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Originally Posted by Cledaybuck
(Post 31218706)
The credit card is one of the sweet spots in the program right now.
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Originally Posted by Adelphos
(Post 31218759)
With the average point per night increasing across the portfolio, the weekend certs seemed to have increased in value...
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I am a Hilton Gold via AMEX, so I stay with Hilton now and again. I have to say, their elite benefits are very nice - breakfast, often lounge access as a Gold, but the trade off is the insanely high number of points it takes to redeem. FOr me, as a more casual and personal paying traveler at the moment, the Free nights seem to be the easiest to earn at Hyatt, but since I will never be a globalist with Hyatt the elite benefits are not that grate. |
Originally Posted by zombietooth
(Post 31218850)
Clever observation, my friend. I've used my weekend certs in Bora Bora, the Maldives, Koh Samui, etc. They are a currency that is easy to use and that has appreciated significantly vs points.
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Originally Posted by craigthemif
(Post 31217583)
I will gladly sell you 1,000,000 Honors points for 0.695 cents each... You would be making a tidy profit against your valuation...
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Originally Posted by italdesign
(Post 31221995)
I think it's worth around 0.35 CPP. I just don't redeem them unless I get 0.75 CPP, which wasn't hard historically, but is extremely hard now in the low "categories".
Heck I needed a hotel for a night next week, usually stayed alittle further away from where I needed to be at a Hampton for 20k, then it went up to 30k now its 40k, the $ rate after MVP is $79 Ouch! I booked with a different chain. I can fully understand dynamic pricing but it should be a 2 way street just like JetBlue does it, they assign a value to each pt and then multiply it to determine the # of pts needed = the lower the fare the lower amount of pts needed. Seems the airlines and Hilton have instituted a min ripoff amount and no limit to the up side. In my case Hilton would need to be asking just over 20k and not 40k Definitely time to move on |
Originally Posted by craz
(Post 31222141)
I found that in the past year+ getting .005 was god and agere the days of getting .01 is pretty much over unless one is booking a top hotel @ 95k or so
Heck I needed a hotel for a night next week, usually stayed alittle further away from where I needed to be at a Hampton for 20k, then it went up to 30k now its 40k, the $ rate after MVP is $79 Ouch! I booked with a different chain. I can fully understand dynamic pricing but it should be a 2 way street just like JetBlue does it, they assign a value to each pt and then multiply it to determine the # of pts needed = the lower the fare the lower amount of pts needed. Seems the airlines and Hilton have instituted a min ripoff amount and no limit to the up side. In my case Hilton would need to be asking just over 20k and not 40k Definitely time to move on I routinely burn 300-600k in award points per year, usually in 5 night chunks. |
Originally Posted by zombietooth
(Post 31218850)
Clever observation, my friend. I've used my weekend certs in Bora Bora, the Maldives, Koh Samui, etc. They are a currency that is easy to use and that has appreciated significantly vs points.
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Originally Posted by username
(Post 31224480)
Until they pull an IHG / Chase and limit the redemption to below a certain number of points...
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Originally Posted by cfabar1
(Post 31219532)
I am a Hilton Gold via AMEX, so I stay with Hilton now and again. I have to say, their elite benefits are very nice - breakfast, often lounge access as a Gold, but the trade off is the insanely high number of points it takes to redeem. FOr me, as a more casual and personal paying traveler at the moment, the Free nights seem to be the easiest to earn at Hyatt, but since I will never be a globalist with Hyatt the elite benefits are not that grate. |
Originally Posted by christianj
(Post 31228006)
That would get a lot of people upset but I think we can assume to never say never. |
Originally Posted by antebellum
(Post 31228340)
I never got lounge access as a Gold. Experience differs. :(
Diamond is even better. |
I hope this turns away a lot of the abusers. Hilton is by far and away the best choice for me. Sure the points may be worth less, but between the massive amount I get, it's still a sizable rebate. The real winner for me is having Diamond and a friends and family rate access. You can try to say "well this chain has X" but crunching the numbers, it's still too good here.
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I don't see where it's addressed: with this shift, are the hotels receiving the same per-point reimbursement on each point redeemed or was the value per point shifted downward to the detriment of the participating hotel?
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Originally Posted by Grog
(Post 31516209)
I don't see where it's addressed: with this shift, are the hotels receiving the same per-point reimbursement on each point redeemed or was the value per point shifted downward to the detriment of the participating hotel?
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