Originally Posted by
duranza
I am almost 100% sure that no credit card approval letter I have ever received has mentioned the bonus.
Correct me someone if I am wrong , but I have always gotten the bonus even without them mentioning it.
I just received my card and activated it online, this is my 2nd the first I received back in 2013.
I have personally had over 20 of theses HH Visas and every one mentioned the bonus whether it be 40, 50 or 60K in the welcome letter............My family has had over 40 more of this same card.....same deal, approval letter always mentions the bonus.
If you received the card with no mention of the bonus (the bonus letter is not included with the card but rather comes a few days before as an approval letter) I doubt you will get the 75K............this same scenario played out with the AA cards when they went to the 18 month language..........no bonus mentioned = no bonus
Originally Posted by
sdsearch
1 million HH points is still 50 nights at 20k/night hotels. Maybe you need to start looking for HH hotels which don't ask for as many points/night? They're still out there, just not in the most obvious "aspirational" places; that (plus the biggest city centers) is where the devaluation was the biggest.
The so-called devaluation actually reduced the redemption rates in some places far from big cities, though.
I don't have any desire to stay in hotels simply because they are less points. We have our vacations booked through April 2016, after that 1 million points will last about 2 years with no deval as we use about 520K per year via Axon 7 ( 190K) and 5th night free ( 160K).
Even HGI's near my dads house in CT are 30K and the one 20K Hampton is a dump. I use priceline there for a very nice Courtyard at ~$50 a night
I just grabbed a 70K Marriott to start stocking up