Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
I'm amused that people so hot-to-trot to get offered the chance to spend $5000/year on a credit card (never mind the hefty "initiation" fee) find the prospect of $50 per stay hotel amenity credits at expensive hotels to be yet another reas

n for doing so.
Obviously no one is celebrating an extra $50 per stay...but with a guaranteed upgrade at booking you can often save hundreds of dollars a night, if not more by booking with that in mind. I probably spend 60+ nights in a hotel a year so you can see how that adds up fast.