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Old May 16, 2018 | 8:01 am
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SPG allows only 2 adults per standard room in reward in any place. If you are with kids, or willing or take your chances with, say, 3 or 4 adults, you may arrive at the hotel and try -- you must sleep in existing bedding. You could be also charged on top for additional adults. This is different from the US where 2 queen beds in a room are normal and up to 4 adults are fine. Max capacity (2 adults) is pretty strictly enforced in most of Europe and, say, in Japan. If you check cash rates now for SPG Paris portfolio only full size suites are available to accommodate 3 adults. Certain suites are available over the phone @ 2X points -- to book suites for points you need to call though. 200K of SPG points is enough for 5 nights (5th night is free when you redeem points) for 2 rooms or 1 suite in high season at a luxury Cat 6 hotel . Starwood has 2 cheaper Cat 5 hotels options in Paris -- they do not accommodate 3 adults even is suites (reason is smaller units) but are perfectly fine for 2 separate rooms.Marriott has a number of similar options -- either 2 rooms points only or a suite for points + cash. SPG 200K= Marriott Rewards 600K.SPG and Marriott accounts will be merged Aug 1 anyways.With this number of points you can easily book in Paris. But it is either 2 rooms or a suite. It would not be a regular room for 3 adults.
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