Dear Kira,

Incredible story!! Good going for you! I was not aware that this "sale" was also listed on Hilton's own website. This certainly is not a case of you getting something for nothing, as one's inclination might have suggested, nor is it apparently an isolated mistake by the hotel property.

My original assumption of not going blithely down to the hotel in Mexico and trying to pull the stunt of getting the $0 rate appears to have been good advice from what you tell me of this hotel's shenanigans in the past.

It is a wonder to me, that Hilton has not pulled this franchisee's license, though. It would seem that this property is much more trouble than it is worth! Moreover, it is unclear which company, USA Hilton or Hilton Int'l actually signed the franchise agreement with this joker. It may be that it was Hilton Int'l but that USA Hilton has to pick up the pieces on this, as many of those whom were disgruntled in the past, may have been "Norte Americanos".

As I had indicated in my post in the United forum, if one acts reasonably, and is not a "pig" about the problem, one may actually get a good deal from it all.

In summation, all I can say is "YOU GO GIRL!!"

[This message has been edited by DOC 2 BE (edited 03-21-2001).]