Originally Posted by marquiss22
RI's offer less points because they offer more FREE amenities.
Um, actually no hotel offers free amenities.
Different hotels simply package different things into their product bundle. Depending on what products you actually want in addition to your hotel room, you might not like this. For example, a non-breakfast-eater is required to "buy" breakfast 100% of the time at Residence Inn. There is no unbundled "hotel room only" product available. Granted, most Residence Inn guests are excited about buying the breakfasts; otherwise they would have picked another property. But the point is that there are no "free" amenities.