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Jul 19, 2023 | 5:57 pm

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Originally Posted by Boraxo

We are flying into LAX to attend one of the Taylor Swift concerts in August. Apparently the local hotels view this as an excuse to jack up rates a la super bowl. It looks like there is spillover to other west side hotels as well. Disappointing but predictable.

I suspect we will see discounting as the dates draw near, since the vast majority of fans are likely to be local. On the plus side, I'm getting good value for my points.

I wouldn’t be so sure that the problem will be less just because of so many locals, but I think you are right in that this could play out well enough for some with award night pricing at the last minute. Saying this after seeing what happened with hotel availability and pricing when the Beyoncé concerts were in Stockholm and in Paris last quarter, and that was even as I managed to grab some award room nights last minute that did work to provide me great redemption values in both cities.

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