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Jul 23, 2016 | 5:38 pm

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Originally Posted by hhoope01

The 20k/night is 15k for a base room + 5k for an upgrade cert. So it already includes the cost of the upgrade cert. If the RI had any 2-bedroom suites available for points, it would probably be 25k/night as it would require 2 upgrade certs per night.

Thanks for explaining this confusing nomenclature. What is the point of calling it an upgrade certificate? It's just 5,000 points for a better room - like you pay more $ for higher room categories. Why introduce the complexity of upgrade certificates? Can one obtain them any other way than by spending more points?

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