- Are you asking whether your "free" hotel room booked on points would be the worst room in a hotel? Sometime it is the case because hotels typically list the cheapest and the lowest category room to be booked on points. However, several chains (e.g. Hyatt) would allow to use points to book a higher category room or a suite by paying more points. Typically, if you will be getting better rooms if you have a higher status with the hotel program, especially if this is the top tier status. Then you can get an upgrade to a much better room or a suite even if you pay in hotel points and your total hotel bill is zero. Note that several hotel credit card will give you some elevated status with a hotel program. For example, IHG credit card will make you PLT and give you an annual free night certificate after you pay your annual fee (my is still $49 for the legacy Chase MasterCard). I was routinely upgraded to better rooms when using free night certificates from credit card in Intercontinental hotels overseas. Of course, such upgrades are not guaranteed especially when hotels are fully booked and IHG made the use of such certificates more difficult.