What it cost to book a last minute trip to Jamaica- hint it helps to have points

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Booking a last minute trip to Jamaica 

A work trip of mine got canceled just recently.  Originally I planned to have Kim come meet me for a kid free, long weekend in Californian wine country.   Since the babysitting was already planned for we decided to book something else - a trip to the Caribbean.  Our current points holdings and preference for an adults only, all inclusive resort left us with only a couple options:

1. Hyatt Zilara Cancun
2. Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall Jamaica.  

Hyatt Zilara Cancun was not available to book with points for our planned weekend so that left us with Jamaica.  

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Hotel booking:

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We had roughly 72k Hyatt points so I added a few more thousand via the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal to get us to 75k which covers 3 nights in a double occupancy room.   

Total hotel cost: 75k Hyatt points and $0.  

Flights:

We of course booked southwest flights since we have the companion pass.  Booking this late has its disadvantages, mainly higher flight costs.  I had to fork out 32k points and $286 in fees to book the 2 flights.  Luckily I had a $100 voucher for Southwest resulting from a mechanical delay on a recent Southwest flight.  

Total Flight cost:  32k Southwest points and $186.  

Transportation & Parking:

We park in the cheap airport lot for $7 a day and the Hotel offers a shuttle for $33 round trip per person. 

Total transportation & Parking: $94

Total cost including points:

32k Southwest points, 75k Hyatt points, and $280

Without points this trip would have cost $1200 (flights) $1400 (hotel) $94 (transportation) 

      =$2694!!!