They’re spread thickly, like Marmite, across ordinary non-chain hotels.
That’s where the multiplier miracles begin — x30, x40, x50 and up.
The best one for my dates, balancing price against sheer juiciness, was x53.
One caveat, to be taken with a pinch of salt: every experiment here is conducted live, with real money and no lab coats.
I genuinely needed a hotel in Mexico City for these dates.
Two finalists made it to the home straight — Hyatt House Mexico City/Santa Fe and Capital O Andrade.
If you’ve read the previous post, you already know who won. But for the record, here’s how it all unfolded.
Price for two nights:
Capital O Andrade — $257.95 ×53 → +13,671 miles
Hyatt House Mexico — $192.16 ×10 → +1,921 miles
Were there doubts? Naturally.
My favourite, by a country mile, was Capital O Andrade.
Firstly, I wanted to see how this mysterious Rove behaves in real life.
Secondly, earning that many miles with your backside wedged into an economy seat is nobody’s idea of a picnic.
I have no access to the American bubble of miles credit cards, so — Rove, sweet Rove!
My soul, my body and my inner Sir Accor Hyatt-Hilton-Smythe reached a compromise: the decision went to Capital O Andrade.
However, Sir Accor, out of sheer self-respect, proposed that we sleep on it until morning.
Overnight, Capital O Andrade sold every last room. Finita la comedia, as a Frenchman would say. But this is Mexico, so I’ll say ¡Mierda! Or, as we’d put it in Britain: “Well. That’s a bit of a shame.”
The rest of the story is in the post above.
P.S. I checked every rate on the major OTAs: no difference in price, except for Fora — but that’s a story for another post.
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