Originally Posted by
dayone
Unless the planned stay is 7 nights, a travel package is a skewed basis to value points. A penny a point is still a good rule of thumb. The higher the hotel category, the easier it is to beat it.
I disagree. I would say category should map closely to the price point, which makes it roughly as easy to get the same ratio in a high-category hotel vs. a low-category hotel.
Instead, I would say that it is easiest to beat the 1c-per-point rate when hotel prices vary a LOT--either by day of week or by season.