Why I Bought 10,000 Hilton Points

Usually, it does not make sense to buy points from airlines and hotels unless you just need to top off an account and even then, it make not be worth the money. 

I prefer shopping portals and other ways to top off accounts. 

However, this past week, Hilton offered an 80% bonus points promotion. Since I have just 593 points left in my Hilton account and my husband has 1,893 points left, we are hardly looking to top off anything. 

But, we are headed to Panama City, Panama on our next family trip and rooms at the Hampton cost 10,000 points per night and we need 1 room for 1 night. 

When I checked my husband's account, Hilton offered him bonus points when he bought at least 11,000 points which would cost $110. 

However, when I checked my account, it offered me bonus points for just buying 3,000 points at a cost of $30. 

So, I bought 6,000 points in the promotion for $60 and got enough bonus points to score 1 room in Panama City.  This move saved me about $60, nice. Why my husband was offered a different bonus structure than I was, I have no idea. But sometimes it pays to have multiple accounts and to check both before making a purchase.
I also made the purchase through the ebates.com portal so I may get a percentage back. As always, if you use my Ebates.com referral link, you will $10 cash back and I will earn $25 which helps keep this blog running. 
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