Coming at 1.01pm – a big hotel loyalty announcement

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• Mark Priest says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:00

  Mmmm Hilton I recon.

  • JamesB says:

    8 Jan8 January 06:16

    Agree, we already know about IHG and the others are not so major within HFP views context. My guess breakfasr is gone except for Diamond. Fifth night free maybe gone and redemption hikes. If it is Marriott though I suspect the travel packages gone and the SPG to airline transfers would be much enhanced. Time to spend Hilton and transfer SPY as a safety measure.

    • YC says:

      8 Jan8 January 06:51

      I agree as well. I also had a few Hilton stays on 1/1 and 2/1. Not credited yet saying waiting for the new year to be updated. Doesn’t usually take that long. May just be coincidence

      • Crafty says:

        8 Jan8 January 06:56

        Mine from the 3rd has credited so no grand conspiracy…

    • Alex W says:

      8 Jan8 January 07:20

      Better not enhance the travel packages, I’ve been saving for one for the last year!

      • adey says:

        8 Jan8 January 08:45

        Just made a few redemption bookings just in case there is a catastrophic reduction in point value (by whatever means). Can cancel some or all after quiet contemplation after Rob’s announcement!

        Adey

    • Leo says:

      8 Jan8 January 11:57

      Are you sure about the Hilton breakfast guess considering Waldorfs are now giving breakfast to Diamonds and Golds from the beginning of the year?

  • Mark says:

    8 Jan8 January 07:04

    Many of us have suspected that since Hilton dropped the categories last year that it was the first step in moving towards a cash based redemption system. Although they kept the maximum redemption points at the old category levels, my bet would be that they drop this now.

    • moham aham says:

      8 Jan8 January 07:11

      i can barely get any value out of hilton points at the moment, so i can’t believe it could be more of a devaluation. takes abut 10 stays to get 50k points and then anywhere decent is asking for 200k. Best used for cheap places where 25k = 50 pounds. it’s not a great redemption programme. ihg i have found to be much better.

      • M says:

        8 Jan8 January 09:14

        Agree. Can’t get any worse.

• Worzel says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:03

  That gorillas’ backside is going to be well-sore by 1.01pm! 🙂 .

  • moham aham says:

    8 Jan8 January 06:21

    and very dizzy. if the gorilla is a clue then it must be to do with accor

    • moham aham says:

      8 Jan8 January 06:21

      although in fairness, no one here really follows accor.

      • Delbert says:

        8 Jan8 January 19:46

        Agreed, a very weak loyalty scheme to follow, moham. Though, my wife and I stay at Accor hotels quite regularly as our regular stops are convenient, service is great and rooms are clean and spacious. We don’t need status to access the Executive Lounge or Club Millesime as we’re in the premium rooms anyway and always a very nice breakfast in quiet surroundings.

  • JamesB says:

    8 Jan8 January 06:23

    Pity it doesn’t have a tutu on!

• Pedant says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:16

  And the big change is… chimpanzees to be renamed “gorillas” 😀

• Graham Walsh says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:41

  As the time is 1pm definitely a US chain as the press release will be 8am EST.

• Mark Priest says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:54

  It’s 3pm here in China, am I not entitled to see it now! 🙂

• Andrew Holden says:

  8 Jan8 January 07:50

  That’s actually a Chimpanzee Rob (is this OT?).

  • Dan says:

    8 Jan8 January 07:56

    I was going to make the same point, seems I have managed to learn something on the many zoo trips with my 2-year-old.

  • Rob says:

    8 Jan8 January 08:13

    Fixed!

• Czechoslovakia says:

  8 Jan8 January 07:56

  Hmmm. Yet more fun. First guess would be Marriott/SPG, but Rob states ONE program, not two. So I’m putting my money on the end of the travel packages from Marriott, or the end of SPG Amex transfers… Time to transfer my MR stash? Decisions decisions….

  • Peter K says:

    8 Jan8 January 08:36

    Unlikely as there is still an SPG card, but if you will kick yourself for not transferring them if it turns out it is stopped later then do it now. They will still be useful in SPG/Marriott once there.

• Tilly says:

  8 Jan8 January 07:59

  Cute chimp.

  Glad i booked my 5th night free reward at Hilton for May already. Have a couple of cash stays booked with Hilton later this year so hipe changes not too dramatic ………..presuming it’s Hilton.

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