Originally Posted by
milemonkey
We went last year, albeit in August, and totally enjoyed it.
Last year we used points for a five night stay for a total of 80,000 points.
Based on some searches it appears the free nights are now up to 30,000 per night?! That's a pretty big increase.
StR PM went from Cat 6 to 7. So what was a 20-25k award night is now 30-35k. I booked us for a 5 night award over Thanksgiving 2015 before the category change, also for 80k points (20k per night with 5th night free as usual).