Originally Posted by ATOBTTR

Or book a Delta Stays at a hotel near your own residence. You could make it a mini-stay-cation or even opt not to stay there, just check-in and leave. If the place has breakfast, you could still stop by in the morning and at least get breakfast too or use other amenities. Regardless of how you use it, you're at least getting pretty close to 1:1 (again, not getting MQDs for taxes/fees but certainly better than this rip-off) instead of a pathetic 1:3 ratio at 1 MQD per $3 in spend.