Originally Posted by pinniped
Okay, perhaps the Tulsa blast was piling on a bit. It's just that when I go to Europe, I like to leave my usual world of Starwoods, Marriotts, and Hiltons behind in favor of truly local guest houses.
Interesting you should say that. We're traveling to Turkey and will use SPG points for a night or two at the Sheraton in Cesme Turkey. Since I work in Afghanistan, a bit of America sounds nice. With the best on-line rate 139Eu, and staying on Friday/Saturday, at the rate we paid for the points with taxes we're getting abot 6.5 cents value per point which cost about 1.25 cents. While the 25,000 miles for 20,000 is enticing, using the points for hotels is often a better value.