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Aloft Chapel Hill – Starwood Category 2 1001 South Hamilton Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Award Redemption: 3,000 pts or 1,600 pts +$30 Normal rate: $139 Best Starpoints return: 6.8 cents/point – EXCELLENT
BRAND NEW BUILDING
NOT YOUR “TRADITIONAL” LOBBY
CAFE AREA — 24×7 SNACKS + COFFEE WITH BREAKFAST IN THE MORNINGS
FULL BAR
PACKED LOBBY [...]
On our weekend ski trip to Colorado, we were eager to book a Starwood Resort using Cash + Points to keep the costs down. Mainly based on availability, we settled on the Wildwood Snowmass for 4,000 Points + $60/ night. The alternative was paying $220+ a night, so the Starwood Points yielded about a 4¢ return — perfect use for Starwood Points.
The resort hotel just reopened under the Starwood program in November 2012 after an extensive renovation. Before that, Trip Advisor reviews all cited the need for updating, accusing hotel management of letting the resort slip a bit.
We were excited to try it out during its inaugural season.
We got in [...]
