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Old Jul 18, 2018, 4:46 pm
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damon88
 
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Originally Posted by bgriff
I do have to disagree with that just because that's not the real redemption value. If you booked a standard room and got upgraded then the value of the points was the cost of the standard room; you would have gotten the same upgrade if you'd booked the standard room in cash.

You are right of course- the St Regis would have only been 2.8 and the W 2.1.

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