Spouse has points/I have status
We want to use some of my wife's points during one of our trips to Italy. If she makes reservation & uses her points, the room won't reflect my status (for upgrades, breakfast,etc.). Any thoughts...
View ArticleEmbassy Suites - any promos to avoid $15/night wifi fee?
Just booked a 4 night stay at the Embassy Suites Alexandria, VA, and their wifi fee would come to twice what I pay per month for my high speed connection at home. The rate I booked is a package rate,...
View ArticleHomewood DIA Benefit (Kind of Funny)
Buddy of mine and I stayed a night at the Homewood Suites in Denver this week. He's a non-status holder, and I'm a Diamond. As part of the "welcome" package, we both received coupons for a discount at...
View ArticleComplimentary internet no longer includes video or VPN
Did I miss something? I checked in to my hotel (HGI) Monday night and internet was lightning fast. On Tuesday night it's pretty slow and no videos will stream. This morning, when I log on, I have to...
View ArticleHilton Garden Inn Hanoi
I did a search and couldn't find any thread on Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi. I booked a 3 nights stay in December. A bargain for 10,000 points a night. Approx how much is the taxi fare from the airport to...
View ArticleLooking for best value UK/European Hilton for award Stay
Hi everyone and thanks for looking in on this. I've had a bit of a search through the existing threads but haven't seen the kind of thing i'm after. Essentially i'm based in Birmingham in the UK, have...
View ArticleNew American Express Hotel Program
https://travel.americanexpress.com/travel/gcd $75 room credit must be stays of 2 nights or more room upgrade if available I am wondering if it earns Hilton stay credits? Phil
View ArticleDouble Tree Boston Downtown Renovation
Hello everybody, has anyone, by chance, recently stayed at this property and can shed a light on which rooms (floors) are the newly renovated ones? Also, how was the breakfast benefit (for Gold)...
View ArticleGrand Wailea Terrace or Deluxe Garden View
Heading to the Grand Wailea tomorrow. Booked a Terrace room using points. When I double checked reservations, I noticed that I could check in on line (not sure why I never noticed that before--I guess...
View ArticleVisa signature CC 6,000 point bonus offer
Just got this, not sure if it is targeted. ENJOY THE SEASON WITH UP TO 6,000 EXTRA BONUS POINTS Earn 2,000 HHonors Bonus Points per stay when you use your Citi® Hilton HHonors Reserve card at any...
View ArticleHeads-up Embassy Suites Downtown San Diego - Disaster Zone
I had the misfortune to stay at this hotel last week and whilst the hotel website does say something like "refurbishment is ongoing", this is not really an accurate statement, it's more like major...
View ArticleSilver Member Bumped from Hotel, What compensation?
Silver Member Bumped from Hotel, What compensation?
View ArticleBest use of Hilton points?
I booked Hilton at Santa Barbara using Chase UR. Because I got a room for 15k with chase whereas the same room cost me about 73k HH points. I am not traveling for work anymore- should I get out of HH?...
View ArticleDoes Hilton read the comments on post-stay surveys?
I ask because I got one recently on a stay where I was initially assigned an occupied room, and also initially not upgraded to even the executive floor as a Diamond. I gave the hotel decent numeric...
View ArticleMutual Fund accounts
My wife and I have the same HHonors number printed on our Gold cards. However, when I sign in on-line using the account number, only my name appears. How does it work when my wife is the only one...
View ArticleHilton Garden Inn (HGI) Krakow Poland Airport (KRK)
Wanted to let you know that the new HGI at KRK is open and in business! It's located at John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, kapitana Mieczysława Medweckiego 1, 32-083 Balice, Poland....
View ArticleIs the Amex Surpass worth keeping?
My AF just posted and I am not sure how much travel I will be doing for work. Which has me considering downgrading to the non-surpass card with no AF. After comparing the Surpass vs non-surpass hhonors...
View Articleundisclosed Diamond benefit: the right to misbehave?
Breakfast at a European Hilton, 7am: a group of six drunken men comes in and disturbs the peace of the breakfast room; one of them has a wound on the forehead and demands ice to cool it, touches the...
View ArticleHampton by Hilton Newcastle (UK)
I stay regularly in Newcastle and was pleased to see there will be a Hampton opening up in April 2015. Anyone know if this is a new build or a rebrand of an existing hotel? I doubt this will ever...
View ArticleFD Agent Apparently not Familiar with AAA Membership...
So last night I stayed at a DT on an AAA rate. Showed up, CC was on file in my Hhonors account, at the FD I present ID and AAA membership card to validate rate as is standard practice. The FD agent...
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