Originally Posted by USirritated

I did not just say resorts, I also said hotels, for stays in cities, or suburbs, or whatever.

Originally Posted by SkiAdcock

While you think it's a waste to use points on a lower cat property, sophiegirl's points are valid. Not everyone wants/needs/can find a high end property & there are many circumstances where using them at lower cat categories can come in handy - illness such as she described, visiting the kids at college (not everyone goes to Harvard), change in financial circumstances, staying at a property/doing a mini-vacation in an area where there aren't any hi-end properties, using them at a lower-end property that has extremely high rates due to an event, etc, etc.

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