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I think they are. Even though you can create the 5 night AC by redeeming points for 4 nights and getting the 5th night free, I see the value in the airline mile conversion. For travel packages the airline mile conversion rates are close to 1:1. Doing strictly an airline mile conversion by itself (not in a TP), the conversion rate can be as bad as 3:1.
I need to amend this post. I just double-checked the rates for a pure points to airline miles conversion. The ratio is much worse than my original post of up to 3:1. The conversion can be as bad as 10:1 (10 MRP to get 1 FF mile). Here are a couple of examples:
Jet Blue - 10,000 MRPs to get 1,000 True Blue Miles (10:1)
Air France/KLM - 10,000 MRPs to get 1,500 FF miles (6:1)
Southwest - 10,000 MRPs to get 2,000 Rapid Rewards Points (5:1)
The rates get better by redeeming for a larger block of miles (but not that much better to make them preferable to a travel package - unless you have no use for an AC).
Jet Blue - 140k MRP for 25k True Blue Miles (5.6:1)
Air France/KLM - 140k MRP for 35k FF miles (4:1)
Southwest - 140k MRP for 50k Rapid Rewards Points (2.8:1)
Because of the 20% discount, MRP conversions for United Airlines miles have the 'best' conversion ratio, but it is still not as good as nearly 1:1 through getting a travel package.
United - 112k MRP for 50k Mileage Plus Miles (2.2:1)
Of course, all of these rates are subject to (and likely will) change after 8/1/18. However, I would expect any change to not be a better conversion ratio. In fact, I expect the opposite result given the overall devaluation of TPs.
Marriott - Please prove me wrong...
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