cash plus points - best deals?
Jul 27, 2018, 6:20 am
#1
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cash plus points - best deals?
Looking at the new cash + points chart, I wanted to see how much you are effectively paying per point (compared to the points only value).
As displayed in the table below, it looks like Category 5/6 are the best deals for cash+points and something weird happens at Cat 9. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Am I doing some math wrong here? Assuming this is correct, why would you ever do cash+points for Cat 9 when you can buy points of 1.25c?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this subject.
Category PointsCash + PointsCost of points: C/(B-D)
1 7,500 45 3,000 0.0100
2 10,000 50 5,000 0.0100
3 15,000 55 8,000 0.0079
4 20,000 60 11,000 0.0067
5 25,000 65 14,000 0.0059
6 30,000 75 17,500 0.0060
7 35,000 90 21,000 0.0064
8 40,000 145 24,500 0.0094
9 45,000220 28,000 0.0129
As displayed in the table below, it looks like Category 5/6 are the best deals for cash+points and something weird happens at Cat 9. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Am I doing some math wrong here? Assuming this is correct, why would you ever do cash+points for Cat 9 when you can buy points of 1.25c?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this subject.
Category PointsCash + PointsCost of points: C/(B-D)
1 7,500 45 3,000 0.0100
2 10,000 50 5,000 0.0100
3 15,000 55 8,000 0.0079
4 20,000 60 11,000 0.0067
5 25,000 65 14,000 0.0059
6 30,000 75 17,500 0.0060
7 35,000 90 21,000 0.0064
8 40,000 145 24,500 0.0094
9 45,000220 28,000 0.0129
Last edited by albatross; Jul 27, 2018 at 6:24 am Reason: table formatting issues...
Jul 29, 2018, 10:03 am
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It's a bad deal all around if you compare to the old cost of buying Starpoints...
Of course it remains to be seen whether Marriott has become addicted to the revenue stream from selling points, having seen how SPG does it... (or whether they remain with their no-discounts policy)
Of course it remains to be seen whether Marriott has become addicted to the revenue stream from selling points, having seen how SPG does it... (or whether they remain with their no-discounts policy)