The reason to come up with an average nightly rate for a stay is to simplify the calculation of bonu

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Hilton hotel accommodation HHonors "Triple your Trip" 3rd quarter promotion offers double points for Monday-Thursday and triple points for Friday-Sunday nights for stays at participating hotels from July 1 to September 30, 2012.
For the Triple Your Trip promotion, the Bonus Points you earn per night are calculated based on the average nightly folio of your total stay (average nightly folio is calculated by taking the total net folio of your stay during the Promotion Period, divided by the total number hotel accommodation of nights of the stay). Triple Your Trip Double Points are awarded for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights in your stay. Triple Your Trip Triple Points are awarded for Friday, hotel accommodation Saturday and Sunday nights in your stay.
I highly doubt that HHonors bonus points will be calculated for the "Triple Your Trip" Promotion as shown in the HHonors FAQ example. The method of averaging the total stay folio for an average nightly rate does not make sense and is unlike any promotion bonus I have ever seen in the past decade of analyzing bonus point promotions.
7,730 bonus points are earned for this 4-night stay spending $558 when the double and triple points are actually calculated by the weekday nights and weekend nights for double and triple points. points. Total bonus points earned for the 4-night stay spending $558 = 2,380 + 1,070 + 2,140 + 2,140 = 7,730 bonus points.
I bet that the scenario shown for this two-night stay will actually earn 4,520 bonus points for the $345 stay rather than 5,175 bonus points hotel accommodation as calculated using the HHonors "Triple Your Trip" FAQ example.
Reverse the rates to a hotel where the Friday to Sunday rates are higher than the weekday rates and the situation will result in the HHonors member earning fewer points by the HHonors FAQ method than by my Loyalty Traveler calculation.
Higher weekend night rates in this example mean the HHonors FAQ method actually results in the HHonors member receiving 1,200 fewer bonus points on this $800 hotel stay than should be earned based on the promotion terms of receiving triple points for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Just wait until I show you some room rate anomalies for the San Jose Doubletree I found while researching this post. In my next post I will show how one guest booking the San Jose Doubletree hotel accommodation on a AAA rate could end up paying $400 more for the same 4-night hotel accommodation stay as another guest booking AAA rates for the same dates.
Bottom Line: HHonors Triple your Trip promotion offers a good weekend bonus for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights that will give members 35 points per dollar when earning Points Points. Elite bonus points and credit card points can raise the earn rate up to nearly 50 points per dollar for this summer. That is a huge bonus offer.
hotel accommodation If the bonus points calculation example shown in the HHonors FAQ for this promotion is correct, then this is the weirdest calculation of bonus points I have seen in all my years of analyzing hotel loyalty promotions.
The reason to come up with an average nightly rate for a stay is to simplify the calculation of bonus points for HHonors and not for the member s benefit. The HHonors program can take the total  eligible spend for a 6-night stay and come up with an average nightly spend rate and easily apply double or triple points based on the hotel stay dates.
For the consumer who has a stay where both weekday and weekend nights are part of the stay it is important to remember that if your weekday spend is higher hotel accommodation than your weekend spend, then you will benefit from average nightly rate in calculating bonus points. But if your weekend spend is higher than your weekday spend, then you will actually earn fewer points than you should for double or triple bonus points when the average nightly rate is calculated for your total stay.
The question I have, is will I earn my diamond bonus, and my double dip bonus on top of this promo? In theory then, earning an extra 10pts per dollar, on top of my base 10 and my double/triple nights?
[...] The Wandering Aramean spills the beans on Hilton s sneak peek into this summer s promotion. Earn 3X points on weekend nights and 2X points weekdays. A pretty good deal given what I m faced with from Hyatt right now (really? hotel accommodation airline hotel accommodation miles? and the 48-hour sale doesn t even have a list of participating hotels???) Ric from Loyalty Traveler shares his usual in-depth analysis. [...]
Hilton should have offered triple points hotel accommodation on all nights for stays of 4 nights and longer as it did during one of its previous promos and then double hotel accommodation points for stays of 1-3 nights. This would make things less complicated, but the promo is pretty good nonetheless.
First, I had had a Standard Twin booked hotel accommodation at the AMS Schiphol Hilton for 40k points. When I looked again, it was only 37,008 points (interesting number in itself!) for an Executive Twin, so I rebooked and got nearly 3k points back for a better room.
Next, I checked availability in New Delhi and found a screaming rate at a new Doubletree kind of near the airport for equivalent of $88 USD only $22 less than the points/miles + taxes I was paying at a Hilton Garden Inn, with likely upgrade to Exec Floor. So, I saved points and will get points hotel accommodation + stay credit and a better hotel accommodation room. And my wife will love me even more
Sometimes it pays to wait to make your reservation. I have been planning a trip to Scottsdale and was planning everything hotel accommodation out and had planned on making my Doubletree reservation with a prepaid hotel accommodation rate. I almost made the reservation the day before this promotion was announced. hotel accommodation Now I will get triple points.
Yes, as long as the member hotel accommodation is registered for the promotion prior to check-out of the stay and the reservation is for an eligible stay. Regardless of when a reservation was booked, any nights within the Promotion hotel accommodation Period will receive the promotion bonus.
I m looking for a back-up to SPG (where I am Plat) and this post got me thinking. I had discounted Hilton because it doesn t allow transfers from Membership Rewards or Ultimate Rewards. I was trying to decide between Hyatt (generally nicer higher end properties, but fewer) and Marriott or Priorty (which have properties on every street corner). Any thoughts? hotel accommodation Thanks Ric!
Marriott is good for its recurring two stays earn a free night promotion. Also Marriott is the best of the three programs for reward night pricing. Marriott hotels tend to require fewer points compared to HHonors and Priority Club within its earn and burn points structure for similar quality hotels.
Priority Club offers 10% rebate on points redemptions for its Visa card members. hotel accommodation Priority Club has big discount rewards for some high value opportunities. And I think Priority Club has the overall lower rates compared to HHonors or Marriott, but that depends more on where you travel. The ability to earn multiple bonus on a single hotel stay can mean 5,000 or so points per stay for infrequent guests hotel accommodation who stay just a few times a year.
aarash@ I think you will receive your elite bonus on the base points only and the points from the promotion will not get a Diamond bonus. Let s say your stay costed you 100$ and you stayed at Monday (double points) you ll get 2500 points:
[...] Triple your Trip promotion registration required prior to completing your first hotel stay. This offer applies to up to two rooms per stay paid by the member. There are about 500 hotels, nearly all in U.S. not participating in this promotion so check the exclusion properties carefully. Loyalty Traveler June 20 post on HHonors Triple your Trip. [...]
[...] Triple your Trip promotion registration required prior to completing your first hotel stay. This offer applies to up to two rooms per stay paid by the member. There are about 500 hotels, nearly all in U.S. not participating in this promotion so check the exclusion properties carefully. Loyalty Traveler June 20 post on HHonors Triple your Trip. [...]
[...] Triple your Trip promotion registration required prior to completing your first hotel stay. This offer applies to up to two rooms per stay paid by the member. There are about 500 hotels, nearly all in U.S. not participating in this promotion so check the exclusion properties carefully. Loyalty Traveler June 20 post on HHonors Triple your Trip. [...]