Am I better off buying points in this situation?

[sinophile888]

I am planning a stay at Hilton Tokyo (Shinjuku) in November with 3 adults. It appears that I am better off to buy points than pay the current price. Am I reading this correctly?

Day	Full Price	Points and Pay	Points only
1	$400	20000 + $115	50000
2	$400	20000 + $115	50000
3	$400	20000 + $115	50000
4	$400	20000 + $115	50000
5	$580	na	50000

I have 58500 points and Gold status. I could buy 20000 points for around $220, saving $285. So I figure if I buy 22000 points for A$245, I could book Days 1 – 4 for the cost of my 58000 points + 4 x $115 + $245 = $705. Then pay for Day 5 adding up to $1285.

Have I got this right?

 

[drross]

To my untrained eye that looks correct. Hopefully an expert or two can check the details and let us both know!

 

[serfty]

That should work ... note that an HHonors Elite can redeem 5 nights for the price of four¹, i.e. 200,000 points all up - although that won't help here.

¹ The rate on searches drops by [sup]1[/sup]/[sub]5[/sub]th or 20% to 40,000 per night if you select 5 nights or more.