Hotel Points Guide

Leaked: New Hilton Diamond Reserve Tier Coming in 2026? [Update: official announcement now live, guaranteed 4pm checkout, premium club, and confirmable upgrade reward]

2025-11-17 2025-11-18 9 Comments

[2025.11.18 Update] The official annoucement page is now live: https://www.hilton.com/en/p/hilton-honors/tier-updates/ The new tier Diamond Reserve will have the following benefits: Confirmable Upgrade Reward: allows a Member to lock in an upgrade for a premium room or a suite at the time booking. A single CUR is valid for a stay up to 7-nights. Applicable to any upgradeable room up to…
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Hilton Honors

A Map for The Edit by Chase Travel

2025-11-02 2025-11-02 1 Comment

If you』re a Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR) cardholder, you』ve probably heard the buzz. Chase has rolled out its own luxury hotel program, The Edit by Chase Travel, and it』s clearly designed to compete with the legendary Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts (FHR). On paper, the value proposition is clear. A booking through The Edit provides a set of valuable perks—even…
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Hotel Overviews

Are dynamic Marriott points more valuable now? Yes, but with a big caveat …

2022-04-18 2022-04-18 7 Comments

The Points Guy recently published a quantitative analysis arguing that the Marriott points, even after the implementation of dynamic awards, retain its purported value of ~0.8 cent/pt. To get that conclusion, they pulled data from 50+ hotels over ~150 days. In fact, the average redemption value after the dynamic award is in place is 0.84 c/pt. They thus concluded that…
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Marriott Bonvoy

Finally You Can Check Your Hilton Free Night Certificates Expiration Info Online!

2021-11-18 2021-11-18 51 Comments

All other hotel chains let you easily manage free night certificates online or in app; however, Hilton is always different about this issue. Previously, you not only can not book with a free night certificate online, but you also can not see how many of the certificates you have left and what their expiration dates are! You have to call…
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Hilton Honors

ACT FAST: Le Méridien Maldives Bookable with Bonvoy Points in Peak Season (40k/Night Top)

2021-05-19 2021-05-19 6 Comments

Recently we became aware of the opening of Le Méridien in Maldives, marking the 6th Marriott property in this island nation. What sets Le Méridien apart though is that it is a Category 5 hotel. A standard award would cost you 35k Bonvoy points and even the peak-season pricing means 40k points, a true bargain considering how expensive everything is…
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Data speaks for itself: who scores a big win after Marriott’s August revamp?

2018-06-29 2019-07-17 0 Comments

(For better viewing experiences, a desktop browser is recommended.) Data exclusively provided by Yeek. Marriott has just revealed its revamped award charts for more than 6,000 hotels worldwide yesterday. Here we will walk you through some important analyses of the new chart. Overall distribution of Marriott hotel categories post-August  To our delight, most (~90%) of the hotels will be classified…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Hilton Honors

2018-03-14 2018-03-21 0 Comments

Introduction Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. is one of the largest multinational hotel conglomerates in the world, comprised of 5,200 properties across 14 hotel brands. Brands owned by Hilton include Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Canopy, Curio, Hilton, DoubleTree, Embassy suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton, Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, Hilton Grand Vacations, Waldorf Astoria, Tru, and Tapestry. In 2017, Hilton’s guest loyalty…
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Hilton Honors

A Beginner’s Guide to the Marriott Rewards Program (2018 Update)

2018-03-08 2019-07-17 6 Comments

1. Brief Introduction to Marriott Hotel Group Established in 1957, Marriott Hotel』s headquarters lies in Washington D.C, with over 4,000 hotels and resorts across the world. After they acquired the Starwood Hotels Group in November 2015, this number increased to over 6,000 hotels in 122 countries all over the world. This is the hotel breakdown: Marriott hotels (the top half)…
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Interact on Social Media, Earn Up to 45k Marriott Points Per Year!

2017-09-17 2019-07-17 0 Comments

Introduction Recently Marriott starts to promote its social media campaigns. Now we can earn Marriott points simply by some clicking! Some notes to keep in mind: You can earn up to 45k Marriott points per year by social media. The points earned in this way won’t postpone the expiration date of Marriott points. Preparation: Connect Your Accounts In order to…
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