Hilton Honors Increases Maximum Award Rate To 150,000 Points

Hilton Honors has increased the maximum award rate to 150,000 points. Currently this pricing only applies to Waldorf Astoria Maldives. Previously this was pricing at 120,000 points per night (some nights still pricing at this rate). Hilton justifies the price increase by saying:

We’re pleased to offer Hilton Honors members standard redemption rates at the Waldorf Astoria Maldives. The resort is uniquely set up with an all-villa offering with a private pool in each villa and, priced at a premium rate, is also one of the most highly sought after properties in our global portfolio appealing to Hilton Honors members.

The resort has seen steady traction in occupancy and offers rates of well over $1,000 per night for standard rooms, even amidst a challenging period for the global travel industry and this has resulted in a higher price cap for the resort. In addition, across our luxury properties which have a number of specialty room types, the number of rooms classified as “standard” varies across each hotel. We are pleased to share that members will still be able to enjoy the 5th Night Free benefit as well as redeem free weekend night certificates, providing our members greater value at this award-winning resort in an iconic destination.

Hat tip to VFTW

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mark
mark (@guest_1186963)
May 5, 2021 23:01

Deng, I booked 5 nights off of 95k points a night last year in September and they blew up.
I’m highly considering going now…. just booked it just because hoping pandemic would be over. Getting close…

Abey
Abey (@guest_1186612)
May 5, 2021 01:35

2025:
Sign up for an Amex Hilton card and get 50% of a free night
Sign up for both the Personal and Business cards and get 100% of a free night plus 2 waived resort fees…

Mat
Mat (@guest_1186551)
May 4, 2021 22:51

When is the best time to visit this place? what’s offpeak time for this place?

Baz
Baz (@guest_1186530)
May 4, 2021 21:57

Whats a single guy supposed to do in maldives for a week?

t0dd0
t0dd0 (@guest_1186904)
May 5, 2021 20:37

jerk off in style

P
P (@guest_1186512)
May 4, 2021 20:40

Once all high-end properties are 150k and all other properties follow and adjust accordingly, we should be seeing 300k-500k points sign up bonus for their credit cards with a $10k-$25k spend requirement

Avi
Avi (@guest_1186577)
May 5, 2021 00:03
  P

Moral of the story – Churn & burn!

RiskandReward
RiskandReward (@guest_1186762)
May 5, 2021 13:08
  P

Inflation is stealth devaluation.

Anonymous
Anonymous (@guest_1186504)
May 4, 2021 20:21

Conrad Maldives was 42.5k/night back in 2013. To be fair, if they’re offering 150k as a credit card bonus, getting $1k worth is on par with other deals. The problem is cobbling together the additional hundreds of thousands extra needed for a single stay.

Hilty Shilty
Hilty Shilty (@guest_1186476)
May 4, 2021 19:47

Stayed 5 nights usin’ free “weekend” nights and some pointies when they reopened last fall. Extra 30 per night woulda been a pain.

Ivan Y
Ivan Y (@guest_1186511)
May 4, 2021 20:39

I hope you got the airplane transfer comped. There was a thread on FT about it. I redeemed 8 certs and had a blast there.

Slaven
Slaven (@guest_1186529)
May 4, 2021 21:54

How got it comped? That $1000+ airfare has always held me back

Matt Katakis
Matt Katakis (@guest_1186546)
May 4, 2021 22:38

Pretty sure that was a Covid special that was surely limited time.

Snowbubble
Snowbubble (@guest_1186535)
May 4, 2021 22:13

What is FT?

SaigonSteve
SaigonSteve (@guest_1186567)
May 4, 2021 23:33

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