Best Honolulu, Hawaii Hilton property for Diamond/AMEX -- pay with points?
April 28th to May 4th What is the best property for using hhonors points? I also have plenty of Radisson and Mariott, but figured with the devaluation I might as well use the hiltons first. I currently...
View ArticleCash and Points
Given all the crap changes - do the cash and points remain the same going forward?
View ArticleDoes the HHonors shopping portal post points?
I'm ~600 pts short of an award stay (new award chart), and I'm thinking of buying some via the shopping portal to top up my account. Do the points post in a timely manner? I've gave up on the Marriott...
View ArticleNeed 90k HH points. Can you help me figure out best way to get them?
Need points for an upcoming stay. I am new to HH and a newbie to the points game. I am considering opening a cc but have points in Chase UR points, Marriot, SPG, Southwest, AA and USAir. Can anyone...
View ArticleHow Will You Burn Your Points?
With all the upcoming changes in HH, how will you be burning your points? This morning, I booked next year's winter vacation. It will be two weeks at the Hilton in Barbados. Cost was 525K points. Under...
View Article@HiltonDisHonors on Twitter
I invite anyone who is upset with the changes that Hilton has made to point levels to follow @HiltonDisHonors on Twitter and tweet to us how your points have been devalued. We work to earn these points...
View ArticleBest Honors Hotel NYC?
So we are thinking of taking an 4 night trip to NYC. I am Diamond and wanted to know what was the best hotel to stay at, as far as luxury and location. I can't afford WA on points but everything else...
View ArticlePoints and Cash Redemptions
FWIW, I sent HHonors corporate folks an e-mail yesterday regarding the lack of P&C choices. Here's the final exchange between myself and the Director I dealt with, whom by the way, was very genuine...
View ArticleDoubletree Times Square available for Super Bowl 2014
The Doubletree times square just became available for the Super Bowl for some bizarre reason, it had been blacked out every day until now. I had booked the Conrad but would rather have this to be near...
View ArticleNew HHonors reward rules. Should I switch to SPG?
So I've been a loyal HHonors visitor for years. After all, spend a few days there for free and just pay for parking, who wouldn't. However, at the places I current stay, they went from 50k per day to...
View ArticleConrad Maldives vs Hilton Maldives Iru Fushi
Due to the upcoming devaluation I'm thinking of doing a spur of the moment redemption for the Maldives next Jan/Feb. With this change it will leave Hyatt as the last way to get to the Maldives with a...
View ArticleSmoking rooms in Hilton disappearing
I switched to HH from SPG Plat because HH generally had smoking rooms avialable. I have lifetime G at SPG now but was a Plat for 10+ yrs and HH welcomed me as a Diamond which I have consistently...
View ArticleDevaluation and All Inclusive Rewards?
All - I've read up on just about all the in's and out's of the devaluation, but I haven't seen anything mentioned on the all inclusive rewards. Anyone know if these are going up from the current...
View ArticleWhich other programs offer status match for Diamonds (or Gold)?
While I'm Diamond for this year, the huge devaluation has me strongly looking at options for next year. I'm getting hit with 600k points suddenly devalued by 25%-50% at least. Luckily I used about 500k...
View ArticleHotel WiFi and iTunes
Are there any tricks to getting iTunes to work faster at these hotels? It seems like this hotel has a firewall that prevents iTunes downloads in order to get you to buy pay-per-view. Is there any way...
View ArticleGold benefits?
Hi all, My wife has just mad gold... What a great time for it.... Anyway- we have bookings coming up made using my points, and i will lose gold in March. Will we get the benefits as she will be with me...
View ArticleHilton Diluting Awards
Looks like the new "seasonal rewards" rates are diluting the program drastically. New York Waldorf Astoria, usually a 50,000 point award is now 70,000, and 80,000 in April. That's a pretty big...
View ArticleJunk, Canned Response
I sent an email to just about every senior level person at HH that I could find online. I had an issue a while back and had a phone call back within an hour. This time I suspect with the devaluation...
View ArticleWi-Fi Restrictions
I may have heard this somewhere related to a different hotel group...related to Wi-Fi performance in hotels. Some are stellar but others really drag and it hinders my ability to get work done in my...
View ArticleHow long is elite status really good for?
I first got my Surpass card in September, 2011. I was given Gold and expected it to be valid through March 2013. Instead, it was valid through March 2014. In mid 2012, I put $40,000 in spend on it and...
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