Mile and point valuations - January 2016

In case you missed it, here's my back-story to mile and point valuations. I'd decided that if there was going to be miles and points madness, there should at least be some method in that madness. So here are the results of my valuation exercise. I will try and update these as often as I can, or as necessary.

Valuations for January 2016

So here are the India points and miles valuations for January 2016.

Some comments

I have not previously valued either hotel points or airline miles on a per-mile basis, which explains why there's no comparative value for those. I also haven't covered earn-to-burn ratios for airline miles. Hyatt's earn-to-burn ratio also wasn't valued in 2014. In the absence of these data points, they are shaded grey. In future valuations, you'll see the most recent previous valuation as a comparison. 

SPG actually is a better bet now than it was in 2014. Of their 47 hotels in January 2016, category reductions have taken place for 25 of them, whereas only 1 hotel has had a category increase.

Marriott's  earn-to-burn value has reduced marginally, mainly because JW Marriott Juhu was up-categorised by 2 levels. 

Three IHG hotels in India have seen category increases in the last 30 months. Five new Category 3 hotels, and 3 new Category 2 hotels were also brought into the fold. Also, their overall prices have increased marginally, resulting in an 8% reduction in their earn-to-burn ratio. However, this valuation was done earlier in January 2016, before certain category changes were announced. Therefore, this valuation does not consider the impact of those changes.

Three category reductions, new hotels at relatively lower categories, and overall reduction in cash rates for a number of hotels, have made Hilton's earn-to-burn ratio better than before.

Readers - what's your personal valuation for points and miles, if you have one? And do you have any thoughts or comments on the above valuations? We'd love to hear from you!!!