Which Frequent Guest Loyalty Program Point is Depreciating the Fastest?
Oct 24, 2011 | 1:13 pm
#16
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Monterey, California
Programs: Affiliated with all, participate in some
Posts: 2,194
I wrote a column for InsideFlyer at the beginning of 2011 for a comparison of hotel program point value in terms of hotel spend needed for top hotel category rewards.
Hotel programs are actually quite similar with SPG being the main outlier at high-end hotels.
Scaling Peaks of High Category Hotel Rewards
Hotel programs are actually quite similar with SPG being the main outlier at high-end hotels.
Scaling Peaks of High Category Hotel Rewards
Oct 24, 2011 | 9:12 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 423
Hilton must be a in a league of shame on its own. In which other chain can you find amusing language like this?:
October 1 - I have enough points to book 6 nights in Bora Bora.
October 3, same room - "You will need to purchase 826,764 points for $19,842.34".
That is on the top of the 225,000 points I already have (equivalent of about 130K AA miles in conversion rates).
So 130,000 AA miles + $20,000 in cash will get you REWARD room that would otherwise cost you $4,000. Some reward indeed!
October 1 - I have enough points to book 6 nights in Bora Bora.
October 3, same room - "You will need to purchase 826,764 points for $19,842.34".
That is on the top of the 225,000 points I already have (equivalent of about 130K AA miles in conversion rates). So 130,000 AA miles + $20,000 in cash will get you REWARD room that would otherwise cost you $4,000. Some reward indeed!
Last edited by msc75; Oct 24, 2011 at 9:24 pm