Originally Posted by
tonywush
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto is consistently priced higher than The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto. At least the basic room from what I seen.
Ya, there's a good chance of that. These numbers are based on rates as reported by TripAdvisor.
Originally Posted by
CLEguy
I don't understand what this list...is? If it's simply high- and low-value redemptions, how can you have outliers? And a lot of these are highly seasonal so it's hard to have a definitive list.
It's a list of consistently high and low value properties. For example, you're going to consistently get fantastic value from your points at the St Regis Maldives or to Al Maha - you really can't go wrong -- there is no way to get in the resort without otherwise paying exorbitant rates. Conversely, the bottom ten properties will be a challenge to try to get outsized value from -- sure some of them might be good values depending on the time of year, but even then, they're not outstanding values.
Maybe "outlier" isn't the right terminology -- it seemed to be when I was doing the stats on all of this, but in hindsight maybe "Season Dependent" would be a better name. This list are those properties where it's very cheap in low season and very expensive in high season. Meaning you can get exceptional value but only during certain times of year.
Originally Posted by
KParks
Great work and very interesting!
Now, nothing you can do about it without a lot more work, but my only hot take on this is that many of the "Outliers" could likely be in the "Top 10" for most of the time that you would "want" to go there because they are places that are very seasonal and so for now (until we get hit with seasonal upcharges on top of the implementation of Cat 8 pricing) are great value if you can get them in season at current redemption rates (thinking like the Costa Smeralda properties, Greek isles, ski resort properties (Aspen and Deer Valley), etc.).
Ya, I felt it would be inaccurate to leave them off a best/worst list bc you CAN get great value from them, but not necessarily. That's why I created a separate list.
Originally Posted by
smgainey
I don't think the Ritz Carlton in St Thomas should even be a Category 8 hotel. The website used to say it would reopen in January 2019, now it says Summer 2019. At this rate, the hotel won't accept reservations until after the Category 8 prices kick in, so we won't be able to book it at 60k points/night.
Ya, in regards to this list I really no idea what to do with this property, so I took TripAdvisor at their word. But you're right that it seems that we likely won't be able to book it at Cat 7 prices.