You can use miles any way you want to get $1 for 100 miles. But with travel you can get much better than that. Up to $3 per 100 miles. The 2 to 1 perk is useless unless you buy full fare tickets which barely no one does for personal purposes.

Yes many hotels will offer free breakfast, but far from all of them...

Avis President status also come with Platinum if I remember well.