Win tickets to the UEFA Champions League final with Hotels.com

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• Roberto says:

  22 Feb22 February 05:46

  FWIW I have a Hilton Award booking in Las Vegas in May and it quite clearly states that there is a $45 plus tax resort fee payable. Its at the Waldof Astoria if that makes any difference over a busy three day weekend where cash rates are $600+ .

  I also had a resort fee on an award booking at Hilton Marco Island last year. That too was clearly outlined at the time of booking.

  • Brighton Belle says:

    22 Feb22 February 07:31

    Same here. 5 nights in New York in Hilton and they charged resort fees.

  • Chris says:

    22 Feb22 February 08:03

    T & C’s state “ At hotels with resort fees, members on reward stays booked using all Points, or using a Promotional free night reward (e.g., issued by credit card partners, etc.) will not pay resort fees.”
    I have never been charged Resort Fees on an Award stay and according to the rules should not.

    • BJ says:

      22 Feb22 February 08:20

      +1, including vacation club or whatever it’s called.

    • Marcw says:

      22 Feb22 February 09:03

      What about destination fees?

• Dawn says:

  22 Feb22 February 06:10

  Very nice competition to win the UEFA tickets particularly now that UK citizens don’t have to pay for their visas 🙂

  • Clive says:

    22 Feb22 February 12:08

    Has the Visa been dropped Dawn?

• Scandinavian traveler says:

  22 Feb22 February 06:53

  It does say that your entry will be invalid unless you sign up to Hotels.com rewards when you’ve entered the competition though.

• Roger says:

  22 Feb22 February 07:10

  Rob,

  Any chance of doing any special promo / deal with Billhop to make payments?
  I will probably bite at 1.5 to 2% to pay HMRC with Amex.

  • Anna says:

    22 Feb22 February 07:45

    Can you pay HMRC via Billhop? There are some institutions where you can’t use this route, e.g. some finance companies.

    • Peter K says:

      22 Feb22 February 08:21

      I’ve used it to pay HMRC several times in the past.

    • RussellH says:

      22 Feb22 February 08:51

      Yes you can. Done it several times…

      It was worth it:-
      a) to meet a spnd target on an SPG Amex.
      b) when someone here kindly used my sign-up code, giving me £500 worth of free transactions

  • Rob says:

    22 Feb22 February 14:02

    Might do something in March around Council Tax bills but they don’t like to include Amex due to their high fees.

• mradey says:

  22 Feb22 February 07:12

  Roberto – I agree the booking does state the resort fee applies. In practice, at the Hilton property I stay at, no resort fee is charged for bookings made entirely with points. If you use the cash and points portion then the resort fee is payable.

  If concerned, I would contact HH customer support.

• Roger says:

  22 Feb22 February 07:25

  Onefinestay – £200 back on Amex

  • Vit says:

    22 Feb22 February 08:03

    Just saw and saved mine. T&C doesn’t really mention any minimum spend as long as the payment is made online and in GBP. £200 is a great deal!

    • BJ says:

      22 Feb22 February 08:18

      But there is a 3 night minimum stay at most properties so the offer is really worth (substantially) less than 30% off in most cases.

      • meta says:

        22 Feb22 February 12:58

        And you can find almost all of the onefinestay properties either on AirBnB or elsewhere cheaper, sometimes even half the price. So saving is practically zero.

• Frankie says:

  22 Feb22 February 08:13

  Resort fees are ridiculous in Vegas. I’ve seen the nightly resort fee being higher than the nightly room price for a few hotels. In the case of Circus Circus the resort fee was double the room price. BA’s seat charge is also out of control. I’ve lost my Silver and booked a 2 for 1 CW flight to MEX this week. Seat charge was £111 each!

  • mark2 says:

    22 Feb22 February 08:17

    I assume the ‘seat charge’ is the voluntary seat selection charge.

  • Lumma says:

    22 Feb22 February 08:42

    If you’ve lost silver, surely you’re now bronze and can choose for free in the last 7 days?

    • Frankie says:

      22 Feb22 February 09:17

      Yes that’s correct. My point was that the seat charges keep creeping up like the Vegas resort fees.

• AndyGWP says:

  22 Feb22 February 08:14

  My recollection is that ResortsWorld is / was a Genting Casino initiative aimed at attracting a Chinese market to Las Vegas (hence the Pandas etc). Assume they bailed on that idea and sold to Hilton, or have sublet / partnered in some way?

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    22 Feb22 February 08:33

    The idea of an Asian themed casino to attract chinese visitors was tried in a smaller way with the Lucky Dragon and bombed big-time. It never made sense in this location and I’d imagine the LD experience prompted a rethink sharpish. The development has to be seen hand-in-hand with a massive expansion of the nearby convention centre; without that, the location has not been viable for higher-end properties for decades. Looks like a very sensible peice of strategy as convention-attending business folk that will drive this property are likely to be loyalty-scheme devotees.

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