BigTravelSmallMoney

I'm planning on a stay with the Hilton Tokyo (50k points per night) for 7 nights (checking in on Mon, checking out following Mon) using points, 2 free weekend nights certificate from the Reserve card, and 5th night free. Could someone please check my math and let me know if the following is correct:

50,000 x 7 = 350,000 total points needed
350,000 / 7 = 50,000 <-- worth of the 5th night free
350,000 - 50,000 (5th night free) - $100,000 (50k x 2 free weekend nights certificate) = 200,000 points needed

beltway

Your calculations are a bit odd — really, the points portion is just 5 nights, 4x50K + 5th night free — but the bottom line is correct, assuming your weekend certs cover Sunday nights.

fozziedoggie

You will probably need to make two separate reservations, one for the weekend nights using the Citi award, and one reservation with points for the fifth night free. ^

mrkdips

Hi there

Am heading to Beijing in China and currently looking at hotels. The best option for my budget is an advanced purchase rate with breakfast included. My question is around the rate details. It doesn't mention that you get points but I notice on other option it does e.g. "Changeable rate and receive full points"

Can you help me out as I just need one more stay to retain silver in 2016 so want to make sure that I get the points

Thanks in advance guys

beltway

First off, note that this thread is for discussion of award redemptions, which your question doesn't appear to involve.

That said,

tinom2

I am going to book reward travel for the first time in years and want to make sure I'm not wasting any points or making any mistakes.

Where I want to stay: Conrad Rangali Island
Type of accomodation: Overwater Villa with 2 beds or 2 bedrooms.
Dates (not flexible): April 19 thru 24, 2016 (5 nights)

Here are my stats:
- Diamond Member for 2015 and 2016
- 2,841,032 points
- AMEX HHonors Surpass Card

Now, how can I utilize my Diamond Status, my close to 3 million points and a Surpass card to get the best villa, while best maximizing my points? Any and all tips appreciated.

Many thanks!
Tino

sam_goh

Curious to see how you can use those points there too

stevehuff

Do the AXON rewards still exist? I seldom hear or receive any info about them.

beltway

Yes, but they are no longer the best option in every case.

kgkg

I thought in the high season case and you only need 4 nights, Axon is still a good choice.

Is the no-fee Amex Hilton card eligible for Axon? Thanks!

beltway

Please see this post earlier in this thread.

kgkg

Thanks!

Charbito

Right now I have a zero balance in my hhonors account. I plan to transfer some Citi TYPs over to book soon. When I check the hotel not logged into my account, it shows the hotel available on points, when I log in, the availability goes away. From my understanding its because I dont have the required points in my account.

Just to be certain, if I see the hotel available for awards when I'm logged out, does that mean if I had enough points in my account, i would be able to book it.

There isn't a scenario where If I had enough points in my account and the award showed without being signed in, that it would disappear and be unavailable if I did sign in. Correct? I just dont want to transfer thousands of points and not have an immediate use for them.

lotrbfme

Correct, If you are logged out and the hotel have space it means that it has space. When you log in and the space dissapears its because you dont have enough points in your account.^

Charbito

Thank you very much!