If you take last year’s stays, calculate how many of them you would have enjoyed a $20+ breakfast free (plus kids eat free at HGI, etc.) and compare that to the next 4 stays required to get there, I’ll bet the price of the next 4 stays “falls” when subtracting those potential breakfasts.

Ive been Diamond for 10 years+ and like having breakfast covered most anywhere.

On other hand, if it’s all Hamptons and ES for you, then the brekkie benefit shrinks a bit.