The ridiculous cents per mile valuations are not just limited to flights. I can't stand seeing a blogger claim that they got a room valued at $1000 for 20K points, then claim that each point was worth 5 cents, when they'd never pay $1000 for the room. It's even more egregious when you can get that same room for $200 on priceline, or when a room across the street at another nice, but perhaps not as plush, hotel goes for $100 on priceline. I have trouble finding good uses for hotel points precisely because I can often find reasonably priced rooms in my destination, while comparable award rooms would cost an insane number of points.

I also don't really understand the obsession that some bloggers have with hotel rooms. My view is that if you're doing much more than sleeping and showering in your hotel room, you're missing the point of the vacation. I expect a certain level of cleanliness, but that's about it.