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Old Sep 22, 2013 | 3:54 pm
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Have an upcoming 5 day reservation for the holidays at Ritz. I can stay for $2000 or 200k pts (booked before the increase, if made next yr it would be 240k)..

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Old Sep 22, 2013 | 3:57 pm
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Originally Posted by welookgood.com
Have an upcoming 5 day reservation for the holidays at Ritz. I can stay for $2000 or 200k pts (booked before the increase, if made next yr it would be 240k)..

Wanted to see what other suggest?
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Old Sep 22, 2013 | 7:55 pm
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Sounds like my beach week choice - $1,500 or 120k points.

I have it reserved on points but might change to dollars before June.
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Old Sep 22, 2013 | 8:32 pm
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Originally Posted by welookgood.com
Have an upcoming 5 day reservation for the holidays at Ritz. I can stay for $2000 or 200k pts (booked before the increase, if made next yr it would be 240k)..

Wanted to see what other suggest?
I use 300 MR points = $1 as my metric, so 200k points = $667. Additionally, $2000 can be used for all sorts of things, whereas MR points can be used for only a few things. If it were me, I'd use the points.

Another question to ask yourself: If you don't use the points on a stay like this, what will you use them on?
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