What to do with points
 

Hi. First time poster in this section. I am new to collecting Hilton Hhonors points, I have just over 3,000...what can I do with these? Ideally I would want to transfer to airline miles but I see you need 10,000 to do this. Is it good value to buy points (can you even do that?). Advise please.

Stay a few more nights, save a few 1,000 more points, have a free night.

That's what I do !

Buy 2000 points and go have a free stay at a cat 1 hotel

forget about them - redeem for magazines or donate if it lets you
3K points is about $10
consider it a good opportunity to evaluate different hotels programs and pick a decent one

3k will get you a 5k hotel with another 20 (either by buying the points or as a copay). To be honest, they're nearly worthless (although I would expect closer to $30 of value depending on how strict you are with using them - you certainly could get as little as $10 or even less).

My guideline is that 10k points is $100 of value (I've just used 10k to get a Hampton Inn in Houston during Rodeo when it was $144 before any discounts like AAA or MVP). I just used 12k to get a $179 room for $50 in LA, and another 5k to get a $90 room in Wales.

Meanwhile the 10k points exchange to 1k miles, which I would value at about 1.5c/mile, or $15.