Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Of the properties at which I have a history of redeeming, most are going up in price. Can't say any of this is going to motivate me to use the Hilton program more...
Nor me. There are a lot devaluations on the list that are opportunistic, driven by the isolation of the property or lack of competition. Hence the HGI in Freeport, Maine, where despite the lack of good alternatives (Hilton or otherwise) you can often book a room for around $100, is a ridiculous Cat 6. The rather ordinary and threadbare Boston Logan Hilton is now an insane Cat 7, same as all those central London properties, simply because it's one of two hotels on the airport grounds.
Originally Posted by
Desert Traveller
Six properties in London move up to Cat 7?! Seasonal adjustment for the Olympics?
I mean, the Hilton Canary Wharf is a decent hotel...but it surely ain't a Cat 7 property...
Hey, if the Logan Hilton can be, so can it.
It really does feel like the program is spiraling off into irrelevance, doesn't it? From 140k points for a random room in Paris to 40k points for a virtual motel room in the wilds of Maine, this whole thing is just a further inducement to use Priceline... which I've been doing with great success in the Washington DC area this spring, scoring fine DT/HGI/Hilton rooms @ $70-$80 per night and forgetting about the HHonors points. I've slept in Hilton properties 20 out of the last 35 nights, only two of them on non-Priceine, points-earning bookings, and with the thousands of dollars I've saved, I can buy any hotel room I want.