I looked into Rocketmiles at one point as a primary place to book. Their prices seemed high and their point currency buy ups did not look to be any better than what the airlines offered.
The site that I'm getting interested in for hotels is the DOSH App. Discounts as good as 45% in cities like Chicago and NYC. Not as good in smaller markets around 5-10%.
Last trip I bought 1/2 the nights through American portal w/shopping bonus for about 5x and 1/2 through United for about 3x w/ shopping bonus + $200 dollar free night redemption. Booked through 3 different travel portals with 3 locations in play. The cheap nights I put on Expedia so I didn't reduce my average award night on Hotelscom. Trying to top of American at over 10,000 miles was part of the goal since I can't move points there.
If I'm looking at 3 nights in NYC as my next trip finding a Hilton/Marriot with 45% discount through DOSH to me sounds like a superior deal.
Official travel point totals as of 10/21/24 (1,358,177 Total Points)
Chase Ultimate Rewards 696,884 | IHG One Rewards 144,957 | Hilton Honors 144,521 | AMEX Membership Rewards 102,729 | World of Hyatt 76,095 | Marriott Bonvoy 65,343 | Citi Thank You 38,153 | Choice Rewards 32,460 | United MileagePlus 13,316 | British Airways Avios 12,333 | Jet Blue TrueBlue 11,780 | Wells Fargo Rewards 2,858 | Southwest Rapid Rewards 2,447 | NASA Platinum Rewards 1,883 | AA Advantage 1,744 | Navy Federal Rewards 1,087 | Delta Sky Miles 175 | Virgin Atlantic Virgin Points 100 | Lowes Business Rewards 7,102 ($71.02) | Amazon Rewards 2,200 ($4.75) | Discover CB 10 ($0.10)
