Originally Posted by
ryder1650
Is there ever a case where using MP miles for a hotel is a good deal? Is it generally just a bad way to spend miles?
Obviously it depends on how you value your miles, but in general...?
Yes - it can make sense if you invoke the law of diminishing marginal utility. If you have 100,000 miles, using all of them on a poor redemption value award is probably not a good deal. If you have three million, why not?
I used to do the reverse; I had something like a million IHG points and I redeemed them for air travel several times. I knew it would take a long time to use them for hotel redemption, I figured I might as well spend them before they get devalued.