Originally Posted by
Efrem
But keep in mind that all points are not created equal. There is no universal standard for what a hotel "point" ought to be. Hilton points, in terms of what you can get for them either in hotel stays or conversion to airline miles, are worth about a third of Starwood points.
Starwood is the outlier here. Hilton, Marriott, IHG, Club Carlson, Choice, and Best Western, they're all "calibrated" similarly at 10 points earned (at least many brands) per dollar spent on hotel stays (not counting any credit card or elite status), while SPG only earns 2 points per dollar. (Hyatt is the only other one that's similarly "calibrated".) So both earning and redemption at Starwood are completely differently "calibrated" than most other hotel programs.
But the OP already belongs to both Hilton and Starwood, so presumably knows the difference.