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Long weekend on points: Miami + South Beach (3 nights)

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Things change. Miami fees, hours and promotions shift, and some official pages we opened this week disagreed with themselves. Every stamped fact shows the date we opened the page. Anything unstamped is either general guidance or flagged for you to verify.

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One-line promise: three nights in Miami and South Beach where points pay for the bed and you know, before you redeem, which fees the hotel will still charge.
Trip length: 3 nights, 4 days.
Best months: check the hurricane-season dates in chapter 3's weather note and chapter 5; the official season runs June 1 to November 30 (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Budget band: low cash outlay if the points cover the room; the cash that remains is fees, parking, food and two paid attractions. Fill in the cost sheet in chapter 8.
Best for: travelers with a hotel-points balance who want a beach weekend and a few museums or wild places without paying a bed rate.
Base guide: our base guide /guides/miami/ covers the general city, neighborhoods and the standard itinerary. This guide covers only what changes for a three-night points trip.

At a glance

Resort or destination fees and parking charges are a category of cost that points often do not cover. Look at the property page for the amount and what it includes.
Metrorail is $2.25 per trip and runs 5 a.m. to midnight (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Miami Beach on-street meters run from $1.00 to $4.00 per hour depending on zone (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Everglades: $35 per vehicle or $20 per person on foot or bicycle, valid 7 days (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Vizcaya is closed Tuesdays; PAMM is closed Tuesday and Wednesday per its page (stamped in chapter 1); check both before you commit a day.
Hotel-chain presence: check the chain's map. We could not open any chain map this week.