Calculating Diamond status worth
I'm in the same boat, but I have a much larger hill to climb to Diamond status (18 nights). I'll probably end up letting it lapse and then hope I can do a status challenge next year. For me the figures are slightly differently since I'm in Atlanta where they are running the Gx bonuses for all of the local properties. That sort of ups the equation and makes it nearly a break even depending on how you calculate the value of points. But at what its going to cost ($70 a night with tax) I'm looking at $1200 bucks out of pocket. Not sure I want to spend that even with the points I'd get (96,000).