Well I'm glad I didn't switch cards now as it cost me 150K points ( Glon2) for 6 nights in the Doubletree/Hilton Clearwater as a Cat 5 in 2010.

As a Cat 6 it will be 180K ( VIP) for 6 nights so it's not much of an increase compared at least compared to what a Cat 7 would have beeen.

I rarely stay at any hotel so I had 2 HGI stays last year, I charge about $3,600 a month on my HV and HAMEX.

6 free nights each year in a $300/night hotel plus free breakfast is pretty good to me