Tough crowd here, although it is true that there's a lot of similar threads out there.
Here's my musings on a similar topic:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31183756-post29.html
Originally Posted by
lsquare
Unless I'm mistaken, combine that with a promo, which Hilton seems to have quite frequently, I'll earn more points staying at Hilton than staying at Marriott and using their card to pay for the stay?
You have to compare point earnings in terms of how much value you get per $ spent, not how many points. I may be stating the obvious. But that depends on your point valuation. If you value Hilton pt at 0.6cents and Hyatt pt at 2cents, then it's basically a wash between the two programs since Aspire/Diamond gives you 34pt/$ and Hyatt Chase/Discoverist probably gives you 9.5pt/$. Of course Hilton has promos more often than not, so you might be getting 44pt/$ or sometimes even 54/$. Then again, your valuation might differ a lot from mine. I have IHG card, but it's become a lot less useful card since they now limit the annual free night to <40k properties and IHG just lacks 3.5~4-star full-service hotels (CP doesn't do it for me).