Originally Posted by
Raffles
Points & Cash ONLY makes sense if you have a very small number of points. There is no point doing a points & cash if you have enough for all-points, because you can always 'print' as many points as you want (as long as you have a 5k starting balance) by booking and cancelling some p&c redemptions.
Good to know this still works. My last stay was a points and cash redemption and after checkout I saw the folio, the property was reimbursed $20 of my $30. It seems the "point printing press" is benefical for both the traveller and ICHG corporate. I am not sure if the property is getting hosed or not, they were getting $20 for the award regardless of which option I selected and if I was forced into a revenue stay it would have been at the much more reasonably priced Marriott competitor.