Originally Posted by
Kacee
It's not that hard to find redemptions at .4 cpp or higher. IMO it's a waste of points redeeming lower than that.
It's actually hard to find better than 0.4 cash value if you discount the point redemption value appropriately.
if it costs $100 cash or 20k points, that is NOT 0.5 cents / pt value. If you paid cash you would earn ~$20 in points. That makes the $100 vs 20k points work out to only 0.4 cents.
The other challenge is to compare with best rate, be that MVP/AAA/etc not with BAR that Hilton uses for the dynamic valuations.
Sure, there are exceptions (fewer every day), primarily at the most expensive properties that still have a point cap and haven't artificially disallowed "standard rewards". In my limited travel, I've even seen regular Hampton inn or Hilton garden inn where standard award are available but no point redemption options. Phoning in, they offer to book with points but price them out way above the normal "cap".