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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 53,012
Wow, freak, that's an amazing award. Was Marriott earning back then similar to today? (e.g., 10+ points/dollar) That is a HUGE pile of loot for $36,000 or less in hotel spending.
I still think Marriott's 250,000-pt. travel package (a week at any Cat6 Marriott in the world + 120K FF miles) is a pretty good award. There are only a handful of Cat7's, so "any Cat6" flies in most corners of the world.