<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TTT103:
I would agree with both you and Family Flyer. Airline miles are not what they use to be. Before MBNA increased their milesage requirements, I use to love that card becuase of the flexibility of traveling on any airline. In terms of your Starwood card, use the miles for hotel stays. With hotel rates continuing to climb, a Starpoint seems to be worth more (in many cases) than converting them to airline miles.</font>
I think you both make a good point, that hotel value is all you can get now-- see my comments above in agreement with you.
However, while 4 tickets to Hawaii is fantastic, I bet you are travelling on a mon/tues and coming back on a thurs/fri. Or, maybe you just got truly lucky-- something that I haven't been in years. I would prefer they take back their miles at this point, and just lower fares.