Originally Posted by
colberto
I'm a loyal SPG person, and while my business travel has decreased, my personal travel (on my own dime) has increased. The cash and points is a terrific program and often works out to be one of the most cost effective ways to pay for a room. My only issue is that at the end of the year, I find myself without many stay credits.
Now I can understand no credits for an ALL points room, but in many cases there is a significant cash outlay with a cash and points stay. A $120 per night rate, then add resort fees, parking, and other incidentals and you have quite a folio. Yes, you are not paying full rate in cash...but the "value" of those points is real and you are spending that "currency" which reduces the overall SPG liability balance sheets.
I'd appreciate Starwood Lurker passing this along to the powers that be. Hey, even a fractional credit for cash and points would be helpful...like a .5 or something.
Anyone on board?