How to Stay at a Luxury Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico: Top 2 Most Affordable Methods (Hilton Honors)
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How to Book a 5-Star Luxury Resort, and Perhaps One of the Best Hilton Properties in the World, for a Huge Discount!
Los Cabos is a beautiful place to visit. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stay at one of their most luxurious resorts in Mexico? The cheapest room will run you about $1,500 to up to $3,000 a night during peak season. Of course, we are talking about the Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal! This has to be one of the coolest resorts that we have ever seen! We have personally never stayed at this resort, but we will show you how you will be able to stay at this incredible property for a fraction of the cost!
Option #1: Using Hilton Honors Credit Card Sign-On Bonuses for Rewards Nights and Points
Overview
Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal may be one of the most popular luxury Hilton Honors resorts to stay in Mexico. In fact, several celebrities are known to vacation at this property. Finding a standard rewards night can be quite difficult due to the demand of travelers booking this property. However, there is sometimes occasional availability of standard rooms at this property, and we will show you exactly how you will be able to redeem at least 5 nights for a fraction of what you would have paid in cash! There are two primary methods to be able to accumulate enough Hilton points to book this property appropriately, and we will go over both of them. These methods do require you to have a second traveler. However, you still may be able to use a combination of these methods if you are a solo traveler looking to stay at this property!
Method
We will show you the first method of landing a reservation at this property without spending a fortune, through the use of Hilton Honors credit card bonuses! The personal Hilton Honors credit cards and business credit card are listed below:
Hilton Honors Co-Branded Credit Cards (American Express)
Here is a step-by-step guide of how you can accumulate many Hilton points through sign-on bonuses with Hilton’s credit cards:
- First, you should apply for the lowest tier card (Hilton Honors credit card) and hit the minimum spend ($2,000 in the first 6 months) to get 80,000 Hilton Honors points.
- After you hit the bonus on the Hilton Honors, you will want to move to the Hilton Surpass credit card, which is the mid-tier card and hit the minimum spend ($3,000 in 6 months) for the Surpass to earn another 130,000 points.
- Finally, you will want to apply for the highest tier card (Hilton Aspire) and hit its minimum spend ($6,000 in 6 months) to earn 150,000 points. Be sure to hit the Surpass minimum spend first before applying for the last card (unless you are able to hit both spends quickly).
- At the end of the minimum spends, you will have a total of 393,000 points, which includes 360,000 from bonuses + at least 33,000 from x3 points on all spend on Hilton Honors credit cards.
- You will repeat this sequence with a second traveler applying for the same cards to get an additional 393,000 points towards the end the minimum spends and obtaining all of the bonuses and point multipliers.
- You will use the “pool points” option to combine all earned points through bonuses and spend to get a total of 786,000 points! You can pool points with your travel partner using this link. Pooling points is a free method to combine points, as gifting points (previously free) will now have a fee associated..
- Once you have all of the points in one person’s account, you will need to find (at least) 5 nights of standard room availability when going to book the resort.
On the calendar you will have to look for standard room (190,000 points) availability! As this is a popular resort, it may be a bit difficult to find multiple nights in a row, so you will need to check vigilantly and be flexible with your travel dates. With some luck, you will eventually be able to find the standard room dates!
Once you have found standard nights for (at least) 5 nights in a row, select the room option, “King Pacific View with Plunge Pool“. This is the resort’s standard room.
