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Old Mar 6, 2019 | 8:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Cledaybuck
All that may be true, but isn't the simpler explanation that hotels prices have gone up, so hotels giving out more points. Stands to reason hotels will cost more points to redeem then. Of course, Hilton's dynamic pricing system naturally does this, to some extent.
has anyone done a calculation over say 10+years the % of the points vs the cash cost (including taxes)
eg 5,000 points earn on 1 evening .That hotel cost say $100 (including taxes)
​Requires 30,000 points to stay in
to see if the % or ratio has changed ?
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