Originally Posted by
sc flier
Don't forget the option to book a Nights & Flights award for 60K - 70K Starpoints if you'd like a discount price on a refundable 5th Night Free award.
40K of the Starpoints would become 67.5K American miles.
20K - 30K of the points would be come a 5-night Cat3 or Cat4 award.
This saves 8K - 10K points compared to the usual 5th Night Free award prices of 28K - 40K.
I believe 40k SPG becomes 64k AA....I don't think the 35% applies to the 5k SPG bonus miles.
I hope I am wrong about this