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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 8:25 am
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hurnik
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Ha! The "points" chart used to say that the Casa Marina old/vs new was "as low as" 51k or something?

Yesterday (booking directly, not using the point chart) it said:
From 70,000/night

Now it says:
From 115,000/night

What a joke. I *knew* this was going to happen with the "dynamic" demand based pricing. Just like Delta.

Good thing I booked a few weeks ago just in case.

So I clicked the Standard Rates which gives me CASH only, then I have to click the "pay with points".

Rate is now 80k/night for standard room vs. the 70k/night previously. Again, worse value.

Only "good" thing is that I used most of my points that I'd saved for 16 years, now that they're devalued I won't bother getting any more.
I suppose other "good" thing is that you can pay with points and money now whereas before the Casa Marina (or The Reach) never had any points with money rooms available.

Last edited by hurnik; Mar 1, 2017 at 8:34 am Reason: Premium rates bug
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