Originally Posted by
deant
Two points you must remember in this situation:
1. It appears that for at least Moorea and Bora Bora, there are NO "standard" rooms available at ANY time. Impossible to believe they have sold out of "standard" rooms. SPG at least requires some "standard" rooms to be sold.
2. The SPG "premium" room only requires a relatively small increase in points. For Hilton, to go from a standard room to a "standard room plus" requires double or triple the number of points. To go to an "executive" room may require 3 to 5 times the normal rate.
I fully understand and agree with the SPG approach. The Hilton approach where a hotel can ELIMINATE all standard rooms in order to charge 3-4 times the "standard" is insane.
The Hilton Bora Bora on previous stays had the Twin Lagoon view and King Lagoon View on the exact same rate. Now, they have categorized the Twin LVS as the "standard" redemption room and the King LVS as a "premium" redemption room. They have further degraded redemption possibilities by not having any Twin LVS availability for the next 2 years!
Why doesn't HHonors call "Points for Upgrades" exactly what it really is? Another giant devaluation of HHonors points!