What awards are you booking prior to Jan 15?
Dec 15, 2009, 7:47 am
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Here is an article from Barbara De Lollis that will give you an idea of the category updates. http://bit.ly/6Pgbsx
Andrea (HHonors Representative)
Andrea (HHonors Representative)
Dec 15, 2009, 8:31 am
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Andrea, thank you very much for being part of the Flyertalk community.
It's great to see that Hilton is keeping track of what we discuss here.
Best wishes for you and the whole Loyalty Team at Hilton, for the 2009 Christmas season and the 2010 calendar year!
It's great to see that Hilton is keeping track of what we discuss here.
Best wishes for you and the whole Loyalty Team at Hilton, for the 2009 Christmas season and the 2010 calendar year!
Dec 15, 2009, 8:51 am
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Andrea
Dec 15, 2009, 8:29 pm
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Here is an article from Barbara De Lollis that will give you an idea of the category updates. http://bit.ly/6Pgbsx
Andrea (HHonors Representative)
Andrea (HHonors Representative)
354 hotels are moving up in price (points) and you gave me an article that lists 10. Not much help.
"while it will move 354 others (or 10%) into a pricier category. "
Hotels that will be raised into a pricier point category:
Hilton Orlando 40,000 50,000
Conrad Tokyo 40,000 50,000
Hilton San Diego Resort And Spa 40,000 50,000
Conrad Hong Kong 40,000 50,000
Hilton Times Square 40,000 50,000
Hilton Hawaiian Village 40,000 50,000
Hilton Bentley Miami South Beach 40,000 50,000
Chicago Thewit A Doubletree Hotel 35,000 40,000
Hilton Alexandria Old Town 35,000 40,000
Hilton Los Angeles Checkers 35,000 40,000
Dec 16, 2009, 7:13 am
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Here is an article from Barbara De Lollis that will give you an idea of the category updates. http://bit.ly/6Pgbsx
Andrea (HHonors Representative)
Andrea (HHonors Representative)
"If you have Hilton HHonors points, expect the majority - 2,575, or 74% - of Hilton's 3,476 properties to stay in the same category, HHonors chief Jeffrey Diskin told me in a recent interview. The rest?
Hilton will move 547 properties (or 16% of total) into a cheaper points category, while it will move 354 others (or 10%) into a pricier category. (These changes come on top of the 20% increase in the number of points required for a free night's stay across Hilton's system.) "
Confusing since Mr. Diskin's makes it sound like 74% of the properties will stay in the same category when we know that they will require more points per award stay. Gotta love the marketing lingo these guys are using to make this sound less horrible!!
I really wish HH would stop beating around the bush with this and just post the darn award chart with the corresponding hotel categories already!!!
Last edited by christianj; Dec 16, 2009 at 7:22 am
Dec 16, 2009, 5:55 pm
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I heard a cat 7 is going to be 50K points/night. Unless there is some sort of discount for a 4 night stay the current cat 5 hotels in Florida that I stay at will be Cat 7 come Jan and 200K points for 4 nights.
Today those same hotels are 125K points for 4 nights so that is a HUGE INCREASE !
Today those same hotels are 125K points for 4 nights so that is a HUGE INCREASE !
Dec 17, 2009, 12:16 am
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I think that this article is somewhat misleading and makes the program changes sound less horrible then they actually are. Overall the description is confusing but the most important part of the information IMHO is being lost in the article....the overall close to 20% devaluation...
Confusing since Mr. Diskin's makes it sound like 74% of the properties will stay in the same category when we know that they will require more points per award stay....
Confusing since Mr. Diskin's makes it sound like 74% of the properties will stay in the same category when we know that they will require more points per award stay....
Why can't Hilton just release the list already and stop the speculation? No matter how bad the news is, it's got to be better than not knowing.
Dec 17, 2009, 12:22 am
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I heard a cat 7 is going to be 50K points/night. Unless there is some sort of discount for a 4 night stay the current cat 5 hotels in Florida that I stay at will be Cat 7 come Jan and 200K points for 4 nights.
Today those same hotels are 125K points for 4 nights so that is a HUGE INCREASE !
Today those same hotels are 125K points for 4 nights so that is a HUGE INCREASE !
http://www.hilton.com/en/promotions/..._9-25-2009.pdf
A four night at a Cat 7 will be 170K (not 200K) for those with status.
Dec 17, 2009, 1:09 pm
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Thanks for the input about the other Italian cities, TULOKCICT. Seems like I could probably do a 4 night stay in either if I wanted to, but still might be pushing it for touristy. I'm sill trying to figure where to burn my 600k of points. Before the last devaluation I went to Hawaii, but already have a Hawaii trip planned for next year. Too much Hawaii for one year to go again 
Dec 17, 2009, 6:42 pm
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Yes, there will be discounts for 4, 5, and 6 or more nights (for VIPs):
http://www.hilton.com/en/promotions/..._9-25-2009.pdf
A four night at a Cat 7 will be 170K (not 200K) for those with status.
http://www.hilton.com/en/promotions/..._9-25-2009.pdf
A four night at a Cat 7 will be 170K (not 200K) for those with status.
Thanks, I can just about scrape out 170K a year as I rarely stay at hotels and it'a 99% credit card usage.
I have to work on some 10K referral bonuses, lol
Dec 22, 2009, 11:40 am
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I've booked a GLON507 (175k) for 7 nights at the Imperial Dubrovnik in May.
The HHonours Customer Service Representative I spoke to when I booked it told me that this hotel is moving up to a Cat 7 and that a GLON507 under the new rates for a Cat 7 would be 260k.
Quite a saving.
The HHonours Customer Service Representative I spoke to when I booked it told me that this hotel is moving up to a Cat 7 and that a GLON507 under the new rates for a Cat 7 would be 260k.
Quite a saving.
Dec 22, 2009, 12:07 pm
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I've booked a GLON507 (175k) for 7 nights at the Imperial Dubrovnik in May.
The HHonours Customer Service Representative I spoke to when I booked it told me that this hotel is moving up to a Cat 7 and that a GLON507 under the new rates for a Cat 7 would be 260k.
Quite a saving.
The HHonours Customer Service Representative I spoke to when I booked it told me that this hotel is moving up to a Cat 7 and that a GLON507 under the new rates for a Cat 7 would be 260k.
Quite a saving.
talk about devaluation...
Dec 22, 2009, 12:19 pm
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Yup, that's exactly what I thought.
Never been to Croatia before and the reviews for the hotel are good and it is right by the City walls.
Never been to Croatia before and the reviews for the hotel are good and it is right by the City walls.