Originally Posted by arlflyer

I noticed recently that at least one upside, if you will, of all the fooling around with hhonors points valuations is that at least some point redemption prices have come down in low seasons. Was poking around D.C. redemptions for early December (absolute dead zone for paid stays) and was pleased to see a lot of reasonable points rates (Capital Hilton at 29k, etc.). Gotta look for the silver lining, I suppose.

Originally Posted by bitterproffit

This is exactly what I am finding as well. Also some great redemptions at airport hotels (20K points for DoubleTree Newark Airport, 20K HGI near IAH). Those are both well over a penny a point when you add the steep taxes that you don't have to pay on top of premium airport area rates.