Check your Hilton points bookings now – most of mine reduced in price

[spellman]

I have two weeks of reservations across four different Hilton-brand hotels booked for Easter 2023, and given points stays are now more aligned to cash rates, though I’d check the pricing during the recent Hilton sale.

Good job I did: All but one hotel was now on sale for less than I paid last year, so I cancelled them and rebooked at the lower points rate, saving myself over 100k points overall.

So, if you have any redemption stays booked, do keep checking the prices!

[Peter K]

Mine are the same sadly.

[Anna]

Maybe the IHG intern is doing a stint at Hilton?!

[BJ]

All four of my current reservations have gone up: 2 by 2k/night, 1 by 13k/night and Osaka by a whopping 23k/night. Latter two were 5 night stays so very happy I got them at the time.

Still, thanks for posting, always useful to monitor, especially after ‘sales’.

[Go197]

Mine are all the same.

Always a good idea to check prices or points periodically.

I like that the Bonvoy site allows you to edit a booking, re-select the same room type at the new lower price, and immediately receive a points refund, whereas at Hilton or IHG you have to make a new booking then cancel the old one.

[Skywalker]

Anna wrote:

Maybe the IHG intern is doing a stint at Hilton?!

If there is a discount involved, it is more likely the handiwork of a long-suffering disgruntled employee on their way out 🙂

[Ali M]

mine are more expensive despite the ‘sale’

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

If you aren’t checking on a regular basis – sale or not – on your points and refundable cash bookings for price changes then you run the risk of paying more than necessary.

June last year I booked a hotel in New York for this January (next week actually) (not part of a chain) for what was a very good rate of $ 1827 for 7 nights that I was happy to pay.

A check in November led to a saving of $300

A check just before Christmas meant another saving of $300

I’d rather that $600 be in my pocket!

And my bookings spreadsheet shows I saved 13k IHG points in one fell swoop on one night at an HI (not connected to the Sunday sales).

[NorthernLass]

Hmm – my Hilton Berlin booking for Feb half term is now nearly twice as expensive! Glad I held onto that.

[John]

On my last 3 IHG point stays:

– for one, one week out the price of another nearby similar property dropped by half, so I changed hotel to save 33%
– for another I had chosen a dinky HI as it was the only one in the area at a sensible price, but a few days before the stay an Indigo dropped significantly and I decided to spend the extra 25% points, previously the nicer hotel was double
– all 3 hotels decreased by 1000 points the night before or the morning of check in so, being careful to verify that the cancellation deadline was in the afternoon, I rebooked while on the way to the hotel (a bit risky if not enough points to rebook before cancelling)

On my recent Hilton point stays: checking whenever the USD strengthened by a few % usually resulted in seeing a drop of 1000 or 2000. No big drops unfortunately