Using HIVC for airfare - I found the link
Ok - so most of you have by now either not joined the HIVC or joined and exploring. I joined and I am exploring the options. I figured that it was a cheap way to get into the HICV club, considering that other "conversion" schemes cost thousands of $$. When I saw the low cost, I thought long and hard, but then joined.
One of the things I was interested in was the option to use the Priority Club points for airfare. I know, I know, this is not the best use of points usually. Probably correct. But this is the same conclusion with using RCI points for airfare, so maybe I am no better off. With RCI, I was limited to the a certain percentage of my alloted points for the year.
Anyway, I finally found out how to play around with using points for airfare after speaking with a rep today. Here it is:
Go to
www.priorityclub.com (use your priority club member number)
- Rewards
- Travel
- Flights anywhere
- - flights anywhere (again, on the left side)
- Search for flights
Then you can play around with flight options. Looks like it is live, as with expedia or travelocity type websites.
Since I don't have any points in the account yet, it says something like "You don't have sufficient points, but view the possibilites..."
This gives me an idea of points values for airfares. Of course, these change just as real-time money costs for airfares, but I thought others might like to know how to find this info.
Looks like this HIVC might work out, especially for hotel stays at places we want to visit that do not have timeshare options.
Such as Charleston, SC; New York; and especially European vacatons; also for those international travellers, the resorts and hotels across the globe through IGH group look scrumptuous!
sandy