Which hotel program is the best for amassing points and redemption values? My goal is to be able to stay at cheap hotels whenever (e.g. Courtyard / Springhill / Fairfield / Homewood), not working towards fancy resorts. Is Hyatt, Marriott, or Hilton the best for this?

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Among those Marriott has the most crappy properties, if that’s what you seek.

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I want the best points redemption! Aka maximizing # of free nights at crappy hotels.

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Look into the non big 3. For example IHG has so many holiday inns. Or Wyndham

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Best redemption and treatment of elites is Hyatt. Hyatt Place and House are lower end properties similar to Courtyard and Hilton Garden Inns.

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If you need more geographical coverage, Marriott or IHG will win but the points required is dynamic and often not good value. Think 50k points for a courtyard in some markets.

Hyatt has best point conversion since it’s fixed by category but their footprint is smaller. They’ve also onboarded the Mr & Mrs Smith brand that leverages dynamic point pricing. Fixed points could be on their way out depending on the volume they get through that brand

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Hyatt has best redemptions and I’ve actually been pleased with Place and House lines. Of course depends on the city but the average Courtyard I’ve been to has been meh.

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