Originally Posted by
dsquared37
I figured the standard award availability went hand-in-hand with P&M but perhaps that's not a good correlation.
Sorry, but this assumption is incorrect. In general, you will often find standard award availability without P&M awards being offered. Admittedly, I'm not familiar with the exact Hilton policy, but I doubt any hotel is required to offer P&M award option, i.e. busy periods/high season may be blocked from P&M awards (as well as standard awards I would assume)
PS: I find the P&M awards at the DT and Hilton Suk to be of very good value (unless a e.g. 40% off flash sale rate is offered and I'm not going to need to cancel/change)