Sunday, July 29, 2007
I got a Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card a couple months ago because you can transfer those points to any airline program and get a 25% bonus.
At dinner last Sunday, Roy's dad mentioned that you can book hotel rooms using a combination of SPG points and cash that make it much cheaper than paying full price. Since I'm going to Baltimore this weekend for the Virgin Festival, I went to the SPG website to check this out.
Hotel in downtown Baltimore for Saturday night: $250
or
2800 points and $45
2800 points have a cash value of around $28 (1% cash back on a typical credit card). So by using points and cash, the hotel ends up costing $73 instead of $250!
So now I'm going to hold on to those SPG points for this exact purpose. Thanks, Mr. Simkhay!
At dinner last Sunday, Roy's dad mentioned that you can book hotel rooms using a combination of SPG points and cash that make it much cheaper than paying full price. Since I'm going to Baltimore this weekend for the Virgin Festival, I went to the SPG website to check this out.
Hotel in downtown Baltimore for Saturday night: $250
or
2800 points and $45
2800 points have a cash value of around $28 (1% cash back on a typical credit card). So by using points and cash, the hotel ends up costing $73 instead of $250!
So now I'm going to hold on to those SPG points for this exact purpose. Thanks, Mr. Simkhay!