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.
Not exact matches
The
points you earn with the Citi
HHonors Reserve can also be transfered
for awards at large number of partner.
Altogether this makes me think the Citi Hilton
HHonors Reserve card has promise as a tool
for manufactured spend despite devaluations of Hilton's loyalty program and my previous criticisms of free night
awards (which often face greater restrictions than
points - based
awards).
Therefore, if you are already making an
award reservation,
for which you will typically earn no
HHonors points or airline partner
points, you can earn 1,000 United miles or 2,013 Delta Skymiles
for that same stay.
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.
I'll have about 200K
HHonors points after meeting minimum spend on this card, and that's enough
for a pretty decent
award stay if I plan it carefully.
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).....
Currently, you can search Hilton's website
for Award Redemption Bookings at the Grand Wailea and you will find that the lowest available is 80,000
HHonors points for a single night throughout 2013.
You can also use Hilton
HHonors points for a Suite
award.
Through Hilton
HHonors, the loyalty program
for Hilton Worldwide's 10 distinct brands, every direct and indirect (third party) booking made between June 25 and September 15, 2013, will be
awarded Bonus Hilton
HHonors Points at more than 1,300 participating U.S. hotels at Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Hotels, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations.
However, the Hilton
HHonors devaluation motivated us to redeem our remaining
points for a couple stays at the Conrad Hong Kong at only 50,000
points per night under the old
award chart.
I have a couple of Hilton stays booked
for the promotion period so the bonus
points will be nice and will probably boost my existing Hilton
HHonors balance high enough
for a top - level
award night.
This is the simplest promotion I've ever heard of, and it certainly makes it easier to earn lots of extra Hilton
HHonors points that you can use
for free night
awards or other redemptions.
Hilton
HHonors offers a better transfer rate, with 1,500
HHonors points for 1,000 Membership Rewards
points, but the
award chart is quite expensive.
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.
At Niagara Falls, Ontario, CA, Hilton gives you a choice to book an
award stay at a FallsView room (not a CityView room) that requires double
hhonors points, while Marriott reserves all FallsView rooms
for paid stays.
It's not clear whether that's because he derives income from
HHonors for award stays (in which case a loss
for him is a direct win
for HHonors) or whether paid stays are being harmed because of the lower value of
points earned.
For processing of the redemption request, please allow 5 working days for Asia Miles, Avios, Gold Points, Infinity MileageLands Miles, Flying Blue Award Miles, Garuda Frequent Flyer Miles, Enrich Miles, Qantas Points, Qmiles, KrisFlyer Miles, HHonors or IHG Rewards and 14 working days for Royal Orchid Plus or Guest Mil
For processing of the redemption request, please allow 5 working days
for Asia Miles, Avios, Gold Points, Infinity MileageLands Miles, Flying Blue Award Miles, Garuda Frequent Flyer Miles, Enrich Miles, Qantas Points, Qmiles, KrisFlyer Miles, HHonors or IHG Rewards and 14 working days for Royal Orchid Plus or Guest Mil
for Asia Miles, Avios, Gold
Points, Infinity MileageLands Miles, Flying Blue
Award Miles, Garuda Frequent Flyer Miles, Enrich Miles, Qantas
Points, Qmiles, KrisFlyer Miles,
HHonors or IHG Rewards and 14 working days
for Royal Orchid Plus or Guest Mil
for Royal Orchid Plus or Guest Miles.
Earn double and triple
points for Hilton
HHonors members, take advantage of reduced
award redemptions as low as 5,000 miles to select destinations during the Alaska... Continue Reading
The
points you earn with the Citi
HHonors Reserve can also be transfered
for awards at large number of partner.
Signing up
for one of Hilton
HHonor's four credit cards, which automatically come with elite status and
award up to 12 bonus
points for every dollar, is another way to maximize your rewards.