the springhills aren't my favorite. (hyatt place is much, much nicer). But for $54 to $59 (plus tax), 2,500 bonus points and a free breakfast, (plus another 1,000 from the actual stay), I can live with it.

I took my last marriott free stay in the j.r. marriott in Shanghai.

in the d.c. area, you can stay cheap in the suburbs, though this week is unusually cheap.

by the way, I've learned I may have wrongly described the $50/$25 coupon above. I now believe my one night stay gets me a $25 coupon good on a two night stay which probably means I wont use it and should have booked at the cheaper $54 rate. I booked at the $59 rate which includes the coupon.