That is pretty much what we did for the Maldives trip. I did recommend the Aspire to
@Haley R as well.
I'm not sure how many nights that would be but if you recall, the Aspire gives you a $250 resort credit, so that is one night, gives you a free weekend night, so there is another. That is potentially 2 nights that you don't need to accumulate the points to book.
I don't know about the UR points as I've never used UR to book a Hilton. But we were recognized as Diamond and received all perks on our recent Hilton award stays.
You know, when I go in to teach classes I always wonder if I will meet someone from the Disboards LOL That would be kind of cool.
One of the regulars on the
ABD thread spotted me at Epcot during F&W last year. He called out, Calypso! and I recognized him from his trip report pictures and responded by calling out his username LOL We took a picture together and posted it on the ABD thread. Thanks to the trip reports I post over there, I've been spotted a few times by other DISers on cruises and at the parks. But my most unexpected and memorable one was while we were in Scotland! That was too cool!