Originally Posted by
brasov02
I always transfer them into Priority Club points. $100 for 4,000 points doesn't sound quite as good as 7,000 hilton points but when you consider PC's 5,000-point PointBreak opportunities, those 4,000 points could potentially be just 1,000 points away from a night in an Intercontinental. Hilton can't compete with that. Of course everyone has their own immediate or personal needs but as far as a straight conversion value I think Priority Club's PointBreak nights can give you about the best actual $-value from your e-rewards dollars.
Sure, the Pointbreaks 5,000-point redemption deals are a wonderful value, IF you can use them! They tend to be offered as a way to drum up business in less-visited and/or off-season locations, and, though I've been looking at them regularly over the past few years, I have NEVER yet found a Pointbreaks deal that I would be able to use! So I wouldn't base my e-rewards redemptions on the assumption that I would get a Pointbreaks deal.
Besides all that, you can easily PURCHASE 5,000 PC points for a mere $30 cash (as part of a points and cash redemption/reservation, which you can then cancel and retain the points).* When you consider how VERY easy and VERY cheap it is to get those PC points by other means, maybe the redemption of $100 in e-rewards currency for only 4,000 of them (not even 5,000!) doesn't seem quite so attractive after all. @:-)
* OK, now you have to pay $60 cash for 10,000 points, or else $40 for 5,000 points.