I will agree that hilton points are worth less than they were a year ago but they are not worthless, it depends where and when you are looking to redeem travel. we just returned from 5 nights at hilton waikoloa village over new years, 216k total pts got us 5 nights. the rooms were BAR over 600 each night including taxes and resort fee. we did pretty well, it was not the Maldives but for a great family vacation it worked.