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Jan172012

Hilton, IHG, Marriott: Earning Base Points and Miles

The second post in comparing the mega-chain hotel loyalty programs of Hilton, IHG and Marriott is a look at earning points and miles in each program. These three hotel chains are grouped together for comparative purposes based on their size, each hotel chain with more than 3,500 properties worldwide and a significant proportion of upscale to luxury…

Sep172010

Cheaper Hilton Reward Nights using Priority Club Points

by Ric Garrido 12 Comments

Last week after playing the Anywhere Challenge, I took a closer look at Priority Club’s Hotels Anywhere program. I found several examples of Hilton brand hotels requiring fewer Priority Club points than the same reward booked with HHonors points through Hilton. Here are some examples: Hilton San Francisco Union Square (Fri Sep 24, 2010) Hilton HHonors = 50,000 points (HHonors category 7 reward)…

Sep292008

Hilton Rome Cavalieri Rebranded as Waldorf=Astoria Collection

by Ric Garrido 3 Comments

Hilton Rome Cavalieri Rebranded as Waldorf=Astoria Waldorf=Astoria Collection, The Cavalieri, Rome, Italy (photo courtesy of Hilton) The Rome Cavalieri has been the premier European hotel property of Hilton International for years. This hotel was one of the few HHonors Category 6 hotels when I started looking in 2000 for wonderful Hilton Hotels to spend my…