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Update at 3:30 PM ET: The 250k and 100k deals have sold out. 150k remains.
Update at 1:40 PM ET: These deals have not sold out.
Today is the fifth day of five weeks of discounted travel packages from the US Travel Association called Daily Getaways. Every weekday at 1 PM ET, a discounted travel package or packages will go on sale and will often sell out in a few minutes. Every weekend I’ll preview the deals for the next week, and the morning of interesting deals, I’ll have a full write up.
Today only, Hilton HHonors points are being sold for 0.5 cents each.
Today’s deal is:
- 100,000 Hilton HHonors points for $500 (0.5 cents each), 160 packages available
- 150,000 Hilton HHonors points for $750 (0.5 cents each), 200 packages available
- 250,000 Hilton HHonors points for $1,250 (0.5 cents each), 200 packages available
You can buy one of each package, three total. If you bought the maximum, you would be getting 500k Club Carlson points for $2,500.
Club Carlson points can be used at over 4,100 hotels with the following brand names:
- Conrad Hotels & Resorts
- Canopy by Hilton
- Curio – A Collection by Hilton
- Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- DoubleTree by Hilton
- Embassy Suites Hotels
- Hilton Garden Inn
- Hampton Inn
- Homewood Suites by Hilton
- Home2 Suites by Hilton
- Hilton Grand Vacations
- Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
How far do Hilton points go? Here’s the award chart:
A Category 1 hotel costs 5,000 points, which is $25 if you buy points for 0.5 cents each. Needless to say $25 is a great deal for a hotel night anywhere in the world, though the Category 1 properties are in generally uninspiring places. Super reader Jeremy has created the most valuable spreadsheet imaginable for the Hilton HHonors program that you can download for free here, which lists all Category 1, 2, 9, and 10 properties. (Why 9 and 10? See The Only Two Good Hilton Strategies.)
My Plan
I’m sitting out this deal. Check out Hilton’s PDF of all its hotels’ categories. Most of the places I would stay at are Categories 3-7, which would cost $100 to $300 per night at these prices. Maybe buying points gets a discount over the retail price, but I can stay at airbnb properties for much cheaper and enjoy my stay more.
Will This Deal Sell Out?
The last two years, at approximately the same prices, Hilton points have not sold out.
Purchasing the Packages
To maximize your chances of getting in on the deal, I recommend using a site like whattimeisit.com to figure out the official time. The sale starts at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT / 7 AM HT. This year’s sales all started on time to the second. Keep refreshing the deal page until you see the BUY NOW button replace the SEE DETAILS button.
This is what happens if you try to purchase something when all quantities are already in someone’s cart.
This doesn’t mean the deal is sold out. If someone doesn’t complete his purchase, that quantity will immediately become available for someone else. Keep checking until the dreaded “Sold Out” appears.
Key Links
- Daily Getaways home page
- Daily Getaways Help
- Daily Getaways FAQ
- 100,000 Hilton HHonors Points for $500
Do you plan to buy Hilton HHonors points? Post your successful or failed attempt in the comments, so we can gauge how quick you had to be to snag a deal.
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I agree with sitting it out. Unless staying at the resorts that cost $1000/night, this is not a great deal. Also, looks like you have a two typos around the 3rd paragraph referencing “Club Carlson” deal and not HIlton. “… getting 500k Club Carlson points for $2,500. Club Carlson points can be used at over 4,100 hotels with the following brand names:”.
Agreed on sitting it out. Some discount on super luxury rooms doesn’t appeal to me, and I don’t have any travel plans for the low-end destinations. Hilton points are generally not worth more than .5 cents anyway, so this just amounts to trading in cash for points worth the same. No value. Larry’s right about the editing too. If it really were Club Carlson points we’re talking about, I’d perk up a little due to the last night free feature with the credit card.
I decided to jump in – bought the 150,000 point package. HHonors is not my go-to program, but my strategy is to maintain a balance of a few hundred thousand points that I use tactically when I can get good value (for example, when a property is almost sold out, or when a hotel is under-priced on points).
By the way, the offer did sell out within a few hours last year, as well as this year. The big “down” year was 2013, right after the big devaluation – I was able to buy a package several days after the original offering.
Hi. I missed the HHonors offer but on MOnday US travel is offering a BW offer of 10000 points for $100. Is that worth the price or is the BW Travel Card with 24000 points for $100 a better deal? “Best Western Travel Cards Treat yourself or a loved one to the gift of travel. The Best Western Travel Card® is a reloadable stored value card that can be used towards Best Western stays at any of our over 4,000 hotels in over 100 countries and territories. Available in many denominations (also presented in local European currencies), the Travel Card serves as Best Western “cash”. Recipients can use the currency-loaded card toward Best Western hotel charges (any eligible service managed or operated by a BW hotel) and applicable taxes. Each Travel Card is subject to terms and conditions as published at http://www.travelcard.bestwestern.com. Cards issued through BWR can be reloaded through the BWR Customer Service Help Desk by redeeming points. “
See https://milevalu.wpengine.com/week-2-preview-daily-getaways/
Thanks Scott for the reasoning. The only place I found a broad listing of Best Western points for hotel stays was http://travel.usnews.com/rankings/travel-rewards/hotel-rewards/best-western-rewards-points/
I don’t know how useful the list is at this time.
Thanks for sharing it. Will you be buying points based on any of the hotels on the list?
I’ll probably pass. I may go with the Choice hotels offer… better than BW.