Originally Posted by itsme
If you burned 60K of SPG points to avoid paying $800, then those SPG points were worth 1.33 cents each to you. Is that a good return on SPG points, or is it possible to redeem them for substantially more value? If 1.33 cents is all one should expect to realize from SPG points, then paying taxes with the card is not a very good deal.
I suspect that Family Flyer meant $800/night. $800 in total for six nights at a St. Regis would be quite a deal.
If the room charge really was $800/night, that would work out to 8 cents per point.