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Old Jan 25, 2019, 7:33 pm
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Happy
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Originally Posted by mia
There is an indirect route to Hilton:

10,000 Ultimate Rewards
10,000 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
15,000 Hilton Honors

https://www.virginatlantic.com/us/en...worldwide.html

DISCLAIMER: I am not advocating this, only explaining that it can be done. I think it is poor value,
Very poor value because 10,000 Ultimate Rewards is $100 minimum and then $125 or $150 depending on which card you own.
15,000 Hilton Honors is <$75 as in 90% of the time HH pts are valued at $0.0046 per Hilton's revenue based redemption system.

The only time UR pts to Hotels would make some sense is to Hyatt - even that is only marginally better than breakeven in many scenarios. Unless one has status and value the stay credit / benefits, it often is better to book thru UR portal with the UR pts instead.
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