I know what you mean about offers through hotels, airlines, etc. and I am very careful with what I redeem (and I also know all about the stipulations as I work in the travel industry). I got my package about 3 months ago, so it was far from last minute. Supposedly it was an offer for platinum members only and it included the tickets, hotel, and the party and shuttle, all for only 350,000 points, which is a lot unfortunately, but I figured U2 is really worth it. I knew I wasn't going to use the hotel, as I'm very picky on hotels and didn't like the one they were using, so I wasted that and I didn't stay for the party as I have a friend in Cleveland, so him and I went out to dinner instead, thus I didn't need the shuttle either. As for how much Holiday Inn paid for the package I have no idea. I tried to speak with them today about it, but they basically washed their hands of it and said it is up to ETS to get the package together, etc. I had spoken with someone at ETS a few weeks ago inquiring about where the seats were at. They couldn't give me a definite answer but they thought section 125, which looked awesome. What I got was 123, all the way over (the furthest from the middle), so I was really cut off from a lot. My friend had tickets and I am so thankful he didn't sell his to go with me, I would have felt pretty bad, as at least he could see the entire stage, where I couldn't. I didn't even realize how much I missed until I watched the Vertigo DVD tonight, so I'm even more bummed now. But there's not much I can do about it, except go to another concert sometime (and at this point I think I'll go anywhere!!!) I'm not putting ETS down, I just wanted everyone to know my experience, all the materials actually came from them, so that's why my complaint is with them, they were the ones being represented. Oh well, there's always next time!