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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 11:27 am
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hungarianhc
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I think the "obvious" answer is to book a great trip with them!

Here are some ideas...

Use 135,000 points to the get the $1000 booklet of 20x$50 coupons. They're as good as cash. Especially useful at places like the St Kitts Marriott, where the rates are often as low as $98/night...

Do you fly a lot? If not, you can use the Marriotts hotel+miles award where you get a week a hotel + a lot of airline miles so you can book your flight out there.

If you're staying at lower end hotels, then I find the $1000 booklet to be a better value than using points - you get elite nights + points on stays that you pay w/ the checks - they're same as cash.

Actually, my #1 recommendation would be to blow a lot of them at a Ritz-Carlton property. Why not head over to Phulay Bay?

Of course you could just burn the points on a DSLR. I tend to think you don't get the best "value" by doing that, but at the same time, if you want a DSLR, it sure is nice to have one show up on your doorstep and have you pay $0 for it... can't beat that.

ENJOY!

Last edited by hungarianhc; Aug 16, 2010 at 11:45 am Reason: whoops wrote 115,000 instead of 135,000
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