cygonwe - I understand Starwood has no blackout dates, but are you saying that the award space is more readily available than Marriott and Hilton?

I agree that earning more points is meaningless if you can't redeem them. But over the past ten years, I cannot recall any significnt difficulty redeeming at Hyatt. I suppose I am wrongly assuming this is as easy with the others in their respective elite programs.

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United UGS
Hyatt Lifetime Diamond
Starwood Platimun