6000 points + 110/night for Westin Grand Cayman

Good deal?

+367/night rate or 12000 points free otherwise excluding taxes fees and resort fees

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I mean: charge them half of the actual points value and tee them up for the first round of drinks. Arbitraging points to make money off friends is janky...

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Going with a friend, so if this is good deal may do cash and points and save the points for another trip. They will pay half of retail price for room, so makin $$$

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Either redemption is good for the value.

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Using 2.5 cpp
- Cash + points = $260/night + tax
- All points = $300/night usually tax-free
- Cash = $367/night + tax

Tax is prob 15% on the cash portion of combo rate which makes the comparison 285 v 300. Better value with cash + points (often the case). Might be worth doing all points if you have a bunch (saves actual cash and de-risks futures devaluations)

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Sneaky bastard. Free trip? I love it.

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When I looked it up it was like $800 a night? Seasonality?

Looking at may/June which I think is low season?

That’s exactly what I am doing. Half of “retail” total costs of stay with taxes and fees.

And yes DD1 free for me!

OP, just stayed there about 6 months ago on my honymoon. We had excruciatingly loud construction directly above our room wake us up at 7/8 AM for 3 of 5 mornings, despite repeated assurances that they would take care of the issue. If you do go, make sure to ask for a room away from the construction if its still going on

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