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May 9, 2018 | 3:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Deckard

Wow my Hilton point redemption now feels massively devalued! Oh well we get a Diamond discount on HB so it’s not all bad. Wonder if I can get the points back and pay cash

I must admit I gasped somewhat when I saw the rates at the Hilton on the Seychelles - I ended up at the Doubletree and would happily stay there again. However a bit of playing around with part-pay / part Points gave me something like 0.7c per Hilton Point (which is quite good under their revenue system) and minimised the advanced cash payment that seems inevitable.

More information on Seychelles here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...elles-sez.html
It's not cheap!

For the OP, sorry to hear about this, I hope you get another opportunity. Unfortunately there is no way of knowing what happens to the availability, it may become available immediately / a few days, or it may never come back to anyone else. BA have put the two / four seats available as per their offer, and that's as far as the bargain goes.

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