Originally Posted by
serpens
It's good to know about that statement credit. I had just assumed there would be no retention incentive because the card worth the annual fee even for a low spender like me. I'll ask next year (and probably find out that there is no retention incentive because I'm a low spender).
UR points are worth more than Honors points, but perhaps not 4 times as much. The fifth night free on points stays at Hilton properties is an advantage, if one stays for five consecutive nights on points.
Just depends. For instance just looked at a 7 night stay at the Arizona Biltmore later this month. 198,000 Hilton points vs $125 per night or $875. So that 17K in spend at Hilton on Surpass pays for the entire stay where on MR it would not.
Now that is off season in AZ and not spring break.
However, I have reached out to hotels direct in the past, for instance Grand Wailea and gotten point reduced for award during peak season, Xmas and New Years. Getting harder though