Premium Room Reward only at certain properties - Major Devaluation of HH points
Oct 13, 11, 1:10 pm
#151
Join Date: Aug 2011
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I'm a bit confused about this, particularly with regard to the WA Beach House. I've been saving up points for a stay there for quite a while now, and I just checked the availability in the off-season (summer), and I got a slamming deal. Here's a screenshot for reference:
37.5k at each Maldives location per night. It turns out I could book all 5 nights of my stay right now, and not even have to save any more points. I thought it was going to be 50k per night. Now I'm wondering if this will backfire, and if they'll cancel my reservation if I do book it...
There are some ridiculous redemptions though, up to 1.4m points per night. However, the King Water Villa looks good enough to me, and this rate is crazy low.
37.5k at each Maldives location per night. It turns out I could book all 5 nights of my stay right now, and not even have to save any more points. I thought it was going to be 50k per night. Now I'm wondering if this will backfire, and if they'll cancel my reservation if I do book it...
There are some ridiculous redemptions though, up to 1.4m points per night. However, the King Water Villa looks good enough to me, and this rate is crazy low.
Oct 13, 11, 1:13 pm
#152
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SLC
Programs: HH Gold, PC Plat, CO/UA, WN
Posts: 120
Oct 13, 11, 1:13 pm
#153
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: HNL
Programs: Marriott Gold | Hilton Diamond | Hyatt Plat | UA 1K | HA Plat| Hertz President's circle
Posts: 588
I PM'ed Gary Leff and Ric Garrido last night to make sure they were aware of this development. They're now on the case:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...st-properties/
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyalt...ilton-resorts/
Mommy Points has also picked up on this. The more pressure, the better:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/mommyp...ion-happening/
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...st-properties/
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyalt...ilton-resorts/
Mommy Points has also picked up on this. The more pressure, the better:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/mommyp...ion-happening/
I wrote about this back in Aug.. Sounds like it is now is just getting worse!!!
http://upgrd.com/blogs/damian/really...t-screwed.html
Oct 13, 11, 1:19 pm
#154
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: 10^7 mm from Ȱ
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Oct 13, 11, 1:20 pm
#155
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 7,765
Oct 13, 11, 1:21 pm
#156
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Nashville, TN - BNA
Programs: Hilton Gold, WN RR
Posts: 1,818
From Hoovers.com - names to use on letters to Hilton Worldwide, Inc.:
President and CEO Christopher Nassetta
Executive Director Leo Simonetta
7930 Jones Branch Dr., Ste. 1100
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 703-883-1000
You know, there are some not-bad Comfort Inn & Best Western properties in those areas, though I'll probably stick with Marriott personally.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...ve-thread.html
I sent a heads-up to ThePointsGuy.com on the devaluation. Keep it comin' folks!
President and CEO Christopher Nassetta
Executive Director Leo Simonetta
7930 Jones Branch Dr., Ste. 1100
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 703-883-1000
I see a lot of people bolting for SPG, but that won't work for me. For those of us who have to travel to some really out of the way places (say, for instance, Junction City, KS), what chain are you going to? Marriott? PriorityClub?
What is GLON? I've done some searching, and the only thing I can find is that it's similar to a "VIP rate".
I sent a heads-up to ThePointsGuy.com on the devaluation. Keep it comin' folks!
Oct 13, 11, 1:23 pm
#157
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: HNL
Programs: Marriott Gold | Hilton Diamond | Hyatt Plat | UA 1K | HA Plat| Hertz President's circle
Posts: 588
Contact us...
Hilton Worldwide is very nice to provide a lot of email address here, I think we should all ask why they are doing this and screwing us.. BTW everyone at Hilton is first.last @ Hilton.com
http://www.hiltonworldwide.com/contact-us/
http://www.hiltonworldwide.com/contact-us/
Oct 13, 11, 1:27 pm
#159
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: So Cal
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I PM'ed Gary Leff and Ric Garrido last night to make sure they were aware of this development. They're now on the case:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...st-properties/
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyalt...ilton-resorts/
Mommy Points has also picked up on this. The more pressure, the better:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/mommyp...ion-happening/
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...st-properties/
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyalt...ilton-resorts/
Mommy Points has also picked up on this. The more pressure, the better:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/mommyp...ion-happening/
So how long before Hilton cancels my account?
Oct 13, 11, 1:45 pm
#160
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Benicia, California, USA
Programs: AA PLT,AS,UA PP,J6,FB,EY,LH,SQ,HH Dmd,Hyatt Glbl,Marriott Plat,IHG Plat,Accor Gold
Posts: 10,766
Cancel or reduce use of HH-affliated credit cards?
Might another leverage point with HH be to inform Amex and Citi if folks are canceling or reducing use of their HH-affiliated cards due to these changes? I believe HH has a big revenue stream from selling points to those other companies.
Oct 13, 11, 1:48 pm
#161
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 6
My story is very similar to those that others have already posted. I'm getting married next September, and have been planning my honeymoon in French Polynesia for months.
