by
MacDaddie
Personally I choose points.....but a big part of that reason is that I think life is too short to be worrying about changing my selections every week or month or whatever.......especially if your going to be getting to the diamond level with your stays then your basically getting twice the points/$ spent. And I also figure that I don't necessarily have to fly to be able to use hotel points - but I sure as heck have to fly if I get airline miles
I like your thinking, and I agree...I do the same. I do POINTS + POINTS, unless there is a compelling reason not to. A few years ago, US did an, "Everything counts," promo, where basically all points counted as PQM, so I shifted everything to miles (HHonors, Hertz, etc).
Not only are HHonors points valuable as a spending tool themselves, but I was able to use Coupon Connection and trade some for UA SWU's, which will make a Western US to Europe trip a bit easier to stomach (and still earn US miles).