Originally Posted by
USirritated
Yes, true, especially when you consider that 140K of Starpoints are approx. earning equivalent to 700,000 MR points! AND, for 700K MR points, you can get two, bodacious, 7 day travel packages for only 660K. Is there anything even closely equivalent for the equivalent number of earned Starpoints, which would be 132K?
In my situation, I think comparing Marriott at 5X the Starwood points is faulty because I don;t earn points at that ratio. I earn most at a 1:1 ratio from credit card usage. I remember many years ago when we could get 2X points for general credit card usage--now that was sweet.