Hilton 24 Hour Sale - Starts Now!

Starting right now at 11:00am eastern Hilton is running a 24 hours flash sale for up to 40% off weekend stays plus 2,500 bonus points.  This is really just an additional bonus on top of the Any Weekend Anywhere sale that runs through the end of the month.  You have to register though Facebook for the bonus points and then book through the sale link HERE  Details are below:

Here's the Text from their Facebook page:

Come back on Wednesday, January 16th at 11:00AM ET and register for the 24-Hour Flash Bonus Offer. To earn your bonus, simply book a stay with the Any Weekend, Anywhere Sale and you can save up to 40% on weekends throughout 2013 at participating hotels and resorts worldwide. Plus, once you complete your stay you'll get 2,500 Hilton HHonors™ Bonus Points for every weekend you book. Start making plans for all of your weekend getaways today.

 And the link to register: HERE

Final day of Hilton's 25 days of Winning

Today is the final day for Hilton's 25 Days of Winning sweepstakes.  For the last 3 and a half weeks they have been giving away a prize everyday, some noteable and some not so much.  For the final day of the promo, they have the grand prize for the sweepstakes and it includes the following:

ONE (1) DAY TWENTY FIVE GRAND PRIZE: Grand Prize Dream trip prize package. Prize package includes $15,000 that may be used by winner to design a trip of his or her choosing; $1,500 that winner can use toward air transportation for his/her trip; $5,000 in Hilton HHonors Gift Cards (terms and conditions of Gift Cards apply); and 500,000 HHonors Bonus Points (Bonus Points will be deposited in the winner's Hilton HHonors account. Bonus Points do not count toward elite tier qualification. Hilton HHonors™ membership, earning of Points & Miles™, and redemption of Points are subject to HHonors Terms and Conditions). Winner must complete the trip within one (1) year from the drawing date or prize will be forfeited. Trip must be booked at least twenty-one (21) days prior to departure. ARV: $26,500 USD.

Though I don't normally bother with sweepstakes entries (unless I get points/miles for entering) this seemed like it was worth the 30 seconds it takes to enter.

You can enter here

Hilton HHonors Reward Category Updates

Gary over at View from the Wing posted a link this morning to a .pdf listing of Hilton's reward category adjustments.  In all, 330 hotels are moving up one category and 117 are moving down one category. These changes will take effect at the end of the month so you have a few weeks to book stays at the hotels which are moving up. You can see the list HERE.


For the most part I don't see anything too upsetting in the changes though of course we'd like to see more hotels moving down than up.  with roughly 3,800 hotels in the Hilton portfolio, the 330 going up represents less than 10% over all so this isn't a big devaluation. This said, it does bother me a bit seeing Hampton Inns as Category 6 rewards.  Is it ever really a good deal to spend 40,000 points a night for a Hampton Inn stay? I  would certainly be looking at other options.

On the other hand, some of the Hampton's moving down to category 1 or 2 could be great options at 7,500 or 12,500 points respectively.  I don't actually see any on the list in areas I have plans to travel to this year but you never know...