70k Best Western points for a room night with a published price approximating $2900? Good deal when all major brand hotels across the city were showing as sold out or having crazy high prices.

10k Choice points for a room night going for the equivalent of $300+? Good deal.

2k Hyatt points per room night when the nightly rate was the equivalent of $180+ and the cheapest same quality hotel in the same area is going for $80 per room night? Good deal.

I wish that I could say that airline miles provide as consistently accessible good value for me as hotel points. But the likes of Marriott and Hilton are putting a squeeze on the value of hotel points too, and this devaluation disease seems to be getting worse and is spreading.

About award nights at hotels landing in the worst rooms? That happens at times, as some of my worst rooms have been on award nights. But my best upgrades have been on award nights. I don’t find award nights to mean consistently ending up in the worst rooms consistently. If anything, for me the award nights seem to come with a lower chance of ending up in the proverbial janitor’s closet for a room. Could be a function in part of those with some hotel elite status more likely to stay on more aware nights than those without hotel elite status.