If you use the 2 free nights at a top category 7 Hyatt (which normally cost 30,000 points per night), the sign - up bonus is worth 60,000 points (30,000
points per night x 2 nights).
You could use the 50,000 point sign - up bonus for up to 10 nights at a category 1 Hyatt (5,000
points per night x 10 nights).
Not exact matches
So with 60,000 Ultimate Rewards
points you can get 4 free
nights which is a value of ~ $ 1,436 (~ $ 359
per night x 4
nights)!
These PointBreaks hotels were already a terrific bargain, because by using the
Points & Cash trick you could effectively get a PointBreaks night for $ 35 (5,000 IHG points x 0.7 cents per p
Points & Cash trick you could effectively get a PointBreaks
night for $ 35 (5,000 IHG
points x 0.7 cents per p
points x 0.7 cents
per point).
By buying
points with this method, you could get a PointBreaks
night for just $ 30 (5,000 IHG
points x 0.6 cents
per point).
Because you can now «buy» IHG
points for 0.6 cents each, a PointBreaks room now costs $ 30 per night using the Points & Cash trick (5,000 IHG points x 0.6 cents per p
points for 0.6 cents each, a PointBreaks room now costs $ 30
per night using the
Points & Cash trick (5,000 IHG points x 0.6 cents per p
Points & Cash trick (5,000 IHG
points x 0.6 cents per p
points x 0.6 cents
per point)!
For example, if a traveler stays 2
nights at a rate of $ 85
per night (USD), then they will earn 1,700
points for that stay ($ 85
x 2
nights x 10
points = 1,700
points).
Had I paid for the room instead of using
points, it would have cost me 929 EUR for each of the first 6
nights and 239 EUR for the last
night totaling 5,822.10 EUR or $ 8,079.12 USD + the 120,000 Southwest
points will be worth roughly $ 1,800
x 2 (since the Companion Pass doubles the value of the
points) $ 3,600 = $ 11,679 in value from 360,000 Marriott Rewards
points, bringing my cent
per point to 3.2 cents each.