Originally Posted by
time_stamp
Landry's has a Hilton resort in Galveston. It's not very luxurious but it's a 50 minute drive for us, perfect for a weekend at the beach. Has a Rainforest Cafe on premises which my kids love.
I have always wanted to go to Galveston because of the history and the historic architecture. Hopefully I can combine it with a trip to Houston (never been there either) or a separate trip on its own. In looking at other chains, I think that I recall that many of them priced quite reasonable be it on points/cash.
Thanks!
Originally Posted by
Eujeanie
Colindad and timestamp...you guys don't have your locations listed so it's hard to tell, literally and figuratively, where people are "coming from"
when they post.
We also stayed at the Hilton Marco Island many years ago and liked it very much. Never stayed at the Marriott so can't compare. Bigger is not always better. We didn't find Marco Island boring because it was a rest break from doing a lot of sightseeing on the west coast of Florida.
I'm in the NYC area (Jersey) and that is why the United Travel Bank has worked so well with me and this card in the past. Thus, the resorts that I have listed are the closest to me when driving.
Glad you liked the Marco Island resort, it sounded like it was the best of the Hilton resorts located on the west coast of FL.
I know you have your issues with the Bentley in Miami, but the reception and the upgrade we received were great.
In addition, the Greek restaurant was a great way to run off the resort credit as we had used some of the many Hilton free night certificates that we had accumulated at that property.
Food is still good there, but the day before we left, they were raising the prices on a number of the happy hour dishes.
Originally Posted by
PHLGovFlyer
Splitting the airline credit up into $50 per quarter means I drop this card like a hot rock. I use 100% of the current airline credit to purchase part of an annual lounge membership with AA. If the credit is split quarterly I'd only be able to use $50 on the membership fee.
That well may be true, but what you lose in lounge membership you will be able to directly apply to AA tix, which heretofore I don't believe you were able to do.
Eujeanie -- I think you are located in PDX, right? I'm not sure what the dominant carrier is there, but I would think that you, too, would be able to apply it directly to airfare.
In addition, let's be honest with ourselves -- although applying it to food at a resort is great, that food is very often very inflated, so you are taking a haircut on that $250 credit in any event. Thus, the reduction from $250 used at a resort -- to $200 perhaps split semi-annually (hopefully) or quarterly is not too much of a reduction. I have always applied it for this item, because the resorts I have frequented have always been in the 80,000 point or 90,000 point range -- with commensurate prices -- and it was better to use my many Covid accumulated certificates that had termination dates, than my own hard earned cash or points.