Originally Posted by bhrubin

I'm not at all interested in staying 7 nights at a MR Category 7 hotel...since most of them are Fairfields, Courtyards, and Residence Inns, along with a few Marriotts and Autograph and scattered Renaissance properties that aren't nearly as good as their brand suggests.

The MR people have been fooled into thinking these are great redemptions..but over half their points go to a 7 night hotel stay that isn't that great in the first place--not aspirational AT ALL. Aside from the fact that most people aren't going to want or need to stay 7 nights. For the average consumer, perhaps that will be fine...but not for the aspirational consumer.