Hilton Honors Question

[SAEflyer]

Diamond status no good huh? My wife and I get 2 full weeks of free vacations out of it every year. The diamond desk has been excellent to me and although the points don't get you as much as they used to, with the platinum credit card, i still get more points than I could use with the time I get to actually use them.

 

[lodgepilot]

diamond status

i am presently on vacation in europe. due to a family mixup we found
ourselves in tallinn estonia on a sunday night without a room.
one call to hilton europe they said they could not help, dropped the
"D" word and are presently enjoying a great room in a sold out hotel
for just 10,000 points a night.

 

[TORCH67]

Don't get me wrong, I would rather be a Diamond than not. The problem I see is Hilton has just kept watering down the benefits every year. I have enjoyed some nice vacations in the past in Hawaii, the Caribbean and the U.S. Just to give you an Idea how much the awards have inflated in the past. Three years ago I used 170,000 points and got 6 nights on Kona and airfare on United for 2. Today it takes 175,000 points for just the 6 nights in the hotel. Normal hotel rewards are 10,000 per night Cat 1, or 40,000 for a Cat 6. I know the other chains are doing the same, so it's not just a Hilton!

 

[FLYLOW22]

Don't get me wrong, I would rather be a Diamond than not. The problem I see is Hilton has just kept watering down the benefits every year. I have enjoyed some nice vacations in the past in Hawaii, the Caribbean and the U.S. Just to give you an Idea how much the awards have inflated in the past. Three years ago I used 170,000 points and got 6 nights on Kona and airfare on United for 2. Today it takes 175,000 points for just the 6 nights in the hotel. Normal hotel rewards are 10,000 per night Cat 1, or 40,000 for a Cat 6. I know the other chains are doing the same, so it's not just a Hilton!

Torch, I think if you check back on the same vacation today you will find that Hilton offers something called points savers (or whatever). The point value for a Kona vaca is still about the same. Asa far as UAL not capitulating.... they have been in bankrupcy the last several years. I bet THEY pulled the Hilton perks from the program, not Hilton.

I think Hilton has been very good, allowing for Hilton points, airline miles/credits (SWA) and MY WAY points to all simultaneously accrue.

The Diamond desk is good. In fact, NJA pilot shave their own number we can call to get unique service.

Hyatts are good. At least you get the little amenities upon checkin.

Marriott... ehh. whatever. Nothing special.

 

[G100driver]

I just checked the Hilton website. While they have added a lot of hotels, they done away with ALL airline redemption. This does suck.

I would use Hilton to purchase tickets out to the bush in Alaska (normally a $1000-1500 ticket).

 

[Humphreybogart]

Does Hilton still offer the African Safari? It's not in the book. Although I own a Hilton Amex, I find it better using my Capital One No Hassle Rewards for airline travel, it works great.