Mar 1, 2015, 7:45 pm
Last edit by: beltway
For ease of navigation, the Hilton Rewards FAQ is distributed across posts 1-10 in this thread. This wiki does not duplicate that content; instead, it provides an index to the various sections of the FAQ.
- Introduction
- An overview of the Hilton chain and the HHonors program
- Standard room rewards
- "Fifth Night Free" benefit for elites
- Replaces the earlier VIP/GLON awards
- AXON awards (permanently discontinued after Feb. 15, 2017)
- Points & Money rewards
- Premium room rewards
- Room upgrade rewards
- Hilton Grand Vacations rewards (timeshare resorts)
- All-inclusive resorts
- Packages
- Getting the best value out of your points redemptions
Making sense of Hilton reward options [UPDATED January 2017]
Oct 12, 2011, 11:20 am
#46
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Last edited by beltway; Oct 12, 2011 at 11:26 am
Oct 15, 2011, 3:21 pm
#47
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Great thread and observation about prem rooms and std awards
Beltway,
Thanks for starting and maintaining this extremely informative thread, not to mention all your hard work to keep people informed about the Grand Slam.
Observation about premium room award bookings:
This is probably a dumb question, but I haven't been following the premium award situation too closely. Are there supposed to be premium room category awards available at a given hotel for the same or less points than the standard award at the same hotel?
I found one hotel that had premium rooms for the same number of points as standard rooms, and another where the premium rooms were available for booking at less than the standard rate today (Both are properties in Asia; I'll PM details if anyone wants to know).
Thanks for starting and maintaining this extremely informative thread, not to mention all your hard work to keep people informed about the Grand Slam.
Observation about premium room award bookings:
This is probably a dumb question, but I haven't been following the premium award situation too closely. Are there supposed to be premium room category awards available at a given hotel for the same or less points than the standard award at the same hotel?
I found one hotel that had premium rooms for the same number of points as standard rooms, and another where the premium rooms were available for booking at less than the standard rate today (Both are properties in Asia; I'll PM details if anyone wants to know).
Oct 15, 2011, 4:10 pm
#48
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This is probably a dumb question, but I haven't been following the premium award situation too closely. Are there supposed to be premium room category awards available at a given hotel for the same or less points than the standard award at the same hotel?
I found one hotel that had premium rooms for the same number of points as standard rooms, and another where the premium rooms were available for booking at less than the standard rate today (Both are properties in Asia; I'll PM details if anyone wants to know).
I found one hotel that had premium rooms for the same number of points as standard rooms, and another where the premium rooms were available for booking at less than the standard rate today (Both are properties in Asia; I'll PM details if anyone wants to know).
Thanks for the attaboy; much appreciated.
Nov 8, 2011, 3:06 pm
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I've updated post #12 on all-inclusive resort rewards to reflect additional info -- basically, the expansion in Egypt (from 2 to 5 properties) and the addition of two Turkish resorts. Alas, Hilton has now removed the award chart, showing actual point costs, that was once on their website.
Nov 11, 2011, 7:46 am
#51
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Thank you.
This post is great. I signed up for Hilton AMEX, earned a lot of bonus points then saved a lot of points on redemption using AXON7 booking. I wouldn't have known without this post. Thank you.
Nov 24, 2011, 6:01 am
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We've had several weeks to digest the implications of the Premium Room Rewards debacle, and to see reports of specific properties imposing what amounts to capacity controls on standard room rewards. Accordingly, I've updated post #1 and the separate posts on VIP/GLON, AXON, and Premium Room rewards to note the implications and direct readers to the past & current discussion threads.
Dec 3, 2011, 2:57 pm
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Another reason is to upgrade to a suite with points since Diamonds don't automatically get upgraded to suites.
Dec 5, 2011, 8:41 pm
#55
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If I got a great points or $$ offer for a suite upgrade, I would take it!
Dec 5, 2011, 9:01 pm
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Dec 5, 2011, 10:16 pm
#57
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I've been offered suite upgrades for points several times. It's not consistent but it definitely happens. Never taken advantage of it as it's always been for one night, usually when I'm there just long enough to sleep and shower.
Dec 21, 2011, 7:32 am
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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
http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150690
Thanks for the info. I own HGVC and don't have the CC yet but get the mailers every month. Maybe I need to hang out here more.
