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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
Sadly, in my 20+ years of business travel I've encountered more than my fair share of point whores. I'm not one of them. For example I'm a million-miler-club member on American Airlines but if another airline has a direct flight and AA does not, I take the direct flight. I had a coworker who got up at 4am Monday every single week so he could take connecting flights on Delta instead of the direct flight on American. I got about 6 to 8 more hours of sleep a week than he did LOL!
Same coworker was on a project where it was a fairly large team so they were all required to stay at the same hotel (a Hampton Inn), and he'd show up and pretend he was checking in with everyone else and then go stay at the (Marriott) Residence Inn next door.
When I'm visiting a client I always try to get a hotel as close to the client as possible, preferably within walking distance - I like the free sleep more than the free points!
lol @ American. Years ago I got a lifetime gold status but have avoided them in years. Why ? They had older planes, poorer schedules and crappier sseats than any of their competition on routes I travel. When they finally redid some of their fleet, they cut the size of the bathrooms to where you literally cannot turn around in one or use more than one hand in the so-called sink. If it is even close, I'll fly another airline instead .... points not withstanding. (To LatAm, try Copa.)
If you business travel a lot, the last thing you look for is going out of your way for "extra" points. Get the travel done as conveniently as possible, the points will come or they will not.
You also speak the truth. Walking or easy uber distance to clients offices is a huge factor in hotels, also more so than mile rewards.
Re the thread topic: definitely Cosmo. It is purpose-built as a hotel casino. The Marriott is built to be Marriott (which is fine, and I do stay with the brand frequently) .... just
take advantage of a unique market in Las Vegas.
Last edited by Gzesh; 04-14-2019 at 11:40 AM.