That's what I'm calling an «odd» price for
premium award nights.
It's still unclear to me which currency internal valuations are denominated in and how often they're adjusted; sudden currency fluctuations may open up more opportunities for odd
premium award nights, but I haven't been able to test that yet.
In the last month or so, while planning my winter jaunt to Italy, I've been noticing some odd
premium award night pricing, and today finally decided to get to the bottom of it.
For further reading, here's an example of Loyalty Lobby finding an odd
premium award night price in Shanghai back in 2012, and here's a somewhat dated Points Guy mention of the same phenomenon.
Not exact matches
Suite
night awards are a room upgrade to a suite or
premium room.
Hotel, 2
nights, 66,000 Club Carlson points (for a
premium room
award — why not, I have the points);
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:
Unfortunately, that's not possible, but booking cheap
premium night awards is a good next - best alternative (unless you're booking 5 consecutive
nights, in which case the nightly rate drops to 40,000 HHonors points)!
Suite
night awards are a room upgrade to a suite or
premium room.
You can use these suite
night awards to confirm certain suites and
premium rooms beginning 5
nights prior to arrival, subject to availability.
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.
As well as my Platinum 50
Night benefit of 10 Suite
Night Awards that I can use to confirm certain suites and
premium rooms beginning 5
nights prior to arrival, subject to availability.