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Poll: What is maximum price would you be willing to pay ($) for StarPoints (cents/SP)?

What price would you be willing to pay ($) for StarPoints (cents/SP)?

  • 1.0 <1.3 c/SP

    Votes: 9 11.7%
  • 1.3 <1.6 c/SP

    Votes: 11 14.3%
  • 1.6 <1.9 c/SP

    Votes: 25 32.5%
  • 1.9 <2.2 c/SP

    Votes: 13 16.9%
  • 2.5 <2.8 c/SP

    Votes: 4 5.2%
  • 2.8+ c/SP

    Votes: 1 1.3%
  • Not interested

    Votes: 14 18.2%

  • Total voters
    77

vacationtime1

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Are you saying the the points are no longer usable in Europe?

They are still usable in Europe -- and with many more choices because Marriott hotels are now available.

But they have devalued the "currency", as Cindy points out in the first paragraph of her post #49.
 

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I'm confused. I received this offer Dec 6th from Vistana -- because of my recent purchase of The Westin Desert Willow Villas, Palm Desert, I am eligible to purchase 330,000 points for $2,275, 150,000 points for $1,075, 90,000 points for $675. I have until Dec 15 to say yes to this deal. Is this a good price to pay?

The deadline has been extended to 21st, at least according to the email I received. The cents/point varies from 0.75 cents to 0.69 cents for the 90k to 330k points respectively. Also wondering if I should do this....this would put the point value, with the 3:1 conversion, to somewhere between 2.25 cents to 2.17 cents. My rule of thumb for the old SPG was about 1.5 cents (great value for acquiring) to 2 cents (for redemption)....so it seems like a wash (at best)/not good value (especially at the lower end)?
 

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The deadline has been extended to 21st, at least according to the email I received. The cents/point varies from 0.75 cents to 0.69 cents for the 90k to 330k points respectively. Also wondering if I should do this....this would put the point value, with the 3:1 conversion, to somewhere between 2.25 cents to 2.17 cents. My rule of thumb for the old SPG was about 1.5 cents (great value for acquiring) to 2 cents (for redemption)....so it seems like a wash (at best)/not good value (especially at the lower end)?

I was going to buy the larger point package of 330k points, but when he said they would expire in 6 years, I bought the 90k package for $675. I already have over 500k points in my account last time I looked.
 

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I was going to buy the larger point package of 330k points, but when he said they would expire in 6 years, I bought the 90k package for $675. I already have over 500k points in my account last time I looked.

For perspective, the Marriott redemption rates can consume points much faster than Starwood. 500k can easily vanish with a single trip, depending on which hotel you choose.

Even so, I think buying at these rates is not advised, unless you know you will use them at a hotel with higher cash rates (and you wee willing to spend it).


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For perspective, the Marriott redemption rates can consume points much faster than Starwood. 500k can easily vanish with a single trip, depending on which hotel you choose.

Even so, I think buying at these rates is not advised, unless you know you will use them at a hotel with higher cash rates (and you wee willing to spend it).


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I purchased some earlier this year at $0.0069/point. I regularly am able to redeem at $0.01-$0.015/point and have had redemptions exceeding $0.035/point.

I will not use them unless I'm able to receive 1 cent per point of value.
 

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There are some good properties for redemption values if you act/book before Dec 31. I've never bought points before, but did buy the 330,000 point package for $2,275. Gave us enough points for a 5 night stay at St. Regis Maldives (240k points before it goes to Cat 8 on 1/1/19), least expensive room if prepaid is $8,630 for the 5 nights and 5 nights at St. Regis Gritti Palace in Venice (same 240k points) with a pre-paid rate of over 5,000 Euros ($5,600). The included Platinum breakfasts & upgrades, make it an even better deal. Would be a tough decision to purchase these points after they go to Cat 8 and the same stay could cost 400k points in high season.
 

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I purchased some earlier this year at $0.0069/point. I regularly am able to redeem at $0.01-$0.015/point and have had redemptions exceeding $0.035/point.

I will not use them unless I'm able to receive 1 cent per point of value.

Um...yeah. That’s my point. Those are good redemption values, even though they’re harder to find these days than previously.


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