Originally Posted by
RedSun
I rarely pay for hotel stays, most are reward bookings. Last I remembered, I had to redeem 45,00 Hilton points for a lousy Hampton Inn which costs only about $140. Hilton point is worth less than 0.4 cpps to me. I've been trying hard to get value from Hilton points for years.... Hilton point really sucks.
SPG was the real program. Too bad Marriott chose the sucky Marriott program over the excellent SPG program as its model. The reason? Marriott is out for the money and short sighted in regards to its customers.