Hilton has the most
expensive award rates in absolute terms, reaching as high as 95,000 points per night.
Not exact matches
Carmakers found that over 100 of its models — many
expensive cars for which they'd become accustomed to getting Top Safety Pick
awards — were suddenly
rated «Poor.»
After the
award chart was dropped, Hilton stopped releasing updates on
rate changes, so the only way to know if a hotel got more affordable or
expensive was to just keep an eye on the
rates of that specific hotel.
The more
expensive redemption
rate could sit as an additional layer above the current
award chart.
In almost all cases the highest possible price is more
expensive than the current Standard
award rates.
I suspect that the best use of this will be when people combine the Hyatt Family
Rate with an
award night booking to make what would be an otherwise
expensive trip into a slightly more economical one.
You can get a separate and more
expensive award ticket rather than the cheaper saver fares, but that may require you to pay standard
rates or even buy two tickets.
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.
This is because they are more
expensive for term life insurance than other providers that have the same superior financial
rating awarded by A.M. Best.