200,000 points for 1 night?? :eek:
Aug 16, 2017, 10:12 pm
#1
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200,000 points for 1 night?? :eek:
Barcelona Hilton, Monday Sept 11.
No wonder I don't stay at Hilton brands unless I absolutely have to...
(Can I not add an emoji to a title?)
No wonder I don't stay at Hilton brands unless I absolutely have to...
(Can I not add an emoji to a title?)
Aug 16, 2017, 10:20 pm
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There are often special rooms available for astronomical amounts, but you probably skip over them when other rooms are available for the normal rate.
As to your last question, did you not notice "you may choose an icon for your message from the following list"? But it's a different list than the emojies you can put inside a message, and it goes to the left of the message title, not within it.
See, I put a question mark emojii on this reply.
Aug 16, 2017, 10:40 pm
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Standard Room Awards, 1 night stay, flexible dates:
Premium Room Awards, 1 night stay, flexible dates:
Cash Rates (for comparison), 1 night stay, flexible dates:
Aug 17, 2017, 1:53 am
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The city fell to the Spanish on this date in the war of succession.
Events and demonstrations are significant on September 11th as the area continues its quest for independence.
Aug 18, 2017, 2:39 pm
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Yeah, so it's a premium room, and so I don't see why 200,000 points is that much worse than 187,000 points (the premium room rate shown for one nights there). Both are leap and bounds above what I would pay, but they don't seem all that different from each other. The 200,000 points is just a rounder number.
Aug 18, 2017, 2:43 pm
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So however hot September 11th might be in Barcelona, the average Friday seems even hotter!
Aug 18, 2017, 3:31 pm
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But regardless of how busy a Friday is the OP was specifically referring to Monday 11th which happens to be a significant date in the area.
However if the OP is still looking for a standard redemption there is a twin room at 40k available online right now.
Aug 19, 2017, 9:55 am
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I booked a different hotel, but thanks. When I looked, no award nights were available for the 11th. And I did not realize the date was of such significance.
Aug 19, 2017, 12:46 pm
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LOL. Nice try with the history / current affairs lesson. Catalans aiming for independence are going to stay at their own home, not the Hilton...
Barcelona hotels fill up depending on the conferences / trade fairs in town.
https://www.vmworld.com/en/europe/index.html
Cruise ship departures can also result in rooms disappearing fast for the night before/after.
Barcelona hotels fill up depending on the conferences / trade fairs in town.
https://www.vmworld.com/en/europe/index.html
Cruise ship departures can also result in rooms disappearing fast for the night before/after.
Last edited by craigthemif; Aug 19, 2017 at 12:54 pm
Aug 19, 2017, 12:51 pm
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LOL. Nice try with the history lesson. Catalans aiming for independence are going to stay at their own home, not the Hilton...
Barcelona hotels fill up depending on the conferences / trade fairs in town.
https://www.vmworld.com/en/europe/index.html
Barcelona hotels fill up depending on the conferences / trade fairs in town.
https://www.vmworld.com/en/europe/index.html
Last edited by chrism20; Aug 19, 2017 at 1:10 pm