Originally Posted by Boraxo
Great deal as it would cost far more than $44 to fly 5000 BIS miles, even on a cheap transcon (and you would have to be elite to get 2x miles).
But I would rather convert the 10K Amtrak points into 20K HHonors points
That's my plan. I checked out actual hotel costs vs using 20000 miles for a hotel night and the savings is a minimum of $40 after subtracting the cost of Earthlink. Sounds good to me. ^
Update: I checked Priceline and I can actually get a better class of hotel for less than the 20000 iles Hilton would need. I think I'll pass on this but it could definitely work for others. Thanks again OP!