Making sense of Hilton reward options [UPDATED June 2013]

[kyunbit]

I don't think it is global, that hotel does not deserve to be a cat3. I believe the hotel can be had for ~$70 per night.

Originally Posted by Colonel Heero

I believe the rule have changed on Cat 3 VIP rewards. At least for Diamond, it is indeed 15% off 25,000 = 21,250.

Can someone also confirm if this is true for Silver and Gold?

For example, a Cat 3 hotel in Chicago for four nights:

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook
Rate details DIA STANDARD RM RWD
Diamond Only Standard points per night VIP discount applies to 4 or more nights LOS restrictions DO NOT apply;Applies to Standard Rooms only Q3FN / GMFN -search by cert # to confirm BARCRW-avl Fri/Sat/Sun only - valid 6 months from issue date BARCRW - search by cert # to confirm NO SHOWS WILL BE CHARGED MINIMUM DAILY RATE


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Room: 1 KING BED NON-SMOKING
DATE Price per night TOTAL (USD)
01 Sep 2011 21,250 points 21,250 points
02 Sep 2011 21,250 points 21,250 points
03 Sep 2011 21,250 points 21,250 points
04 Sep 2011 21,250 points 21,250 points
Room Subtotal: 85,000 points

[bigjimbo99]

Thanks to your posts, I was sufficiently enlightened to be able to book a 4 night AXON stay for fewer points than VIP. Also thanks to the Hilton people who worked it out for me.

[heatherj89]

Thanks!

[show_me_the_points]

Is there some trick to finding category 1 & 2 hotels? I can't seem to find anything under 25k points per night..

[beltway]

Originally Posted by show_me_the_points

Is there some trick to finding category 1 & 2 hotels? I can't seem to find anything under 25k points per night..

Originally Posted by beltway

Each property falls within one of seven reward categories (number 1 through 7, with 7 being the most expensive), except for Waldorf-Astoria hotels, which belong to their own unnumbered category. To determine the reward category for a specific property, see the home page for the individual hotel's website. (For instance, the Washington Hilton website shows, under the "Our Hotel" heading, that this is a category 6 property.) The HHonors website also provides a search tool for identifying properties in a given category within a specified US state or foreign country.

[PETERPNYC]

Originally Posted by dlflyer2

Hilton HHonors Award charts and VIP/AXON/GLON awards seem to mean little or nothing when hotels and resorts can arbitrarily deny standard room awards while selling standard room nights for cash.

There doesn’t seem to be any reason or restriction on hotels offering "PREMIUM ROOM REWARDS" where these hotels are charging 3-5 times the normal points for reward nights.

Hilton HHonors has undergone and continues a massive devaluation with some resorts designating and offering only "premium rewards" at values far higher than the hotel category designation.

+1
I was considering applying for a HH or 2 CC to get 100k HH .
Searched for the Hilton Istanbul and it showed room for 40,000 per night. Clicked on it, and it went to 240,000 per night.
WOW

Thanks for all your work .

But overall HH Seems worthless at first blush .
Sounds like a scam to me

[Marathon Man]

well this is just awesome!
thanks for posting it!

MM

[threedjmay]

I just tried to book, and it wsa 60K points for 6 nights, no extra discount for Gold. Anyone know why?

[beltway]

Originally Posted by threedjmay

I just tried to book, and it wsa 60K points for 6 nights, no extra discount for Gold. Anyone know why?

As noted above re Waldorf-Astoria Rewards, Grand Wailea is 80K (high season). A VIP reward for 6 nights would be 25% off = 60K.

[threedjmay]

Originally Posted by beltway

As noted above re Waldorf-Astoria Rewards, Grand Wailea is 80K (high season). A VIP reward for 6 nights would be 25% off = 60K.

Thanks for the clarification, I was just thinking that they increased the price for 2012.

[sjuhawk_jd]

Highly valuable thread and compilation. Folks at the Timeshare Users Group (TUG), HGVC forum are also talking about and praising this thread.

http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150690

[beltway]

Post #4 updated to reassure readers that concerns raised in a recent thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...ging-axon.html) are not cause for alarm. AXON redemption levels have not changed.

[beltway]

I've updated the Points & Money section (post #6) to reflect some unfortunate changes on the Hilton website. (h/t Ric Garrido)

[beltway]

Premium Room Rewards and Room Upgrade Rewards sections have been updated to reflect revised language on Hilton website. (In sum, these have transitioned from the limited pilot program to widespread availability.)

[divemistressofthedark]

Can we start a list of properties where AXON (and presumably GLON) will no longer apply, since the rooms are all premium designation with (much) higher point redemption levels?