Cost of your Diamond Status
Cost of your Diamond Status
Jan 31, 2011, 10:39 am
#2
In Memoriam
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Always on vacation
Programs: aa exp - spg gold - Hyatt Diamond - HH Gold
Posts: 6,007
Jan 31, 2011, 10:43 am
#3
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE, AA EXP MM, UA Gold MM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Titanium, HH Dia, IHG Plat
Posts: 4,775
About 90% of the cost. My business travel is few and far between. But I prepaid a couple of years' Diamond status buying Check Certs from Costco at a 20% savings. I also primarily book AAA and Govt. rates, stay mostly on weekends, and take advantage of any "stays count double" promos.
Jan 31, 2011, 10:57 am
#6
Suspended
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: Migros Cumulus Platinum Hero
Posts: 1,628
I had good luck this year because I could cancel my point booking for my two week vacation and replace it by a revenue booking.
72k points came back to my account. 12 x 100 $ went out of my pocket. So, I calculate 75k points as 720 $. Hence, my spending for the status would be 1'200 - 720 = 480 $. However, in these 480 $ are also some benefits included, e.g. status extension, new suite upgrade vouchers, guaranteed suite for my vacations (which would not be included if I had done it with points).
Thus, I consider my status extension to be at (around) zero cost.
72k points came back to my account. 12 x 100 $ went out of my pocket. So, I calculate 75k points as 720 $. Hence, my spending for the status would be 1'200 - 720 = 480 $. However, in these 480 $ are also some benefits included, e.g. status extension, new suite upgrade vouchers, guaranteed suite for my vacations (which would not be included if I had done it with points).
Thus, I consider my status extension to be at (around) zero cost.
Jan 31, 2011, 11:32 am
#8
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Programs: AA LT Gold, UA Gold, Hyatt Plat, HHonors Gold, Priority Club Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 316
Tangible cost - $0.00 as I was able to acquire diamond status through business travel
Intangible cost (i.e. my fiance getting angry because I decide to take the 7am flight home instead of the 8pm the night before so I can get another night/stay at the Hyatt Place by the airport) - cannot be put into dollars and cents
Intangible cost (i.e. my fiance getting angry because I decide to take the 7am flight home instead of the 8pm the night before so I can get another night/stay at the Hyatt Place by the airport) - cannot be put into dollars and cents
Jan 31, 2011, 9:14 pm
#14
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Programs: DL-Platinum / AS-PlatPro / Hyatt - Glob / Hilton-Diamond
Posts: 1,572
The $$$ I spend on travel is my personal biz, not yours 
The percent I spend is 95% my own dime.
When traveling for business, I have zero say in who I fly or where I stay.
The airline selected for me has a fair chance of being in my preferred Alliance.
But the hotel selected for me is rarely in the Gold Passport program
Steve
The percent I spend is 95% my own dime.
When traveling for business, I have zero say in who I fly or where I stay.
The airline selected for me has a fair chance of being in my preferred Alliance.
But the hotel selected for me is rarely in the Gold Passport program
Steve
