Good uses of Hilton Aspire Annual Free Night Certificate

[CalGalTraveler]

Lots of standard awards available at WA Los Cabos Pedregal now. Just scored 3 nights there using FNCs for next spring prior to a trip already scheduled to Los Cabos. HH Point rate is 250,000 per night now, after the last devaluation.

I have 4 nights booked after stays at Cabo Azul and the Westin. I may not want to return home! This will be our 3rd visit to Pedregal.

 

[GT75]

This will be our 3rd visit to Pedregal.

You need to share with those less fortunate such as myself.

 

[Eric B]

You need to share with those less fortunate such as myself.

Fortuna favet fortibus. Go forth and reserve a room there....

 

[HuskerATL]

At some point, it would be fun to have a bunch of us book there at the same time and hang out. Of course, once I met GT75 in person, it made me question following guidance from him....

Joking .. He is great!

 

[Eric B]

We will have to check those out. What resort are they closest to?

Lumbre is in San Jose del Cabo near the Art Walk area, so it's fairly close to Cabo Azul and the rest of the SJC resorts. Carbon Cabron on the transpeninsular on the inland side by the hospital near Westin Los Cabos.

 

[GT75]

Fortuna favet fortibus.

I had to look up the meaning. I didn’t know if I was being slammed or encouraged. Good one.

 

[buzglyd]

I had to look up the meaning. I didn’t know if I was being slammed or encouraged. Good one.

Don't look up Cabron. That's a bad word in Spanish.

 

[GT75]

Don't look up Cabron

Of course, you know that I did.

 

[Great3]

Let's see how I end up feeling, but I decided to try the Evermore Orlando Resort for 3 nights instead of Waldorf Astoria Orlando or Conrad Orlando at Evermore as a continuation of the week trip at Disney's Boardwalk Villas.

Pros: No $50+ parking fees for use of the FNC's / FNA's (resort fees + parking fees often end up costing close to $100 nowadays for the free night, especially for Marriott stays vs Hilton stays).

Cons: Not any real Diamond Benefits at Evermore Orlando Resort, no F & B dining credits, but I can live with that.

Supposed to cost $1535 avg / night, obviously would not pay such cash pricing if not for Aspire FNC'S. 150K standard rewards points (up from 135K when they first opened).

Great3

 

[mountainboy]

Evermore Orlando Resort

? 2-BR Villas

Houses and villas at the Evermore Orlando Resort near Disney World now bookable with Hilton points - The Points Guy

The 1,100-acre Evermore Orlando Resort is now officially part of the Hilton Honors program.

thepointsguy.com

 

[Great3]

? 2-BR Villas

Houses and villas at the Evermore Orlando Resort near Disney World now bookable with Hilton points - The Points Guy

The 1,100-acre Evermore Orlando Resort is now officially part of the Hilton Honors program.

thepointsguy.com

Yes, that's the one, and yes, 2-bedroom villas. So, kinda like timeshare units we are used to!

Great3

 

[Zenichiro]

Let's see how I end up feeling, but I decided to try the Evermore Orlando Resort for 3 nights instead of Waldorf Astoria Orlando or Conrad Orlando at Evermore as a continuation of the week trip at Disney's Boardwalk Villas.

Pros: No $50+ parking fees for use of the FNC's / FNA's (resort fees + parking fees often end up costing close to $100 nowadays for the free night, especially for Marriott stays vs Hilton stays).

Cons: Not any real Diamond Benefits at Evermore Orlando Resort, no F & B dining credits, but I can live with that.

Supposed to cost $1535 avg / night, obviously would not pay such cash pricing if not for Aspire FNC'S. 150K standard rewards points (up from 135K when they first opened).

Great3

Yes I agree, these are a great use for FNC. I almost booked it for our Disney trip but chose WA instead for the 3 nights at Disney then will move to Parc or Tuscany for the rest of the week. If I were renting a car then I would have went with Conrad for the parking.

 

[JohnnyO]

We're headed back to our 2025 FNC stomping grounds. Just booked 4 nights in January 2026 at the newly refurbished Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal. We couldn't help ourselves. This time we will stay at HGVC La Pacifica Los Cabos for three nights before we go to WA. The per night rate was $2,000+ or 250,000 standard room HH points per night. I went back to look at the rate for our dates just jumped to premium room rewards 653,000 HH per night. Not sure if that's an algorithm just for us or because we used up the availability. Last FNC stay they told us they upgraded us seven room levels because we are Diamond. Not sure what will happen this visit but we hope for the same.

 

[letsgobobby]

I have a FNC cert that expires 2/1/26. this means stay must be completed by that date? unfortunately I have several good uses for the cert but not till mid february.

 

[CalGalTraveler]

Yes must be used AFAIK

 

[mountainboy]

must be completed by that date

Yes must be used

Yup; *use by (expiry) date, not book by then....