Premium Room Reward only at certain properties - Major Devaluation of HH points
Jan 19, 2012, 6:28 pm
#811
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Changes in "Premium Rooms" at Hilton Waikoloa
Back in December I booked 3 nights at the Hilton Waikoloa (for a June 2012 stay). Rate was 50K for standard room. Saw some of the "premium rooms" at redemption rates not worth messing with..
Decided to take a look at the cost of rooms yesterday in case we have family join us. And when I did I saw they had dropped the pricing of "premium rewards". Partial ocean view is 44.5K and ocean view is 48K. So I went ahead and changed my reservation to a partial ocean view and we were refunded the difference in points immediately. In addition, we are registered for the 30% back promotion for premium rooms. So our final price for the room will be about 31K after we get the points back.
Glad I checked it! Otherwise I would have been charged the 50K a night and nobody would have said a thing!!
Decided to take a look at the cost of rooms yesterday in case we have family join us. And when I did I saw they had dropped the pricing of "premium rewards". Partial ocean view is 44.5K and ocean view is 48K. So I went ahead and changed my reservation to a partial ocean view and we were refunded the difference in points immediately. In addition, we are registered for the 30% back promotion for premium rooms. So our final price for the room will be about 31K after we get the points back.
Glad I checked it! Otherwise I would have been charged the 50K a night and nobody would have said a thing!!
Jan 20, 2012, 2:39 am
#812
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Jan 20, 2012, 5:40 am
#813
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Hilton 30% points back promo
https://hiltonhhonors.com/RewardsPro...s.aspx?Lang=EN
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Jan 20, 2012, 5:54 am
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https://hiltonhhonors.com/RewardsPro...s.aspx?Lang=EN
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Jan 20, 2012, 10:53 am
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https://hiltonhhonors.com/RewardsPro...s.aspx?Lang=EN
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Then its a wild new world of premium awards where you'll never know how many points you will need for your room and hotels will have 100% control.
Aspirational awards my foot.
Jan 20, 2012, 1:28 pm
#816
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Upon reading this thread today, I realized that with the promo, I could book the week I really wanted at the Arc de Triomphe property instead of the one I was settling for. After my points are refunded, it will cost about 21K more points for the week, but I can live with that. The main drawback is that the promo will tie up points that would have been used toward another booking early next year. I guess I'll have to live with those consquences too.
Jan 20, 2012, 2:49 pm
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for some reason searches for award availability are coming up with zero results for me since this morning....every single property i search has no rooms available for redemption....anyone else having this problem????
Jan 21, 2012, 2:55 am
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Jan 22, 2012, 12:05 am
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https://hiltonhhonors.com/RewardsPro...s.aspx?Lang=EN
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Here is the promo! Must sign up by end of January!!!
Jan 22, 2012, 7:39 am
#822
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About 3-weeks ago I spent 38,000 points for one night in a corner suite at the Hampton Inn and Suites near Michigan Ave in Chicago for 2/4/12. last night I just appened to check the reservation and went in to see if the point cost was still the same. To my surprise a "premium night" had opened up for the same room, but at only 28,142 points, thus saving me almost 10,000 points. Had I not just randomly checked, I never would have saved the points. Don't get me wrong, I was thrilled to save the points, but frustrated that I have to police the site to ensure lower premium awards haven't opened up. The standard rom was still 38,000, but the premium room night was 28,142. I'm confused.
Jan 22, 2012, 10:03 am
#824
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That is what happened with me at the Hilton Waikoloa....booked in December for a June stay....then they rolled out premium awards at lower rates than the standard award. Had I not checked I would have paid the standard rate and missed out on the promo they are having with points back for premium rooms.
I think this is something that is determined by each hotel. I also went over and checked the Hilton Hawaiian Village for the same time frame and they did not offer any premium rooms for less than the standard rate.
I did go directly to the Hilton Waikoloa website and there is a section for Hilton Honors members that details benefits on property. In the text of awards for the hotel the website mentions that there may be premium rooms available for less than the standard rate....
I think there were some changes made after Jan 1st and I highly recommend anyone who made award reservations to go back and check to see if there are better premium award rooms....
I think this is something that is determined by each hotel. I also went over and checked the Hilton Hawaiian Village for the same time frame and they did not offer any premium rooms for less than the standard rate.
I did go directly to the Hilton Waikoloa website and there is a section for Hilton Honors members that details benefits on property. In the text of awards for the hotel the website mentions that there may be premium rooms available for less than the standard rate....
I think there were some changes made after Jan 1st and I highly recommend anyone who made award reservations to go back and check to see if there are better premium award rooms....
Jan 22, 2012, 10:46 am
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About 3-weeks ago I spent 38,000 points for one night in a corner suite at the Hampton Inn and Suites near Michigan Ave in Chicago for 2/4/12. last night I just appened to check the reservation and went in to see if the point cost was still the same. To my surprise a "premium night" had opened up for the same room, but at only 28,142 points, thus saving me almost 10,000 points. Had I not just randomly checked, I never would have saved the points. Don't get me wrong, I was thrilled to save the points, but frustrated that I have to police the site to ensure lower premium awards haven't opened up. The standard rom was still 38,000, but the premium room night was 28,142. I'm confused.
Don't forget to sign up for the rebate offer which will reduce your rate to 19,700 points per night.