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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Mintman10
If Hilton points post in increments of 50 then I may be wasting my time, however, Priority Club points could pay off in say about 100 days of checking in
Even if you generously value PC points at 1 cent per point (CPP), that's 50 cents per check-in. If it takes you three minutes of effort to get that 50 cents, you are making 20 x $.50 = $10/hour. Probably not worth the hassle for most people.

On the other hand, if you can figure out a way to do, say three check-ins (Choice + Hilton + IHG, for example) in one minute per day and you value them at 1 CPP on average, that would be 60 x $1.50 = $90/hour. Probably worth the effort for most people. Someone who is adept at using FourSquare to check-in and doesn't need to go out of their way to qualify their check-ins could easily pull off each check-in just seconds.
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