I booked award tickets on American for early December to Curaçao, and a Stay at the Renaissance Curaçao for six nights before it was recategorized as a Category 6, for a total of 125k points. AAA rate now is averaging only about $130 for these nights, for a total of about $985 with taxes and fees.

I still have the equivalent of about 250k Marriot points available thanks to the SPG merger.

Would you use the points to save $985 or pay cash?