derajfast

Hi All,

Sorry if this isn't the right place to post this as I'm new here. I am trying to find a hotel in Tokyo for 10/18 (checkin) - 10/19 (checkout), but am having some difficulty finding one that seems worth using points on such short notice.

I have 100K SPG points, 170k Avios Points, 110k AAdvantage Points, 180k Chase UR points, and 50k United points. Does anyone know what my best bet would be to find a place?

Thanks in advance

jerry a. laska

Since you want to use points, the Hilton and Starwood websites and the airline websites would be the first place to start.

LapLap

Hi derajfast, and a warm welcome to Flyertalk and the Japan forum to you.

First, although this forum is about Japan, knowledge about Tokyo doesn't necessarily translate into an intimate association with the complexities of the Avios program AND Chase AND United AND AAdvantage AND the SPG programs.

There are forums for all of these and options for Tokyo will have been discussed at length in all (scratch that) SOME of them

The forum for SPG is this one
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...red-guest-429/

An example of a thread discussing which SPG option to choose would be this one:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...kyo-japan.html
(With SPG you only really have two options within Tokyo, the Sheraton Miyako and the Westin. There is another Sheraton in Yokohama.)

With airline miles, the consensus is usually that the redemption rate for hotels makes it inefficient to use them that way, not unless you have a surfeit that might expire otherwise. People do redeem them for hotels though.
AVIOS advice - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post22138047
Try the BA Forum for guidance if you have specific questions about using AVIOS

AAdvantage forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated-733/

United forum
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...leageplus-681/

Chase also has its own forum: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase...e-rewards-722/

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Once you know what your hotel choices are, there'll be a wealth of experience to draw on in this forum in determining which might best suit you. But, as it stands, only a very few regular contributors will be familiar enough with ALL the programs you listed to be aware of (and so be able to comment and provide advice on) the hotel choices actually available to you.

hailstorm

I don't know what's happening on the 18th, but all of the Hyatt Tokyo award availability is booked solid.

If you can afford to wait, maybe see if the Hyatt Regency opens up. That would only require 12000 UR points transferred to Hyatt GP account.

You can bookmark this link to check on the status of award availability on October 18th:

http://tokyo.regency.hyatt.com/HICBo...ityCheck=false

Good luck!

emma69

There is a very large conference in Tokyo starting that weekend, and both the Sheraton and Hyatt Regency are sold out for paid rooms, nevermind reward rooms. The hotel I am staying at has been sold out for weeks as have a few others.

derajfast

Thanks for all the help, and sorry for posting in the wrong place originally. I know that the rewards sites are the best places to check, however I guess I was just looking for more tips on where to stay from people who are familiar with Tokyo. It seems a lot of the hotels are booked up for those nights, and all the point offers I've come across don't seem to be effective uses of points.

Re: Hyatt points, I don't have any specifically, but do one of the programs I do have points in allow for easy conversion?

LapLap

Hailstorm suggested the Chase UR program for conversion to Hyatt points.