Sentences with phrase «hhonors point cost»

Based on my research, I concluded that irregular pricing occurred when a hotel has a high enough fixed value assigned to HHonors points redeemed for premium rooms and, for whatever reason, the best available rate for premium rooms is low enough to drop the price in cash, after conversion to HHonors points, below the HHonors point cost for a standard room award.

Not exact matches

On Jan. 15, Hilton Hotels changed the cost of a free night at their best hotels to 50,000 from 40,000 Hilton HHonors loyalty points, devaluing customer accounts by 20 %.

For example, staying at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel in New York City on the night of October 15th, 2015, costs $ 481 — or 80,000 HHonors points.

We divided the cost of a 1 - night stay in USD by the cost in HHonors points, to arrive at a value per point.

3 nights would cost 150,000 HHonors points and I'd be saving $ 492 for those three nights, a redemption rate of just 0.32 cents each.

While 0.27 cents is well over my money cost of acquisition (0.13 cents), it's well below my opportunity cost of acquisition, since rather than earning 6 HHonors points per dollar (1.62 % cash back) with my American Express Surpass card at bonused merchants, I could be earning 2 % or 2.22 % cash back at the same merchants.

Indeed, if you could book a standard room at the premium room award conversion rate, it would cost just 41,719 HHonors points per night!

A «premium» corner room costs $ 10 more, but the premium room HHonors award cost is actually lower, at 44,519 HHonors points per night:

You can use the HHonors Points Search Tool to see that a standard room award costs 30,000 HHonors points every month except June, when it jumps to 5Points Search Tool to see that a standard room award costs 30,000 HHonors points every month except June, when it jumps to 5points every month except June, when it jumps to 50,000.

These points cost us about $ 160 from two Hawaiian Airlines credit card annual fees (each provides 35,000 miles, transferable to 70,000 Hilton HHonors points).

As of 30 March 2016, 24 Hilton properties will cost more HHonors points for an award night while 14 properties will require fewer points — this is a comparatively tame set of changes.

Hilton HHonors isn't my favorite hotel rewards program because it links the number of points you need for an award night to the cost of a room on that particular night (more or less).....

The biggest changes are happening at the properties moving from Category 2 to Category 3 and Category 4 to Category 5 where award stays will now cost 10,000 HHonors points more from 30 March.

Take the Hilton Bentley Miami South Beach which, on a random date in April, will cost you $ 521 + taxes or 80,000 Hilton HHonors points:

You saved up your Hilton HHonors points to stay at a truly amazing place like the Conrad Koh Samui, and now Hilton wants to double the cost by making your points worth less.

The regular price for Hilton HHonors points is $ 10/1, 000 points so, with the various discounts available the costs come to:

Far better to use the 80,000 points at Category 1 & 2 hotels which cost 5,000 / 10,000 Hilton HHonors points per night.

Taking the Hilton Garden Inn in Los Angeles Montebello, a random night in June costs 30,000 HHonors points or $ 251.01 including taxes:

The Doubletree London ExCel is a Hilton HHonors Category 6 property which, per Hilton's own chart, means that it will cost anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 Hilton HHonors points per night.

But with the Reserve, you could use your two weekend nights to cover hotels that would cost up to 95,000 HHonors Points per night (which could equate to about $ 2,000 in value)!

At $ 6.95 per 3,041 HHonors points, it costs about $ 91.

The «Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle - Conv Ctr - Pike Street» is literally across the street from the Grand Hyatt, and costs 40,000 HHonors points per night.

Manufacturing spend with an American Express HHonors Surpass card at $ 4.95 per 3,030 HHonors points, a room costs about about $ 65.

Noted program drawbacks included the fact that points expire after two years without activity, rooms at higher - tier hotels cost a lot of points and that the elite membership levels are more difficult to reach than with Starwood Preferred Guest or Hilton HHonors.

Sure it costs a zillion points to stay someplace nice, but on the other hand, there are or at least were zillions ways to earn HHonors points without spending money on paid stays.

For example: Hilton HHonors has awards that cost up to 95,000 points per night, but it can also award over 20 points per dollar spent.

So on the high end the cost of a free night is going up by up to 45,000 HHonors points per night.

That's not a lot extra for the effort and cost of having to do 10 more stays, stay 20 more nights or earn 45,000 more Hilton HHonors base points and that's why Hilton HHonors Diamond status isn't exactly coveted in the miles & points game.

When the Hilton booking engine determines the number of HHonors points required to book a premium room award night, it applies a mechanical calculation, multiplying the revenue cost of the room by a constant HHonors point valuation to arrive at a total cost in HHonors points.

A premium room award (in this case a «King Hilton Deluxe Room») costs fewer HHonors points than a standard award.

Had I made this booking through my Hilton HHonors account it would've cost me $ 141 for the night which would score me close to 2000 HHonors points (unfortunately at the time there wasn't a great Hilton promotion for me to consider).

The 24 percent rate was in Hilton HHonors, for a $ 479 room at the Hilton Beijing Chaoyang that cost 30,000 Honors points.

However, if you consistently redeem your HHonors points and free night certificates at top - tier properties, then paying $ 95 in cash and $ 200 in foregone cash back offers a 29 % discount compared to manufacturing 125,000 additional HHonors points on the Surpass (which bears $ 416 in opportunity cost compared to a 2 % cash back card).