Originally Posted by
sjmoss23
I am a little confused. I was looking at booking a room for 5 nights in May. For points it is 310,000 for a wonderful beach oasis and 310,000 + $2,250 for an upgrade to a spectacular overwater villa (or 760,000 points), which is the lowest points cost for an overwater villa. When I look at cash bookings, the fabulous overwater villa is showing as the lowest price option at $638 prepaid. Am I missing something or why would I chose to book the overwater villa with points when the overwater villa would only cost me $940 extra plus I would save 310,000 points and earn points on the cash paid room? Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
$638 per night is definitely on the very low side for a cash rate for an overwater villa at this hotel, and any hotel will look bad on points when it happens to be a low cash rate set of dates. If you have decided you want the overwater villa no matter what, that cash rate looks appealing, although you have to weigh for yourself the costs of the nonrefundable rate. Also make sure you click through and understand what additional taxes and fees may come along with each rate (the seaplane will be the biggest and will apply to both cash or points rates, but not sure if the $638 includes all taxes and everything).