Originally Posted by
Happy Traveling Consultant
I'm curious. Where are prices cheaper?
Seriously - every aspirational place I've got booked, have been looking at, and/or have booked in the last few years has gone up.
The St Regis in Florence, the Gritti Palacein Venice, the Ritz in Tokyo, all much higher.
I'd consider my Helsinki booking a bit more out there, not an aspirational property for most people.
This was for the JW Marriott in Guadalajara - not really an aspirational property but it is a very solid redemption rate.
I double checked redemption rates in Helsinki, as I'll be there in May. The points price has increased a little, although I don't think by more than a thousand or so points per night. That could be related to this, or it's small enough that it's just typical ebb and flow.