For context: A "point" can be worth from $0.005 to $0.009 depending on how you use them.
When I stay at a Hilton, I get points per dollar spent not including taxes. But including hotel restaurants.:
- 10x - base points everyone gets
- 10x - Diamond status for having the Amex Hilton Aspire card
- 14x - every dollar spent at a Hilton including taxes and fees..
So that's 34 points per dollar that I usually would say is worth $0.17 to $0.23 per dollar in points.
Also with Hilton, if you pay for four nights with all points, you get the fifth night free. You also don't pay taxes and fees when you pay with points. We are planning to stay for free at least 40 days next year in various big cities across the US.
You also get 10K points for each 10 days you stay over 30 and an additional 30K points after you stay over 60 days. Hilton is usually running some kind of special. For instance from May through September, you get an additional 20 points per dollar when you stay more than 3 days. That's 54 points per dollar or almost 38 cents per dollar toward future stays.
Airlines aren't nearly as generous - ever.
I travel maybe 6 times a year for business and collect points using "other people's money"
When I stay at a Hilton, I get points per dollar spent not including taxes. But including hotel restaurants.:
- 10x - base points everyone gets
- 10x - Diamond status for having the Amex Hilton Aspire card
- 14x - every dollar spent at a Hilton including taxes and fees..
So that's 34 points per dollar that I usually would say is worth $0.17 to $0.23 per dollar in points.
Also with Hilton, if you pay for four nights with all points, you get the fifth night free. You also don't pay taxes and fees when you pay with points. We are planning to stay for free at least 40 days next year in various big cities across the US.
You also get 10K points for each 10 days you stay over 30 and an additional 30K points after you stay over 60 days. Hilton is usually running some kind of special. For instance from May through September, you get an additional 20 points per dollar when you stay more than 3 days. That's 54 points per dollar or almost 38 cents per dollar toward future stays.
Airlines aren't nearly as generous - ever.
I travel maybe 6 times a year for business and collect points using "other people's money"