Curiosity... How many HH points do you have?
Jun 23, 2006, 2:34 pm
#107
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ivory Towers
Programs: DL Plat, HH Diamond, Diners Club, Citi Chairman, AMEX Plat, Merrill+, SPG Gold, Marriott Slvr
Posts: 328
Originally Posted by FrequentFlyor
I have been travelling on Business for the past 5 months and still haven't reached the 20000 mark. Any suggestions on how to maximize points???
2. Get a HH Amex. 5 points per $ spent at Hilton properties. 20,000 bonus points for signing up and staying 4 times. 500 per stay for booking online.
With your HH AMEX card, you can earn a minimum of 21 points per folio $ spent at Hiltons (22.5 points per $ if you are Gold, 25 points per $ if you are diamond)
175,000 points gets you 6 free nights at a category 6 hotel. It takes $8,333 of spending at Hiltons (assuming 55 nights at $150/night and 21 points per dollar). Assuming that a Cat 6 is $300 per night, this is a yield of $0.21 reward per $ spent.
This is probably overstated a tiny bit, but you get the idea. I do 100+ nights/year on the road. Even if I did a conservative 20 nights a year, I would earn a week in Hawaii every three years.
Oh...currently 284,000 Hilton points... Stayed at the W=A twice this year, once in a cat 6 in Boston this year, once in Savannah and Miami... All compliments of HHonors...
Last edited by awake_at_midnight; Jun 23, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Jun 23, 2006, 7:00 pm
#110
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: TPA
Programs: CO Platinum HH Diamond SWA Hertz Gold
Posts: 67
Had 506,000 or so until today, but just cashed in 175,000 for Los Cabos at the end of July.. Also used 125,000 for Whistler in Feb. So down to a measley 331,000. The HH Amex will move me back up quickly though!
Jun 23, 2006, 8:23 pm
#111
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: Hilton Diamond for life, Bonvoy Titanium for Life, Delta Million Miler, Delta Platinum
Posts: 168
565,000
Currently at 565,000. Lately I seem to keep burning SPG Points and Marriott Reward Points while the Hilton Points just keep slowly piling up.
Jun 24, 2006, 11:09 am
#114
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA LAX
Programs: UA Gold, United Club, HHonors Diamond, Starwood Gold, Hertz 5 Star
Posts: 212
I just switched in 05
175,000 banked now using fixed miles and HH points, but I just switched from Intercontinental in early 2005.
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Jun 24, 2006, 1:53 pm
#115
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: I'm the BOS
Programs: UA G-1MM/*G, B6 Mosaicm, DL G, HH S, Bonvoy(...?) Plat, Avis PS, Hertz 5*, Nat ExVIP
Posts: 1,105
A hair over 500K here. I make it a point to save roughly enough UA and HH to support a month RTW.
Yes... I'd need some point stretching, but that's what the RTW is for!
Timothy
Yes... I'd need some point stretching, but that's what the RTW is for!
Timothy
Jun 25, 2006, 12:46 am
#118
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: SAN and before that...EWR....AA EXP (3MM)..HH LIFETIME DIAMOND..AVIS PREFERRED PLUS
Posts: 678
Have about 2.6 Million points currently. Just used 12 certs in Sorrento, Rome and Paris. Accumulated in the last 2 years from 5/10/15 promos. Yeah, I guess I'm a "Hilton Guy". 
Jun 26, 2006, 11:47 pm
#120
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: TXL/IST -
Programs: QR Gold, LH FTL, AB Silver, BA Silver, OK+Blue,PC Plat, SPG Plat, HH DIA, TK Gold (working on black)
Posts: 163
little over 400k
1 free night cert left.
I am keeping little over 400k right now. I try to stay in the range between 200 and 400k so I can do that special tripp whenever I want to. But I try to spend as least as much as I earn now.
1 free night cert left.
I am keeping little over 400k right now. I try to stay in the range between 200 and 400k so I can do that special tripp whenever I want to. But I try to spend as least as much as I earn now.