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Old Nov 7, 2016, 10:58 am
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mintcilantro
 
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Originally Posted by CJKatl
You may or may not realize this, but...



The flight and hotel package gives you the airline points and seven nights. You cannot break up the seven nights into shorter stays, nor can you use them at more than one hotel. It's a seven night block at a single hotel. You could use additional points for a four or five night stay, but you would still need to use your seven night block separately at some points before it expires in a year. You can convert MR points to airline miles and do a separate MR points redemption for the hotel stay, but you get more bang for your MR points using a package.
Got it. That's why it makes sense to have a separate thread where people would considering redeeming a 7 night block instead of one night stays with the cat 5 certs that come with the credit card or promotions.

If I can book 7 nights and stay even 4/5 of those nights, I'd be happy since there are not that many worthwhile properties.
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