Some friends are flying to Oktoberfest in Munich to celebrate a birthday. Mrs pbiflyer found out and said she wanted to go.
I told her sure, if I could find decent fares, thinking that there is no way to get the right dates into Munich during Oktoberfest.
Turns out that there was availability for her, no status, for 60k on the dates she wanted a good flight times.
Oh and Starwood have availability at multiple hotels with points.