Originally Posted by
joecool1885
Well, that's what I would've thought about St. Regis. Would've thought a base room would be 35K a night (as it was for a very short time)... but think they ended up classifying all rooms as suites.
Just consider that Conrad and their rooms are really nice at 95K. So if this is supposedly going to be more upscale- and I get the impression it will be- it'd stand to reason that Hilton may end up doing something similar to what St. Regis did.
Starwood has a bunch of properties where there are no rooms available at Standard award rates....
From the SPG T&C
Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort, Koh Samui, Thailand; The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket, Thailand; Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas, Steamboat Springs, Colorado; The Westin Golf Resort & Spa, Playa Conchal, Costa Rica; The St Regis Bora Bora and the Le Meridien Bora Bora, Bora Bora, French Polynesia; Mystique, Santorini, Santorini, Greece; The St. Regis Bali Resort, Nusa Dua, Indonesia; Hotel Cala di Volpe, Hotel Pitrizza, and Hotel Romazzino, Costa Smeralda, Italy; W Retreat & Spa, North Ari Atoll, Maldives; The St. Regis Vommuli Resort, Vommuli, Maldives; W Retreat, Koh Samui, Thailand; Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai, U.A.E.; St. Regis Residence Club, Aspen, CO; Sunset Key Guest Cottages, A Westin Resort, Key West, FL; and Phoenician Residences, Luxury Collection Residence Club, Scottsdale, AZ.
Hilton currently has zero. It's certainly possible they will start charging more than 95k points for redemptions at any given property at some point in the near future. More likely IMO, they'll just designate a very small number of rooms as "Standard." IHG has done this in Bora Bora.