Originally Posted by
dsauch
To me this is a great use of 5000 points, but I also will have 2 cat1-4 certs soon. Any opinion if I should keep the points for two nights?
Depends if you have any future intended stays at a cat2-4 property before the certs expire.
Originally Posted by
canyonleo
To answer, one might take this approach, and first answer the following: "Would I use the points for a stay at Hyatt Maldives or Paris or the most expensive type place, where a condo or some cheap hotel is not an "enough of an equivalent experience" option?".
If yes, then it's an easy calculation, 22k or 33k points (if there's a suite option, and if you would redeem for a suite) is worth like $1000 or more.
So for me, it's $0.03 minimum.
And with another Maldives and a Turks and Caicos property coming soon (and maybe some day - I hope - a South Pacific type destination)...
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