Originally Posted by
TommyC80
Yeah, assuming that you want to spend 7 nights at a marriott/RC somewhere at one time, it's a great way to get a good ratio on the MR:airline conversion.
However, I've found that the devil is in the details on those 7 night redemptions. There are frequently promotions at the hotels I want to go to that dilute the value of using a 7-night reward.
I agree....
I usually spend 2 weeks in a hotel each summer. I end up booking 4 (2 rooms X 2 weeks) travel packages...when it makes sense.
Case study:
Prague-300K gets me 7 nights in a room, 120K ua (132K UA in a few weeks)
Daily rate at Prague Marriott - $373.00USD, Prague Boscolo $109.00USD....we wanted the Marriott..so it made sense.
Warsaw-rate was $92/night, would NOT make sense.
But...I also have a bazillion MR points, and not as many UA points...so to each his own!