Originally Posted by
PHLGovFlyer
It's fairly easy to find redemption values greater than 0.6 cpp with Hilton when you stay at higher end properties. A quick check of the Casa Marina for Oct 26 to 31 shows the cheapest room all in at $2431 for 5 nights (this is a fairly typical price for the property - not out of the ordinary). You can also have that room for 360,000 points for a value of 0.68 cpp.
Additional problem is many people are miscalculating.
Case in
point: Your incorrect example.
$2431 = 5 nights and 44points/ $. (14aspire+20base+quarterly 10)
$2431 = 5 nights and ~101200 points.
$2431 - 101200 points = 5 nights.
5 nights = 360,000 points.
$2431 - 101200 = 360000 points.
461200 points = $2431.
1 point = $0.00527.
Your example is NOT actually anywhere near 6.8cpp. It's under 5.3cpp.
And this is using an example at an expensive place many would never stay on cash, using a perfect multiple of 5 nights. All of the "best case scenario" attributes.
There are also still a few properties with lower caps that haven't blocked out standard rewards 365 days of the year yet than can be better values at peak occupancy/ cash rates like Kruxed example. There are some that block out points reservations for standard rooms at standard award rates all the time, despite this supposedly being against policy.