Re:Brave Search removes last remnant of Bing from search res...
by hattmall on Thursday April 27, 2023 @06:50PM
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>don't magically get a better rate when prices are high.
That's when you spend your points. Though it depends severely on the brand. Marriott and Hilton are no longer great. But Wyndham and Hyatt are pretty amazing. Starwood, used to be good until Marriott bought them out.
Re:Brave Search removes last remnant of Bing from search res...
by Aeolun on Thursday April 27, 2023 @07:35PM
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Mariott is pretty good. The single time I stayed in a Hilton was so nasty I’ll never do it again.
Re:Brave Search removes last remnant of Bing from search res...
by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 27, 2023 @07:47PM
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Hotel brands franchise the properties and hotel owners and management vary and change so much the best option, I have found, is to check flyertalk or other forums for recent reviews.
Lifetime Platinum Marriott member here.
The special treatment is OK. It is nice to get room upgrades and freebies, but that's little stuff. It doesn't get you a room magically when they are sold out, and you don't magically get a better rate when prices are high.
The biggest benefit if you're traveling a lot is your points accrual rate is higher with status, which lets you more rapidly exchange points for things. The only sane way to spend points of course, is more hotel stays. Nothing else comes close value-wise. I recall running the numbers on that (points/dollar ratio), and you'd be a brazen fool to spend points on merchandise - when you compare the ratio of hotel stays to merchandise point cost, you realize that they have a 3-4x markup on the merchandise.