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Mar 10, 2012 | 11:32 pm

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Originally Posted by jamienbaker

For the record, I'm not trying to sound critical. I'm merely pointing out that award stays are generally a VERY poor value relative to premium, long haul airline awards (funded by SPG currency, obviously). But that assumes that premium long haul air travel appeals to you. It does to me. For this reason, I've not redeemed points for hotel stays in several years. I just can't make the numbers work.

So easy to get airline miles through credit cards. Your analysis assumes one doesn't have many airline miles, but if you don't, you aren't churning enough credit cards for the offers.

I'm out of Starwood points but have enough airline miles for long haul biz seats for two for many years.

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