Hilton Honors has long been considered one of the least valuable rewards programs due to high points prices, constant devaluations, and limited status benefits like guaranteed late checkout and suite upgrades when compared to World of Hyatt or Marriott Bonvoy. While I'll agree there are some absurdities to the Hilton program, particularly at it's highest end properties, I personally still feel like I can often find some very good value in the program at what I'll call the "se

I get asked this question a lot - "where do I start with points & miles?" My answer is usually something along the lines of getting a credit card and importantly DO NOT REDEEM THE POINTS FOR STATEMENT CREDITS, GIFT CARDS, OR PRODUCTS. I feel a small part of me die inside when people tell me that's how they use their points. So I thought why don't I actually write down step by step how I would start in the points & miles world. And it just so happens that with the birth of our

When I tell people my favorite Hotel program is Hyatt, the first question I usually get is "why not Marriott?" Anecdotally, I've felt that since the merger with SPG the continued devaluations have just gotten out of control. For example, In 2019 we stayed at the Ritz Kyoto for 60,000 Marriott points per night. Looking at the 2025 calendar, there's one night going for 96,000 points at the low end and some nights reaching as high as 152,000 points. Hyatt has had it's share of d