Originally Posted by
yinxzon
2) I think Hilton strategy is better than Marriott.. many award nights cant be done with FNA bc its over 100K at St Regis.. so you need 0.5M points.. then where do you use your FNA, I guess 1-2 nights at some place? In contrast, you have the option to use FNA at Hilton in addition to 0.5M points.
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Also, the $5200 doesn't include the SFO-MLE round-trip tickets, which are about $1K per person in economy. I booked using 99K United miles + $130, but it's a terrible redemption. I should probably cancel and pay cash instead. This is for a round-trip on 11/18-25, but I haven’t been able to find any business class award availability.
I agree with you that Hilton strategy is currently better than Marriott and you can even sometimes book the yacht transfer using points which is a pretty good value for that and really lowers your cash out of pocket.
I would personally not redeem 99k UA miles +$130 for a ticket that is $1k in cash. That's less than 1 cpp redemption. It makes me sense to me to pay the cash and earn miles and PQPs for flying if you can't find award flights in J.
Originally Posted by
ben1233
Mine originally said it would expire 9/30, but on 9/30 it changed to 11/11. First time I’ve ever seen that happen. You might double check yours in case you haven’t already?
I noticed the same as well and was pretty surprised as I don't think I've ever seen that happen before to any offer.