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pmarrsouth you are missing my point. This thread has nothing to do with the points promo. It's about booking cash vs points for your hotel, your dates.
You titled this thread "promo - get 100% more points free" yet your entire analysis is based on one hotel, one set of dates, so you have made this thread about Hilton Tokyo for you, it's not about the promo. There are lots of ways to get more points into your Hilton account (credit cards, airline miles transfers, etc.), if you find a good Hilton point redemption then go ahead and get those Hilton points and book with points, but having a new thread every time someone considers such a points redemption does not seem all that useful to me. I guess I was misled by what was going to be the content of this thread - anyway, it's just my opinion so I will let others participate instead.