Wow, this is great information. We briefly considered a French Polynesia vacation for early next year, but I had to put a stop to it when a Facebook friend put up pictures of her honeymoon at St. Regis Bora Bora and my husband declared he must stay there. This is a category 7 hotel and redemption here by points is something beyond ridiculous. So we need to pay cash and thus need to plan and save for a trip like this.