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So, in this case, 270,000 Marriott points are approximately equivalent to 100,000 SPG points. With SPG, you get 5,000 more miles, but with Marriott you get a 7 night stay. If we ignore the differences, we can say that we would need 2.7 Marriott points per SPG point in order to break even.
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