Thanks for the feedback. I guess the best use of points for me is the ridiculously priced properties that I would never spend cash on. I was able to recently use 10,000 Hilton points for what seemed like brand new hotels in Romania and Vietnam. I guess I need to get over the fact thinking I will get good value for these Marriott points. Looking at properties in Barcelona at the moment. Many of the AC hotels are <100 EUD a night yet higher than category 6 so I can't even use a cat 5 cert on them!