Rewards Special - is this new?

[Deleted member 29185]

Whilst curiously browsing, I found a special reward rate which places a "premium" room cheaper than the bog standard. I was wondering if this is new, as I haven't stumbled across it before? (not overly unusual as I haven't been searching rewards since HH bumped them all up).


Another curiosity, is the flexible date page does not show these "specials". Here's some screen shots for HSP 1 Dec 2013 (the day they bounce the reward rate up to 70k/nite). So have I just been missing these, are they new or are they a mistake?

 

[boomy]

It's shocking to see the new rewards rate. Who in their right mind will trade 70k for 159$ room cost?!
Hhonors really took it too far IMO.
Not that the 'special' rate of 67k for 207$ room cost is any better... Such a rip off!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

It's shocking to see the new rewards rate. Who in their right mind will trade 70k for 159$ room cost?!
Hhonors really took it too far IMO.
Not that the 'special' rate of 67k for 207$ room cost is any better... Such a rip off!

Very true words. It seems that values a HH point at less than 1/3 of an Australian cent.

However, HSP IMHO should not be a Cat.8 hotel. I value CNS higher and it's a Cat.6 IIRC. At least CNS has a genunine porte-cochere, unlike HSP which has a 3 car space loading zone........which is always full. Hilton, in their wisdom, rates HSP and HSW as the two premier AU hotels. Perhaps they've never actually visited HSP.

The thing I was thinking though, was if this is coming up on HSP site, perhaps there are other more favourable Hiltons which are also offering it...............

 

[Deewhy]

I saw the same thing back a couple of months so with ZQN hilton. Funny thing was, i only noticed this when i wasnt logged in to my hh account. Anyway, managed to jump in for 29k points for the 2BR apt, when the hotel room was 40k. But alas, I blinked, and they disappeared so I got 3 out of the four nights I wanted. But I shouldn't complain I guess.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

I saw the same thing back a couple of months so with ZQN hilton. Funny thing was, i only noticed this when i wasnt logged in to my hh account. Anyway, managed to jump in for 29k points for the 2BR apt, when the hotel room was 40k. But alas, I blinked, and they disappeared so I got 3 out of the four nights I wanted. But I shouldn't complain I guess.

Since you mention it, I too was not logged in when I first noticed it but then when I logged in, it was still showing.

The deal you snagged seems great ..... over 25% better redemption for a far better room! Appears to me, I should be checking reward redemptions as well as cash rates when booking....just in case!