{"id":3184,"date":"2026-08-13T03:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flightpoints.com\/blogs\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2026-08-18T03:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:58:40","slug":"points-for-hotel-award-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightpoints.com\/blogs\/points-for-hotel-award-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Enough Points for a Hotel Award Stay? Here Is What You Can Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Table of Contents<\/h4>
TL;DR<\/a><\/li>
Why You Don’t Have Enough Points for Hotel Award Stay\u00a0<\/a><\/li>
Combine Points and Cash Instead of Waiting<\/a><\/li>
Transfer More Points From Your Credit Card Wallet<\/a><\/li>
Set Alerts and Wait for Pricing or Availability to Shift<\/a><\/li>
Know When to Walk Away From the Redemption<\/a>
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How Flightpoints Simplifies This Decision<\/a><\/li>
Conclusion<\/a><\/li>
FAQs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n
You found the hotel. You checked the dates. Then the points total showed up higher than what is in your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This happens more often than most travelers expect, even to people who track their balances closely. Do you wait for the price to drop? Transfer more points from a credit card? Or pay the difference in cash?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n