I redeemed for 7,000 Hilton points on Dec. 18, and they landed in my Hilton account last night. I, too, was a little reluctant to redeem while transferring was messed up, but I can only redeem every other month and accumulate far more than $125 during that time. I didn't want to miss the timing since Hilton is my preference for rewards. I miss that period when there was no time frame attached to redemptions, and I redeemed every 3-4 weeks.