Fish - need advice on where to go for anniversary. Want something beachy and nice. Have a shit load of points and not afraid to use them (3M Marriott, 2M Hilton, 700k United, 400k AA). Continued...

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Desire pearl, experience of a lifetime

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A1 - that isn’t an accurate description. This is a very couple centric destination

Agree on desire pearl, desire riviera maya is a great option as well

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Don’t knock it till ya try it

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You need to go to mars with that that many points

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...Went to Tahiti/Bora Bora for honeymoon and want something on par. Have ~8days. Thinking Maldives or similar but that's far from east coast in that timeframe. Suggestions welcome please!

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Maldives is about 800 to 1.2m pts for the over the water rooms in November.

Caveat...it's my next trip with my wife, I haven't been there yet. We are mixing it in with 2 wks in in India after.

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Gritti Palace in Venice, then the Excelsior in Milan. Rent a car to drive in between to visit some small towns and spend a night in Como. It’s not beachy in the traditional sense, but by the water and a cultural experience you’ll never forgot.

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St Regis or W Maldives. Used to be 90k starpoints (270k marriott) per night.

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One of the hotels on Koh Samui Thailand.

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Jack can’t talk Thai...

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OP, were u having super admin access to all the points databases?

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One of the SPG properties in Santorini, with room upgrade was ridiculously gorgeous. We got the best room they had and it was actually special!

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You could probably rent out the whole Marriott in like Birmingham, AL 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Preferably not continental US. want as far as possible so I can fly international first class (on points) that still fits in to ~8 day timeframe.

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hawaii, bali, boracay, langkawi, krabi, maldives, lakshdweep, andaman nicobar. stay away from continental US, they are all average.

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St Regis Bali. Maldives. Maybe Hawaii?

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St Regis in Kauai and Bali are nice too, with great spas. Not as nice as the property in santorini i was talking about (if you get that specific room I mentioned)

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Go to Mallorca

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I’m staying there next year

How many years did it take to rack up those points?

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Have fun and report back on what you decided! We are parents too and now only live vicariously through everyone else’s exotic travels!

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The JW Maldives is only ~340k points for 5 nights in an over water hit with a private pool. It’s not open yet, but set to open in August/September I believe.

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Continental US, or doesn’t matter? Any preference on chain or brand?

Definitely on par with bora bora/Maldives albeit a few subtle differences

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