<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Platman:
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For me, since I take about 10 vacations a year, the US is my primary domain.
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No one has given me any excellent US HH properties...
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Just a reminder that this thread is about
rio and
rio's choice between HH and SPG.
rio doesn't mention having status with either HH or SPG and
rio's domain is primarily Europe.
San Diego1K, your points are very good ones. And seeing how we're talking about 100K points, they will go fast at Hilton properties in Europe, with the exception of Scandic or a lucky PointStretcher somewhere.
Rio, I'd suggest you look hard at the particular cities you'd plan to visit and make sure HH and/or Starwood have properties in those locations. In your situation, I think that will really be your first milestone.
In Europe, I've never had trouble redeeming at Hilton for any night I wanted.
--Grog--