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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #240 on: March 26, 2017, 07:28:29 AM »
Ramses Hilton Cairo. Five nights for 40k total. Stay was actually completed today.

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #241 on: July 17, 2017, 02:37:05 PM »
3 nights at the Ritzaliya. Like everyone else.

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #242 on: July 17, 2017, 09:57:18 PM »
4 Nights in a 2BRM at the Conrad Residences Koh Samui and asked for an upgrade to their 3Brm (don't ask how many points although I am able to rationalize it)  :P

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #243 on: July 17, 2017, 10:23:19 PM »
4 Nights in a 2BRM at the Conrad Residences Koh Samui and asked for an upgrade to their 3Brm (don't ask how many points although I am able to rationalize it)  :P

You really do like hiltons!

and ETA

how much did it cost?

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #244 on: July 17, 2017, 10:25:42 PM »
4 Nights in a 2BRM at the Conrad Residences Koh Samui and asked for an upgrade to their 3Brm (don't ask how many points although I am able to rationalize it)  :P
how much did it cost?

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #245 on: July 17, 2017, 10:46:48 PM »
You really do like hiltons!

I get a boatload of points from work and I don't care what anyone says if you aren't just playing the CC churning game but actually spending money at hotels, NOBODY lets you earn crazy amounts of points like HHonors.  I usually end up earning like 30ppd plus another 12 ppd from the Surpass card, so if you can find a redemption close to a penny a point you are getting like a 30% return!

Now on "bad" redemptions like this one where I'm only getting about .35 of a cent per point I figure I'm still getting like 10-15% back on my spend.

how much did it cost?

A little over a million points.  Before I get killed here for the redemption, I was going to have to anyway get two rooms for my family and once I realized that with our flights we can only be there 4 nights and I can't get the 5th night free discount, it wasn't that much more to get the residence, with a ton more space and a full kitchen, than getting two rooms.  Also, almost all these points are earned at a minimum of 12ppd so really it's probably about 75k in spend for these points, same as spending let's say 25k SPG points a night since SPG are so hard to earn with little bonus earning possibilities...I know I'm rationalizing!  :)
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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #246 on: July 17, 2017, 11:12:33 PM »
Marriot Key Largo Resort Bay Resort. 3 nights.
Sheraton Lakes Buena Vista Resort Orlando. 6 nights.

Nice. same trip? Are you driving from one to the other?
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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #247 on: July 17, 2017, 11:24:48 PM »
I get a boatload of points from work and I don't care what anyone says if you aren't just playing the CC churning game but actually spending money at hotels, NOBODY lets you earn crazy amounts of points like HHonors.  I usually end up earning like 30ppd plus another 12 ppd from the Surpass card, so if you can find a redemption close to a penny a point you are getting like a 30% return!

Now on "bad" redemptions like this one where I'm only getting about .35 of a cent per point I figure I'm still getting like 10-15% back on my spend.

A little over a million points.  Before I get killed here for the redemption, I was going to have to anyway get two rooms for my family and once I realized that with our flights we can only be there 4 nights and I can't get the 5th night free discount, it wasn't that much more to get the residence, with a ton more space and a full kitchen, than getting two rooms.  Also, almost all these points are earned at a minimum of 12ppd so really it's probably about the 75k in spend for these points, same as spending let's say 25k SPG points a night since SPG are so hard to earn with little bonus earning possibilities...I know I'm rationalizing!  :)
seems like a good deal actually. 2 rooms would have costed 190k  a night and this is only 60k extra. But if I were you I would find a way to. She the fifth night free work. Or maybe look into booking this with UR through CSR. One final thing to look into is to sell the hh points and book through Citi prestige 4th night free. And you will earn tons more of hh

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #248 on: July 18, 2017, 04:22:39 AM »
3 nights at the Ritzaliya. Like everyone else.
Eta?

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #249 on: July 18, 2017, 06:30:42 AM »
4 Nights in a 2BRM at the Conrad Residences Koh Samui and asked for an upgrade to their 3Brm (don't ask how many points although I am able to rationalize it)  :P

I actually just booked same hotel
2 nights 1 cert. one nights points got upgraded for the 2Bdrm suite
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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #250 on: July 18, 2017, 06:47:23 AM »
I actually just booked same hotel
2 nights 1 cert. one nights points got upgraded for the 2Bdrm suite
wow! I don't think anyone from here who stayed there ever got upgraded to a 2 BR. How did you pull that off?

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #251 on: July 18, 2017, 06:58:18 AM »
wow! I don't think anyone from here who stayed there ever got upgraded to a 2 BR. How did you pull that off?

Just asked nicely 😜
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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #252 on: July 18, 2017, 10:04:22 AM »
Booked Park Hyatt NY standard king room a few weeks ago. Was upgraded to Park Terrace Suite at check in!

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #253 on: July 18, 2017, 12:58:20 PM »
Booked Park Hyatt NY standard king room a few weeks ago. Was upgraded to Park Terrace Suite at check in!

cert booking?

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #254 on: July 18, 2017, 03:08:29 PM »
cert booking?

standard room award, 30k Hyatt

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #255 on: July 18, 2017, 05:01:29 PM »
Just asked nicely 😜

That's awesome!  Post some pics! Also if you found/use a good driver I'd love the info.

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #256 on: July 18, 2017, 06:40:15 PM »
That's awesome!  Post some pics! Also if you found/use a good driver I'd love the info.

Definitely will. I have a good driver PM me
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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #257 on: July 30, 2017, 02:54:59 PM »
Booked Hyatt regency Chesapeake Bay thurs-sun for 60k. anyone know my chances of having minyan there this shabbos?
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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #258 on: December 06, 2017, 11:02:27 PM »
Booked: Four Points by Sheraton Niagara Falls Fallsview, Falls View room for 5,500 points.

Going rate for the room on that night is CAD 1,426.74! ($1,114,67 USD).

Over 20 cents value per starpoint.

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Re: What Hotel Award Reservation Did You Just Book/Hold
« Reply #259 on: December 07, 2017, 12:53:02 AM »
Booked: Four Points by Sheraton Niagara Falls Fallsview, Falls View room for 5,500 points.

Going rate for the room on that night is CAD 1,426.74! ($1,114,67 USD).

Over 20 cents value per starpoint.
Four points for $1100?!? Whats goin on there that night?