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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 1:05 am
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Originally Posted by ajnaro
What's more, with the constant devaluations of points, his points probably won't be worth much 15-18 years from now. Just think of the difference between a dollar now and a dollar 15-18 years ago! Points will probably be worse.
i guess so....but i think the way he looks at it is that once he is retired after 15-18 years he would have a healthy balance of points & would never have to pay for a hotel room for the rest of his life....

look at it this way....if he has a balance of 10 million points at the end of it all then taking an average of 18k points per stay (average of cat 4-7) he would have over 550 free nights....even with devaluations the 550 nights would come down by a 100 or so....450 free nights is still a lot....
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