Usually it's the same or slightly more, but you do sometimes (especially for overseas properties) get very decent included benefits that you don't get elsewhere, such as a very late checkout (4pm), breakfast, etc. It is worth checking out, particularly for one-night stays overseas as they come with 1,000 FF points
Need a hotel/apartment near Christmas and the Medina doesn't look too bad in SYD. Plus it's an impressive slew of points. They could have my future booking.
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