While I probably would have been able to make it to the $4,500, I refuse to stay at the 4-points Austin. Since I am going to have to spend 4 weeks in Austin during the promotion period, I am going for Marriott's much more reasonable stay 15 nights for 35,000 points. What is Starwood thinking? Their threshold is so high that there is no incentive for me to book a stay with them.