Using Hilton HHonors ‘points and money’ hotel rewards to maximise value

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• What's the Point says:

  29 Jun29 June 09:40

  I’ve always used points+cash booking successfully to save big when staying at some of the higher end hotels – WA Dubai and Conrad Seoul. But it also works a treat where the hotel has very limited availability on cash rates, making mid tier hotels seem outrageously priced. So cash + points is a good option.
  They are also fully flexible with no cancellation penalty like a full points booking.

• Scallder says:

  29 Jun29 June 11:19

  OT (sorry!) But Holton related – the Waldorf Astoria is closing from next year and the majority of it being turned into luxury apartments…

  • Scallder says:

    29 Jun29 June 11:19

    *Hilton related!

  • Rob says:

    29 Jun29 June 12:03

    It’s a dump, apart from the lobby – no great loss.

    • Anon says:

      29 Jun29 June 22:32

      Still got a soft spot for it, first time in NYC, room with view of Chrysler building, free night certificate helped as did watching “Coming to America” movie a week before going.

• Fenny says:

  29 Jun29 June 20:08

  I stayed at the Hilton Rome Airport a couple of weeks ago for Eu 80 + 20k points. My Diamond status got me onto the club floor. I missed out on evening food in the lounge, due to my late arrival, but got breakfast the next morning. The cash price was around Eu 175 (don’t exactly remember). I redeemed some points via e-rewards to top up my balance to what was needed.

  Considering my flight got in at 8.20pm and I was flying out the next morning at 9.30, it was by far the best option in terms of getting to and from the airport. But i was rather underwhelmed by the pizza (and the service) in the restaurant when I finally got to eat.

• Andrew Stock says:

  30 Jun30 June 07:59

  I find Hilton Honnors plus points can off very good value at Hampton hotel across Europe as I have the Hilton credit card for retailers that don’t accept amex.

  To date I have used this for 2 nights at Hampton Amsterdam Arena, 2 nights at Hampton Berlin West and got 2 nights booked for Hampton Krakow.

• Nathan says:

  30 Jun30 June 10:15

  I am thinking of applying for the HH VISA card. what are the conditions of the evoucher and how easy is it to use? ie any day and many rooms available? thanks

  • Rob says:

    30 Jun30 June 11:16

    Must be a Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

    It books into normal reward availability. If you see a reward night at standard pricing (ie not a ‘Premium’ reward night, which will be easily spotted because it will be priced at an odd number like 125,434 points) you can use the voucher.

    • Nathan says:

      30 Jun30 June 14:38

      thanks raffles. If my wife has one too can they be used on the same booking?

      • Rob says:

        30 Jun30 June 16:01

        No, must be booked separately – although it won’t make any difference. If one of you has Hilton status, book the first night for that person – it is very likely that you’d keep the same room for both nights.

• Joe says:

  1 Jul1 July 23:57

  I applied for a second status match to HHonors Diamond (from IHG Spire) to take me through to 2018, after already having a status match to 2017. This was a few weeks though and I’ve not heard anything back. Is there a way to check what your expiry is? On the HHonors website I can see it saying what my status would be next year based on this year’s stay pattern. If they won’t extend the match I’ll make sure I put £10k on the HHonors card this year to at least have Gold next year, but if they will extend Diamond to 2018 anyway then I’ll spend on another card instead 🙂

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