Get great value for your Marriott Bonvoy hotel points in Oxford

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• Clive says:

  25 Jul25 July 16:41

  I was looking for similar flights and was finding next to no availability. A search on FT then showed that CX were limiting Partner availability so I gave up and ended up booking with Air Asia and Vietjet.

  • Simon says:

    25 Jul25 July 17:34

    Seems to be there for about two months out, so I’m going to try nearer the time.

• Tom says:

  25 Jul25 July 17:42

  Hi All,

  I need approximately 25,000 Hilton points to top up for a redemption booking I’d like to make. It isn’t until mid-November. Anyone with a crystal ball or experience of how frequently the 80% or 100% extra ‘free’ offers come round on points purchases?
  Many thanks!

  • BJ says:

    25 Jul25 July 17:54

    They seem to have been very common this year so far so hopefully not too long until the next. No idea what your proposed redemption is but take care that it doesn’t increase by over 12.5k whilst you wait for that benefit from a 100% bonus sale offer. In major cities the shifts in points required per night can now move in quite alarming ways at Hilton.

    • Tom says:

      25 Jul25 July 18:12

      Thanks BJ, that’s useful advice. I’m looking at Hilton Dead Sea (Jordan). At the moment my dates are selling for 32,000 x 4 for 5 nights (I’m Gold). I guess I could book a points plus cash rate now and presumably cancel it and book all points if an offer comes up and the points rate hasn’t risen.

      • BJ says:

        25 Jul25 July 19:24

        Probably the smart thing to do if the flexible rate on points plus cash works for you. Personally I have no idea but I’n sure you/others will have some idea as to how stable reward pricing is there.

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    25 Jul25 July 20:02

    I often use transfers from Virgin Flying Club to top up if I’m short and no suitable current offer. Redemption ratio is 2:3 so if we value Virgin points at 1p you’re paying 0.66p/Hilton which is cheaper than regular purchase and burns a much less liquid “currency”.

    Worth remembering that the 100% top-up bonuses are often for fixed large amount such as the recent $400/800 one, so the bonus doesn’t look so attractive if you’re just short yet you have to buy far more than you need at a poor rate vs true value.

    • BJ says:

      25 Jul25 July 20:17

      And it was reported yesterday that they are transferring in about a week again. There is also the membership rewards route transferring at 1:2.

• A270 says:

  25 Jul25 July 17:46

  OT: Anyone used Emirates’ Dubai Stopover Programme hotels? Are they heavily discounted?

• Youngtraveller says:

  26 Jul26 July 07:32

  Just booked the Oxford hotel using 6k points and paid in 51 instead of 250 not too bad of a redemption I hope

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