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HICV Direct Destinations

bizaro86

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Anyone have any experiences with this program? I'd be very interested in getting a general sense of how many points this cost and how availability was. The resort that most appeals to me on their current list is The Crane in Barbados. It is very expensive through Hilton, so this might be another option. There are also a number of Austrian resort choices at present. There is a $99 fee and stays are in seven night increments only, but no other details are on the website.
 

tony_i

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I asked about this two years ago. If I remember correctly it was about 150k for the crane. I remember also comparing with direct exchange through RCI and it was cheaper trough RCI only on low seasons, and 1b or studios. I also saw a lot of 15k exchanges for the crane under the hicv 25k and under section, but these were mostly last minute deals.

1b full kitchen in July were 180k hicv points and 170 in October.


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