Originally Posted by
Pecan Pie
I'm now looking at the sheraton kauai resort for my early Jan trip. I need two rooms for two nights. I see the standard room is $304/night if you pay with points it's only 12k points. So good deal? It will cost me 48k points total... Considering that star points are not so easy to acquire I'm a little hesitant.
Also what are my odds of getting an suite upgrade in Jan? I have gold status. thanks!
OMG that's a lot of money. I would definitely take the points. But if you don't have a lot of points, consider creating your own C&P by booking one room as revenue, the other room as reward. So your cost would be 24K pts + $608 or 6K pts + $152 per room per night. Normal C&P for Cat 5 is 6K pts + $110/night.
I do this all the time in Hawaii in Cat 6 hotels. When I was in Waikiki in Nov, the rooms were 20K pts/night but I had a BRG for $210. I did 2 reward nights and 1 paid night so I averaged 13.3K pts + $70/night. I will be back in January and the rates are 25K pts for high season
, so I'm doing 2 paid nights at $190 (BRG with 10% discount) and 1 reward night for an average of 8.3K pts + $127/night.
Considering SPG 's normal C&P rate for Cat 6 hotels is 10K pts + $180/night, I figure my way is better!