SPG 50 night benefit: 1 free night, 5 EQN, 10 Suite night awards. Which to choose?

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Also depends on where you utilize your suite nights. I used points to book a standard room at the St. Regis in NYC (at the time ~$650/night) and used a suite night and was upgraded to a room that was going for approximately $2100/night. It's harder to get a free upgrade at St. Regis' as it is let alone the at the one in NYC. Using one gave me over $1k. Just have to be smart about them.

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Simple valuation formula, each of the alternative options are worth $100-400 ($400 is generous for more aggressive redemption of free night) suite upgrade generally ranges a MINIMUM of $100 per night x10 = $1k valuation.

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Suite Nights, no brainer

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I'm usually upgraded to a suite when I stay on wknds anyway though.

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The way I look at it, we travel enough that the EQNs are worthless, have enough points that free nights are worthless. Suites are the only value.

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What's eqn?

@M why do you say so?

@D1 elite qualifying nights

I'd take the free night

Yes EQNs are worthless. I usually get upgraded to suite too, so i dont know. Thanks for all of your input

Suite nights - agreed

I took the free night. Just used it on a stay that would have cost me 16k points

FYI you can double upgrade using suite nights. I used suite nights on my honeymoon and they upgraded me on top of that. Stayed in a Grand Suite for the cost (i.e. Points) of a standard king room

Would you have paid that $1k for the suite @k1? If not then you didn't really get any value

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