Then I guess I am lucky.
I booked for the HIlton Hawaiian Village for the Party in Paradise in February. Did the reservation (as Gabby noted, always check if there's a room for you before doing any mile transfers! I learned that the hard way in my pre-F-T/Randy days.) I was lucky: getting a decent room (I'm only going to sleep there so I don't care about the view so much.)
But I remember the reservations agent telling me that the Hawaii properties are among the toughest to get award rooms for (as well as Paris, some of the Caribbean island and even to my surprise: NYC!)
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