Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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Buying hotel points has become my primary strategy for discount hotel rates. My primary objective when looking for hotel rooms is to find the best value deal I can book for rates or points for under $100 per night. This means I value hotel programs where I can find hotels using points where my total…
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…
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)…
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…
