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Well, this is good news. The promotion discussed in this article was, at one point, an ongoing promotion that never seemed to end, that offered a very good deal, and that wasn’t particularly well publicised.
For most of this year, however, the usual link to the promotion page hasn’t worked, and all the Google searches we performed only brought up old pages with the same non-functioning link, we assumed that the deal had finally been killed off.
Apparently not because an email we received from Hilton over the weekend shows that the promotion is still alive and well and residing on a new webpage.
The deal
“An extra night of extraordinary”
“Stay three nights at any Waldorf Astoria, LXR or Conrad hotel or resort and get the fourth night on us.”
The key thing you need to know here is that while the promotion’s headline information suggests that what’s on offer is a 4th night free on stays at Waldorf Astoria, Conrad & LXR Properties around the world, the deal can actually be a little better than that.
Key terms
- Offer valid for stays at participating Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, LXR Hotels & Resorts, and Conrad Hotels & Resorts and is subject to availability and the selected hotel’s booking terms and conditions.
- Offer requires three-day advance reservation, a minimum stay of four (4) consecutive nights and a maximum stay of seven (7) consecutive nights.
- Each hotel has a policy addressing cancellations and/or blackout dates that may apply. Blackout dates, early departure fees, and deposit and cancellation restrictions may apply and vary by hotel.
- Unless otherwise stated, quoted rates are per room per night, based on single/double occupancy and do not include taxes, gratuities, incidental charges and resort fees (if applicable).
- This offer is not applicable to existing reservations or group bookings, and may not be combined with other select promotions, discounts or offers.
- To reserve this package by phone, please contact us at 1-800-HILTONS if in the USA/Canada, or view a complete list of Hilton local reservation offices. When booking, you must book the “LRM Extra Night” package or Plan Code “PBBOG1” to receive all package benefits.
- Complimentary fourth night is non-transferable and must be consumed during same stay in which it was earned. Complimentary night includes room rate, tax in same category room as paid night(s) and does not include gratuities, resort fees or incidental charges.
- Offer requires a minimum stay of four (4) consecutive nights and a maximum stay of seven (7) consecutive nights.
- The value of fourth night stay will be applied as a discount to the daily rate paid for all consumed nights as a discount of 25% off nightly rate, which relates to the hotel’s Best Available Rate,(“”BAR””), which is a specific rate type that varies depending on time of purchase, is unrestricted, non-qualified and excludes discount or negotiated rates.
- Early departures will forfeit complimentary night(s) and rate discount not earned on nights consumed.
Full terms and conditions can be found on the promotion page.
Booking the promotion
The promotion page appears to focus on getting guests to call up to book this deal, but it can be booked online too.
On the main Hilton webpage, anyone wishing to make the most of this 4th-night free promotion should do the following:
- Enter your preferred destination in the search box.
2. Choose your preferred dates.
3. Click on the “special rates” button.
4. Type “PBBOG1” into the promotion code box that should now have opened up.
5.Close the special rates window
6. Click on “Find a Hotel”
The search results that now appear will include all the properties available at your chosen location, but the properties offering the 4th-night free should all show “LRM Extra Night” under the nightly rate.
If you don’t see a property (that’s part of a participating brand) offering the “LRM Extra Night” rate it probably means that it has either sold out that rate for your chosen nights or that the dates you have chosen cover the hotel’s blackout dates.
Quick thoughts
94 properties around the world appear to be participating in this promotion so that should cover pretty much all of the Conrad, LXR, and Waldorf Astoria properties in the Hilton portfolio (yes, properties in the Maldives (x2), Seychelles (x1), and Bora Bora (x1) are participating too).
Interestingly, although Hilton is promoting this deal as a “4th-night free” offer, the promotion is actually a little better than that because guests are actually being offered 25% off the best flexible rate for stays of between 4 and 7 nights.
Here, for example, is the pricing for a 7-stay at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island where the promotional rate is $1,230 per night and the regular flexible rate is $1,639/night and you don’t have to be a mathematician to work out that $1,230 is $1,639 with a 25% discount applied.
Had the promotion just been offering a 4th-night free, the total cost of the 7-night stay would have been $9,834 (6* $1,639) or ~$1,405/night.
As it is, the nightly cost is considerably lower.
Of course, it’s important to point out that the discount on offer isn’t a true 25% discount because all Hilton Honors members could book the discounted nightly rate of $1,541 (that makes the promotional discount approximately 20%), but that shouldn’t detract from the fact that this is still a very nice saving to be offered.
Bottom line
Hilton has either just brought back a promotion in which it’s effectively offering a 25% discount on stays of 4 to 7 nights at Conrad, Waldorf Astoria, and LXR properties around the world, or it has just let us know that the promotion is now on a new page and never actually went away.
We don’t know which it is, but frankly, who cares? It’s just nice to know that the promotion is alive and well as it’s one of the better deals that Hilton has offered in the past few years.
