Hilton HHonors - Observations of Hilton increased award structure

An observation of these boards has my perverse mind thinking that the increase in points for the hotel awards in particular the GLON/ALON/TEEN may turn out to be a more astute marketing ploy than it appeared at first..

A) Seeing the amount of awards being redeemed if the listing on another thread is any sort of sample Hilton is getting a lot of points off the books to be used as awards in a period where hotel occupancy is down with no real upturn in sight. I expect most of these will used in Europe or Hawaii were business is reported to be down some 30%

B) I anticipate some members being forced to stay at properties which were not their first choices but having to do so before their awards expire in June 2004. I predict come next May there will posters on these boards seeking advice as to where they can utilize a soon to expire award because there is no inventory at the HWV or HHV

One final thought and this again is only my personal opinion but that some Ftalkers seem to have a lot of spare time: 4 ALONs = 24 days in (any one or two) hotels in Hawaii is a bit much.

mike

I agree with you!

But I am going to keep my eye open in the FT Coupon Connection in less than a year or in 6 months! I should have VIP03's available for unused GLONs! Now an unused TEEN sounds tasty! ;-)

I disagree with almost everything you've said.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SHADO:
I should have VIP03's available for unused GLONs! Now an unused TEEN sounds tasty!
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HH certs, including GLON/TEEN, etc., are name-specific, and can't be used by someone other than a person in whose name they are issued.

I agree with almost everything you said.

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