Originally Posted by
Dcislander
Hey all,
For the last few years I've sat on my HH Diamond account as it grew and free night awards have been added. I am now booking a stay for five nights in Mexico.
On revenue the room would be about $600 a night. On points it would be 360,000 (5th night free). I also have 3 free night certs which would be 3 certif+180,000 points.
I'm good at amassing points but bad at figuring out the best value for using them or how to mix with free night certifs. Would love to hear your thoughts on which combo you would use: all points or points and free nights.
Thanks all and safe travels!
360,000 points for a 5 night stay, or 72,000 points per night. Each night is worth about $600 so you would be getting about 0.83 cents per point.
That's worth spending your points for. For me, anything above 0.5 cents per night is worth spending points for, based on how I have found Hilton's variable-pricing algorithm works. Best use of Hilton points from what I have found are when there is a standard room available for a very high cash rate. I would start with the free night certificates and then burn the points, unless you plan on staying at a hotel that is even more expensive where you can burn the free night certificates.