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Old Jun 11, 2006 | 6:34 pm
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BigLar
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Originally Posted by troyintn
I can not believe you are in the HGI for $60. Is it an airport location on the weekend?
Nope. They have several government rates, $129 to $249. And, oh yeah, $60 and choose the room on checkin. Guess which rate I go for.

As a Gold (and now a Diamond), I usually get upgraded to a Jr. Suite, so all is well.
Originally Posted by troyintn
I understand and agree with you, on the motel 6 and everything is extra over that, but I could not see me spending 200 nights a year in a motel 6.
The reality is I spend as many nights as I have to in the HGI, here's a Fairfield Inn available, and several Choice properties. It turns out, all of them are available to me at $60/night. Straight points (i.e., no promos running) isn't enough to make me spend the extra twenty bucks and gas. Motel 6 is my place to go to when I have no other place to go to.

And, I can pocket anywhere from $50 to $100 a week in the price difference.
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