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Old Apr 11, 2022 | 2:59 am
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Originally Posted by howie411
Staying at a Double Tree next month for 2 nights. Standard Room is $239 a night and a night stay is $35,000 points. I have 3 reward nights. Expiration dates in July, Dec and then Jan 2023) Think it would have made more sense to use July Reward Night and Points for the second vs 2 reward nights. Thinking about it now I feel the reward nights are way more valuable. Is it to late to switch?
If you have the points, then yes - I would use 35k rather than cash.

If you have a reward night, I would use it on a higher value room, like one $400+ or 80k points. If you aren't going to travel to places with hotels like WA or Conrad, then using up a free night reward is better than allowing it to expire.
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