Good question, really... I don't know. I do know it is hard to get this many points with MR. I have traveled over 75 nights per year, for over 6 years. They don't accumulate as fast as they used to, as rates have generally gone down, plus promos aren't as common as they were. I have earned about 2m points to date, as you can see, I don't use them much. I travel enough already. I use them for a night here, night here, for family, friends. That sort of thing. My parents have stayed more on my MR points than I have.
I think it there are those who book conferences, some companies that pool the points for their employees, etc. I'll tell you, though, I have thought about getting that Polaris ATV and hawking it on EBay =)
Originally Posted by pinniped
No kidding! It's almost offensive for them to suggest that we redeem bazillions of MR points for a TV! I wonder how many people out there use those awards? You have 1.5M points and you still agree it's a raw deal. If you had 10 million would your opinion change? I mean...did they put those awards in there to please a teeny tiny subset of people who have zero use for free airline flights and zero use for free hotel nights?
I guess if I traveled on business 250 nights a year at four-star Marriotts, I might be happy to have MR take 800,000 off of my hands in exchange for a TV. Or...I might not. I might donate free hotel room certificates to the charity of my choice instead or something like that.