Originally Posted by
Smart Shopper
For those members who like to evaluate the value of
PC PointBreaks. (5K PC points/night).
And again I will point out they at least have hotels listed (by my count WELL over 20) vs nothing for PS.
Originally Posted by
KathyWdrf
Even the ones that purport to be in major cities really (in general) are not! And when the really juicy listings show up (such as in central Paris) they disappear quickly. To demonstrate, PARIS - VAL DE BIÈVRE (a current listing) is NOT in the center of Paris, and NOT even in the inner suburbs. It's in a small town, Jouy-en-Josas, that is quite distant from central Paris. So if you don't read the listings carefully, and judge only by the fact that there are, as you say, "LOTS of hotels," you are ignoring the fact that they are, mostly, hotels in locations that most people don't want to visit. That is precisely why they are on the list in the first place! If you happen to score one that is where (and when) you want to stay, great. But it's not something you can count on. Anyhow, I've looked at those listings frequently, on every single continent, and there is almost never anything that I find worth booking. (Again, if PC would put rules in place that would reduce or eliminate the "speculative" bookings, that would certainly help the most desirable listings remain available longer.)
Fair enough. I do concede that YMMV wildly with PB and that in your experience it hasn't worked well for you. But in my experience (maybe mine is rare) as a Plat with PC (only the last 12 mo) I've booked 7 or so PB nights at a variety of properties in Canada, Denver, Frankfurt, and somewhere else I can't remember right now and they haven't been too far "out there."
OTOH, my PS experience with close to 6 years as an elite constitutes 2 PS days, that's it.
As for the current list being in hotels no one wants, again I can see your point. My point is that it has served me well and I've been very pleased with my PC experience.
Certainly HH has its value for me, hence I'm still around, still requal for Diamond, etc. But I'm just pointing out in comparison to another company (eg PC), I've seen the grass pretty green on that side, hence my slow shift away from Hilton.