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Dec 18, 2015 | 9:43 am

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[QUOTE the payment the hotel gets for a points paid stay could be the same as the cost of 80 bottles of water. Assuming the purchase price is $0.85 per bottle,
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If they are giving out generic bottles of water, then there is no way they are paying $0.85 per bottle. Go to Costco and price bulk quantities of bottled water. At the most, they are paying about $0.10 per bottle.

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