Originally Posted by
sdsearch
I'm not sure which HGI you checked but the HGI Austin North is $119/night "Best Available Rate" (even less Advance Purchase or MVP or AAA if you have that), and since most of the points would be from the promo (but is 7000 points for a Thu-Sat stay or only Fri-Sun?), I don't see 'if yuo're "midrange" mostly why you'd be condiering paying almost double that for the Hilton?
All good points. On this particular trip, I wanted to stay downtown to be within walking distance of places I mean to visit. So I booked the downtown Doubletree hotel with the Any Weekend, Anywhere rate for $149/night, which, admittedly, is not as cheap as the ones you mention, but a good compromise, I think.