Originally Posted by
millsryno
So, without the promo, to stay at one of the nicer Hilton's in Hawaii (37,500/nt with VIP discount), I would need aprox 4.4 "average" stays (not including the points from promos and the Surpass card. If I upgraded to the Surpass card, it would take aprox 4 "average" stays".
If I understand Marriott correctly, the points would look like this for a similar "average" stay:
2800 base points
1400 bonus points for Platinum
500 Plat arrival bonus
840 Visa points (free card, doesn't include tax)
Total = 5540
+whatever promos going on
+560 points if I opted for the fee credit card
So, without the promos, to stay at one of the nicer Marriott's in Hawaii (32,000/nt based on 40K per night and 5th night free), I would need aprox 5.8 "average" stays (not including the points from promos and the fee credit card.) If I upgraded to the fee credit card, it would take aprox 5.2 "average" stays".
Am I getting this right? By my calculations, based purely upon points with no promos, Hilton is the better value.
Actually, if you look at my post #5 above I calculate about 9100 Marriott points for that two night stay with typical promos.
A nice Hawaii Marriott is generally going to be Category 6 or 7 (there are no cat 8 properties in HI). With the 5th night free feature of Marriott a category 6 averages 24,000 points per night and a cat 7 averages 28,000 per night. So a night at a cat 6 is about 2.6 of your average stays and a cat 7 is about 3.1 stays.