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Old May 3, 2013 | 8:02 am
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Get rid of Small Point Balances?
I have some crappy balances on a few award programs i.e. 1500 HH points. Is there anyway to give these points away, or are they stuck expiring and being useless?
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Old May 3, 2013 | 8:04 am
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Magazines.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 8:09 am
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Old May 3, 2013 | 8:17 am
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HH lets you give away points to anyone you want, but they collect a fee for the service.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 9:29 am
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... oh, and donate them to charity.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 10:42 am
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Better yet, find a way to get more points so you can actually redeem them for something.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 10:45 am
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Better yet, find a way to get more points so you can actually redeem them for something.
Sorry, but hilton points are worthless to me.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 10:52 am
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What is the minimum on points.com?
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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:00 am
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Sorry, but hilton points are worthless to me.
lol- I agree. I think 1500 hilton points isn't enough for anything
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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:01 am
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lol- I agree. I think 1500 hilton points isn't enough for anything
I actually cashed out for a subscription to INC. magazine. Useless magazine, but at least I don't have to keep looking at that stupid 1500 point balance.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:07 am
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I actually cashed out for a subscription to INC. magazine. Useless magazine, but at least I don't have to keep looking at that stupid 1500 point balance.
That's not too bad. Better then letting them sit until expiration! Is that the cheapest reward they have? I think one of my accts has like 500 points sitting
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Old May 3, 2013 | 2:53 pm
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Here's the link for the redeeming Hilton Points for Magazines.

https://www2.magsforpoints.com/10019233/splash.html

900 points is the lowest cost item. The 5200 points offer for 52 issues of the Economist isn't a bad deal actually.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 3:29 pm
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This when im looking for 2000 HH points to redeem for a Cat 1 cash & points award in Goa India! So yeah, Cat 1 cash & points is 2000 + US$30 so keep that as an option maybe with 500 points more somehow?
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Old May 5, 2013 | 10:57 pm
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Originally Posted by deepakvalecha
This when im looking for 2000 HH points to redeem for a Cat 1 cash & points award in Goa India! So yeah, Cat 1 cash & points is 2000 + US$30 so keep that as an option maybe with 500 points more somehow?
Interesting considering the recent devaluation.
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