Originally Posted by seat 50J
Anybody redeem 85,000 Hilton points for a WN trip? If so, how do you do it. Do you get a certificate and pray that you can redeem it within a year. With WN you don't have to pray too hard, but for other airlines you do. Or can you get a reservation at the same time you redeem the award.
I want to redeem an airline award from Hilton soon.
Previous discussion indicated that they just deposit 16 credits into your account (and 100 for the CP, which would mean that you get 6+ round trips). If that's the case, you'd get a reward letter like normal from Southwest directly and booking (and expiration date) would be like any other RR ticket.
I've never done it and would be interested in first-hand experiences (both confirmation that this is how it works and timing for how long it takes Hilton to get the points to Southwest)