Originally Posted by
Modo
Thank you for being so succinct and hopefully ending this protracted and sometimes heated exchange!
Fact is that in UK (especially) and Europe points purchase is not viable and redemption rates have changed negatively. Same probably applies to Australia where I also purchase nights each year.
In North America thanks to credit card promos including 4th night free - anywhere in the world - points puchase is mostly viable. And local redemption rates if viewed dynamically look relatively unchanged.
I gave an example above where for one of my bookings buying the points with the 100% bonus was much cheaper than paying cash for the same room.
So at times points buying is clearly a viable option because of it wasn’t I wouldn’t have done it!