Originally Posted by
tfizzle
Thanks, I must be missing something. My flying has been cut back and even with a trip to NYC and another one to MAD from PDX, I only have 25000 loyalty points. But as as the post above shows, I book one of those more expensive hotel reservation, I can earn 28,000 loyalty points by only having spent about $1000. What am I missing.
Nothing really. Just be wary that often through BAAH and RocketMiles, the rooms may be prepaid and fully non-refundable. Additionally, the hotel may not honor any status you have directly with them.
Also, the numbers shown in the above examples are before taxes.