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   G on January 29, 2018 at 3:26 pm

   I booked the same hotel I did last year, except this time I paid 10K points instead of 5K. :/

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     Dan Miller on January 29, 2018 at 3:40 pm

     LOL – Point Breaks “devaluation” FTW! 🙂

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     Mi5353 on January 29, 2018 at 3:40 pm

     Well you should kiss IHG’s toes for the privilege to continue using your points for these sweet hotels.

     So many people unhappy about paying double or triple the old price. It’s still an okay deal sometimes. So what if the price triple?

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       Dan Miller on January 29, 2018 at 3:48 pm

       I do understand and part of me agrees with your general point (i.e. if there are better hotels available in better places, I might be willing to pay higher prices). But I’m not sure “so what if the price triple[sic]?” is a phrase I use very much in any other aspect of my life, so I’m not going to use it here either!

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         Mi5353 on January 29, 2018 at 4:05 pm

         You use that phrase “very much”? (sic) That’s odd. 😉

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           Dan Miller on January 29, 2018 at 4:31 pm

           I’m not sure that I use that phrase very much. Very often? Ever?

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       escot on January 30, 2018 at 2:54 am

       “better hotels in more places”

       Really? Where?.

       First, thanks as always Dan for the map. Alas, I’m seeing lots of lots of the same ole’ boring, unexciting candlewood and interstate IHE for 10k (that used to regularly show up as 5k)

       final nail in the coffin of the once vaunted IHG rewards club.

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   Abey on January 29, 2018 at 7:39 pm

   First time comment, I wanna say thank you for adding them all up into a map, was very helpful.

   Used to get a lot of value on weekend gateways with IHG 5K points per night.
   But this time around In the entire Tri State area (NY NJ CT and even PA) the only hotel that offers free breakfast, free parking an indoor pool and hot tub is the IHE in Wilkes Barre East PA for 10K per night and the hotel is 150 Miles away from NYC.
   But then there is a Hyatt in Fishkill NY for only 5K a night and has Free breakfast free parking a pool and a hot tub.

   Question is: what is pricier 5K Hyatt points or 10K IHG points?

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     Dan Miller on January 29, 2018 at 9:15 pm

     Depends on what kind of points you have. If you’re just transferring from Chase, then of course Hyatt would be less. It’s generally easier to get 1 IHG point than 1 Hyatt point though

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   Eric on January 30, 2018 at 6:14 am

   Not overly impressed. I thought there would be MORE and better options but in the end IHG is trying to bleed us of our points and really not giving any more (in my opinion).
   With that said, I am going to a hotel and paying 10000 points a night, not one of my first destinations but it’s the closest one to me and don’t want to pay 15000 points a night. The last couple of times there hasn’t been much but I want to go somewhere so… off I go. This looks to be the worst of the stays I have ever stayed at though by the location so i’m just hoping it’s a decent area once i get there.
   To me, the hotels are lesser quality than they used to be (by destination) and now we pay more.

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