Yes, happy birthday and best wishes to your mother as well.

For those of you who like to plan well ahead, the Oct 2020 LEX DO will very likely be Oct 9-11.

I have something the previous weekend and the following weekend is the Chicago Seminars. The next weekend after Keeneland closes Saturday.

This is not set in stone, but pretty likely.

We leave for South Africa on the 12th, so I'll miss this one. I'm hopeful to make it back to LEX in October and maybe (finally) bring my better half.

Bumping this thread for visibility.

It appears there are some 10-15k RT AA redemptions in/out of LEX on the DO weekend. Might be worth playing with.

https://www.aa.com/awardMap/home.do

Just in case anyone is interested, sometime in the last month or so the "1/2 point" (4 Points Lexington) turned into a Quality Inn. I won't miss it, but will miss the chance to rag on it...

"Quality" Inn :p

My thoughts exactly!

The most misleading name in corporate America.

This reminds me that I never booked a hotel. Delta changed my return CVG-RDU to a CR2, so I need to fix that as well.

I can get you Globalist perks at the Hyatt Regency. 8k redemption. Buffet for 2, late checkout. No lounge unfortunately. Great location right downtown.

Same deal for anybody. PM me.

This may be of interest:
https://www.keeneland.com/racing/spr...eekly-giveaway

Maybe if enough FlyerTalkers enter one of us will win the box seats.

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You got it. Or should I say you hit the superfecta?

For those who are going to take Win up on his offer, you will want to have the reservations done before the Hyatt Regency category change in March. The new standard rate will be 12,000 points instead of 8,000 points. Also, the Hyatt may have even higher peak rates going into affect since it's during Keeneland racing.

Thanks for update on the HR LEX. Not worth 12k IMO.

Hyatt Place still will be a cat 1, 5k points. Perfectly fine.

Low/high Hyatt redemptions coming also March 22. So either of these may change seasonally. Supposedly this is not by individual hotels, but by “region,” however that is defined. So perhaps Keeneland dates won’t come into it.