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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 7:42 am
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Brendan
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Originally Posted by socrates
Yes there were....they use a ratio of points earned at a hotel versus those redeemed at a hotel to determine a hotels category....the more points being redeemed the higher the category
Aha! So that explains why the Courtyard Blackstone of Ft. Worth, TX, & CY Downtown Detroit are Cat. 2 despite revenue rates around $200 buxanite weekdays!

Too few vacationers dream of spending points there. I've reserved the Blackstone on points for the April 21-23 Do !
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