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Old Apr 12, 2011, 10:15 am
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sailanacra
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Houston, TX
Programs: OVER ENTITLED United 1K 2MM HHonors Diamond ICH Club Platinum Marriott Gold
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Confirmed outrageous points with DD

I'm going to the Seychelles for my honeymoon. The price difference between an Oceanfront villa and an Hillside villa is ~120 USD. The difference in points is ~200,000 per night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Online it said I could purchase those points for my 6 night stay for something like $25,000. Ummm no.

I called the DD and they confirmed that the extra cost in points was per night and not divided by 6 nights. Why even have the program? Is anyone that stupid? I would rather bribe the front desk guy with a few hundred dollars than shell out and extra 1.2 million point to look at an ocean for 6 days. Hell for that number of points I could stay at the resort looking at the hillside for a month or more.
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