Originally Posted by
ORD-TGU
You dont mention the hotel, dates. But with AXON "possibly" being eliminated and major deval of program, I would burn my points and keep cash. HH points will be worth less, except for a very few properties. Just my 2 cents. Did you try VIP awards for 5 nights? Maybe with deval you can get 5th night free?
Well, the hotel and dates doesn't matter, as it's the category that makes the difference (but for the Curious Georges, it's Conrad HK, no dates as we're not sure yet). For the purpose of this exercise, I do not care about the upcoming devaluation as I am specifically comparing whether C+P is better than the EXISTING Cat 7 points. I'm not sure what VIP awards are; I am familiar with GLON and AXON.
However, looking towards the future, the use of points post-devaluation has also been factored in, as the 70K points saved using C+P for Conrad HK would be allocated to another property for a 2014 trip at a property that did not get devalued (lucky me). This means, at least for me, 70K points will still retain the current value at the future hotel. It wouldn't be as big bang for the buck as this current booking, but I wouldn't be losing any value due to the upcoming devaluation either.
So the sole purpose of the exercise is to compare whether this C+P is better than points only, exclusive of the upcoming devaluation.