US Travel daily getaways 2019
May 16, 2019, 3:33 am
#61
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I usually use hotel hustle to compare... https://wandr.me/hotel-tools/hotel-hustle/
I would never buy points to cover a hotel stay. But to each their own.
I would never buy points to cover a hotel stay. But to each their own.
May 16, 2019, 4:13 am
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I usually use hotel hustle to compare... https://wandr.me/hotel-tools/hotel-hustle/
I would never buy points to cover a hotel stay. But to each their own.
I would never buy points to cover a hotel stay. But to each their own.
I am familiar with sbm12's tool linked above, slow as the tool can be at times. Can you right now get a meaningful search result done for Stockholm for tonight's stay?
But why would you never buy points if the purchase and redemption helps reduce the cost of a hotel stay? I thought people most often would rather prefer to save money than to waste money when seeking to acquire any given good/service.The Choice points I buy and use for Nordic Choice hotels have been earning me points and credit toward elite status -- in the case of elite status, they count toward status in two programs at once even as elite status is only meaningful in the case of one of those two programs.
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May 16, 2019, 5:38 am
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You really don't like quoting while responding?
I am familiar with sbm12's tool linked above, slow as the tool can be at times. Can you right now get a meaningful search result done for Stockholm for tonight's stay? But why would you never buy points if the purchase and redemption helps reduce the cost of a hotel stay? I thought people most often would rather prefer to save money than to waste money when seeking to acquire any given good/service.
The Choice points I buy and use for Nordic Choice hotels have been earning me points and credit toward elite status -- in the case of elite status, they count toward status in two programs at once even as elite status is only meaningful in the case of one of those two programs.
I am familiar with sbm12's tool linked above, slow as the tool can be at times. Can you right now get a meaningful search result done for Stockholm for tonight's stay?
But why would you never buy points if the purchase and redemption helps reduce the cost of a hotel stay? I thought people most often would rather prefer to save money than to waste money when seeking to acquire any given good/service.The Choice points I buy and use for Nordic Choice hotels have been earning me points and credit toward elite status -- in the case of elite status, they count toward status in two programs at once even as elite status is only meaningful in the case of one of those two programs.
May 16, 2019, 9:54 am
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It was a pretty low annual cap, but it was basically like getting a few 50% off hotel stays.
This is back when you could easily net 5-6 cents per Starpoint, even using conservative assumptions about rates for comparable hotels (including non-Starwood choices). I had a fast earn/burn pattern with Starwood so it was a very low-risk buy that I could always monetize within the year of purchase.
I do not do the same with Marriott or Hilton points. My earn/burn cycles are longer with those and I don't like the idea of buying points and holding them for long, exposed to devaluations. If I do a small buy once in a while, it's purely to top off an award I'm redeeming right then.
May 16, 2019, 11:12 am
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You can use them as long as they do not fall within the black out dates. Worst case you can make two separate reservations for 4 and 3 days each.
May 16, 2019, 12:43 pm
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I usually use hotel hustle to compare... https://wandr.me/hotel-tools/hotel-hustle/
I would never buy points to cover a hotel stay. But to each their own.
I would never buy points to cover a hotel stay. But to each their own.
I regularly redeem Hyatt pts at 3-4c. This makes me feel pretty good about buying them at 1.7c every year. I'll feel even better if I can get one of these deals.
May 16, 2019, 2:53 pm
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Here is the description for tomorrow: "What You Receive: A certificate in the form of an e-mail for a two (2) night stay in a Vibrant Standard Room, at one (1) of fourteen (14) luxury, uniquely local hotels."
Are Daily Getaways consumers so stupid that they do not know what the words "two," "one" and "fourteen" mean? Really fortunate that they help us out by putting the numeral in parentheses for us.
I'd hate to buy a certificate for a standard room that I could use at "fourteen" hotels only to learn that it wasn't as good as I thought it was, because I mistakenly thought that "fourteen" meant 59.
Are Daily Getaways consumers so stupid that they do not know what the words "two," "one" and "fourteen" mean? Really fortunate that they help us out by putting the numeral in parentheses for us.
I'd hate to buy a certificate for a standard room that I could use at "fourteen" hotels only to learn that it wasn't as good as I thought it was, because I mistakenly thought that "fourteen" meant 59.
May 16, 2019, 7:59 pm
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A few posts up it said it took 10 business days last year for Choice Priv points to post. I’m waiting for some I bought as well.
May 17, 2019, 7:50 am
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May 17, 2019, 9:27 am
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Yeah, Hyatt at a penny a point is a steal. This is one I'd feel comfortable buying with no specific hotel stay in mind.
May 18, 2019, 6:42 am
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