My fiancee and I have been doing long distance for the last year, and we've said all along that the only good thing about being apart has been that we've racked up lots of frequent flyer miles for the honeymoon. We both have enough SkyMiles to get us to Tahiti in business class, and have just been waiting for the 330 day mark to book.
In the meantime, I switched all of our points earning to HHonors in June. I opened both of the Citi AA 75k cards as well as the regular Hilton Amex, with the plan of transferring the AA miles to HHonors. I completed the minimum spend back in August, and would have had all of the points and been able to book the hotels, except that for two months in a row Citi messed up my statement, so I didn't get the bonus miles until October 5th. Needless to say, it now turns out that was too late.
I'm extremely frustrated and disappointed by all of this. I now have over 300,000 HHonors points that are close to worthless, and no idea what I'm going to do for my honeymoon. When I first saw that there were issues with the Hiltons in Bora Bora and Moorea, I told my fiancee that we'd have to come up with Plan B, so we started researching Maldives, Seychelles, or other similar destinations. But now it looks like Plan B isn't even an option either!
My fiancee and I have been doing long distance for the last year, and we've said all along that the only good thing about being apart has been that we've racked up lots of frequent flyer miles for the honeymoon. We both have enough SkyMiles to get us to Tahiti in business class, and have just been waiting for the 330 day mark to book.
In the meantime, I switched all of our points earning to HHonors in June. I opened both of the Citi AA 75k cards as well as the regular Hilton Amex, with the plan of transferring the AA miles to HHonors. I completed the minimum spend back in August, and would have had all of the points and been able to book the hotels, except that for two months in a row Citi messed up my statement, so I didn't get the bonus miles until October 5th. Needless to say, it now turns out that was too late.
I'm extremely frustrated and disappointed by all of this. I now have over 300,000 HHonors points that are close to worthless, and no idea what I'm going to do for my honeymoon. When I first saw that there were issues with the Hiltons in Bora Bora and Moorea, I told my fiancee that we'd have to come up with Plan B, so we started researching Maldives, Seychelles, or other similar destinations. But now it looks like Plan B isn't even an option either!
Oct 13, 11, 1:50 pm
#163
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 480
My story is very similar to those that others have already posted. I'm getting married next September, and have been planning my honeymoon in French Polynesia for months.
My fiancee and I have been doing long distance for the last year, and we've said all along that the only good thing about being apart has been that we've racked up lots of frequent flyer miles for the honeymoon. We both have enough SkyMiles to get us to Tahiti in business class, and have just been waiting for the 330 day mark to book.
In the meantime, I switched all of our points earning to HHonors in June. I opened both of the Citi AA 75k cards as well as the regular Hilton Amex, with the plan of transferring the AA miles to HHonors. I completed the minimum spend back in August, and would have had all of the points and been able to book the hotels, except that for two months in a row Citi messed up my statement, so I didn't get the bonus miles until October 5th. Needless to say, it now turns out that was too late.
I'm extremely frustrated and disappointed by all of this. I now have over 300,000 HHonors points that are close to worthless, and no idea what I'm going to do for my honeymoon. When I first saw that there were issues with the Hiltons in Bora Bora and Moorea, I told my fiancee that we'd have to come up with Plan B, so we started researching Maldives, Seychelles, or other similar destinations. But now it looks like Plan B isn't even an option either!
My fiancee and I have been doing long distance for the last year, and we've said all along that the only good thing about being apart has been that we've racked up lots of frequent flyer miles for the honeymoon. We both have enough SkyMiles to get us to Tahiti in business class, and have just been waiting for the 330 day mark to book.
In the meantime, I switched all of our points earning to HHonors in June. I opened both of the Citi AA 75k cards as well as the regular Hilton Amex, with the plan of transferring the AA miles to HHonors. I completed the minimum spend back in August, and would have had all of the points and been able to book the hotels, except that for two months in a row Citi messed up my statement, so I didn't get the bonus miles until October 5th. Needless to say, it now turns out that was too late.
I'm extremely frustrated and disappointed by all of this. I now have over 300,000 HHonors points that are close to worthless, and no idea what I'm going to do for my honeymoon. When I first saw that there were issues with the Hiltons in Bora Bora and Moorea, I told my fiancee that we'd have to come up with Plan B, so we started researching Maldives, Seychelles, or other similar destinations. But now it looks like Plan B isn't even an option either!
Plan C: Boycott hilton for the rest of your life? (If they don't resolve this soon).
Oct 13, 11, 1:51 pm
#164
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 480
I think all award booking is down (correct me if I'm wrong). Hopefully they're fixing all of this. Wishful thinking..
Oct 13, 11, 2:03 pm
#165
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: BOS
Programs: DL PM, HH DM, MR Gold, SPG Gold, Amtrak SP
Posts: 158
I've written to HHonors as well about the devaluation asking for clarification. If I get anything in response I'll post it.
