Shanghai hotels on points: any good deals?
I need a 2-night weekend stay in Shanghai later this year. It would seem like a logical place to use hotel loyalty points: you'd think you could get a nice hotel for relatively few points. When I needed a weekend in Beijing a few months ago, there were plenty of good award stay options in different chains to choose from.
But the Shanghai options look "meh." A "bad value" city where you need lots of points even though the room rates aren't particularly high.
Anyone have a recommendation? I'm kind of inclined to wait for a good sale and just buy the rooms, particularly at a chain where I could use my status to snag free breakfast and/or lounge access. I'm also willing to consider the non-chain hotels, but that always seems a little riskier in China (the hotel might not be as nice as it's "star rating").