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Old Aug 17, 2011 | 11:44 pm
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sthubbar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: PEK
Programs: SPG Plat, A3 *A Gold, HH Gold, IHG Plat
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Originally Posted by Happy
you also save about 50% cold hard cash.
Thanks for the response. No offense, I don't see anywhere near this. $166.75+ to $174+, is your best guess and I will take this with a huge grain of salt because you of course want to make your deals sound good. Are you including all taxes and resort fees, and are we talking comparable properties? At best I would suspect you are at $190+ which is close enough to my $201.34 to be negligible. I can also book guaranteed dates 4 months in advance, and have the possibility for suite upgrade.

BTW, about the 35% off food, do you realize that is actually 46.7% off the hotel food prices? I have checked their food prices and 46.7% off, even room service, is a good promotion. Don't forget, I'll get 6 SPG points for every food $ spent, 5 points Plat & SPG Amex, plus double points for this promotion. If each point is worth 3% discount, 6 points is 18% discount on top of the already 35% discount.

This should again be a new thread. I would be interested to see full calculations for someone to show significantly lower prices for a comparable hotel, all taxes, resort fees plus take into account points benefits.
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