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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 10:47 am
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Originally Posted by sch7458
Also it's worth to mention that a lot of properties never offered Points+Money before, mostly either only Points OR only Cash.
Now under new scheme, the cash portion is even eligible for promotion such as 2k/night.
Yeah, because they are getting a fixed amount of cash per point, so it doesn't matter any more. Previously we were usually getting a much better deal than outright redemption or paying (so from Hilton's perspective they were getting a bad deal and so only offered it sporadically).
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