Originally Posted by
RenHoek
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Live generously with HHonors and enjoy meaningful experiences in more ways you can image by making a donation with your HHonors® points. For every 10,000 points you donate, HHonors will send a US$25 contribution to the charity of your choice. Join us in making a difference.
http://hhonors1.hilton.com/en_US/hh/...tions/index.do
With all respect I make a number of charitable donations anyway (supported by UK gift aid), and can derive far more than $250 worth of value from a 100k points stash so this would just be foolish.
(If Hilton were willing to give to charity the same that they sell the points for in the first place then I might have more sympathy with this suggestion, but otherwise I'm letting them make something like a 75% profit on my donation....)