Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island wide open for Hilton Honors points
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Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island opened last year with great fanfare – a private island resort (accessible only by seaplane) in the Seychelles.
Rhys went down to take a look – his review is here – so I won’t bother to repeat anything about the resort itself. Extracts from his review are below.
One downside was that the resort was playing games with Hilton Honors redemption availability. Instead of offering standard villas for reward stays, it had carved up a multi-room villa and was offering individual rooms (with separate doors) in that instead. It wasn’t exactly what you wanted to fly across the world for.
It seems that this was just one of a number of issues which beset the resort. According to unconfirmed reports on Flyertalk, it has never operated at full occupancy and the owner was unhappy with the resort management. The resort was publicly advertising for a new General Manager at the end of last year.
Reward bookings closed for a period but are now back with a big bang.
At present, virtually EVERY day for 2025 is available for redemption.
You will be booked directly into a 141 sq m one bedroom Hawksbill Pool Villa.
The cost is 130,000 Hilton Honors points per night. The usual ‘5 for 4’ deal applies if you have elite status with Hilton, so it will be 520,000 points for five nights.
Remember that everything else here will be expensive. The seaplane is €700 per adult and €350 per child return. Food and drink will be at ‘private island’ prices.
Here is a screenshot of availability for June for a five night stay:
What does this cost for cash? Well, from 1st to 6th June 2025, a five night stay in a Hawksbill Pool Villa will cost €7,600 for a flexible rate.
This works out at 1.2p per Hilton Honors point, compared to our standard valuation of 0.33p per point.
The rest of this article is a cut and paste from our review of Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island, to give you a better idea of what your villa will be like.
Over to Rhys ….
Inside the Hawksbill one bedroom pool villas
None of the villas are, strictly speaking, ‘beach villas’. This is because Platte Island is still an active turtle nesting site and there has been no development or construction directly on the beach front. Instead, villas are staggered and set back at least 10 metres from the ocean, amongst dense tropical surrounds, with footpaths to the beach.
All the villas are built in the same style. The best way I can describe it is like segments of an orange: one bedroom villas have three segments (one segment for the living room, bedroom and bathroom). Multiple room villas add additional segments. The Hawksbill one bedroom villas have 141 square metres of space.
There are just 50 villas on the island. All one, two, three and five bedroom villas come with their own private pools.
The front door opens onto the living room. There’s a convenient bench/shelf in the entryway for putting items (and shoes) as you go in and out:
The living room features a large curved sofa, armchair and coffee table:
The TV, meanwhile, is behind a sliding panel on the wall so that you can hide it away when not in use.
There are two freestanding mini bars. The one on the right is for hot drinks with a Nespresso machine and kettle.
The other mini bar is for cold drinks. This features a couple of litre-sized bottles of water (complimentary) as well as a fully stocked fridge and wine fridge with full-sized bottles.
These are chargeable and included a bottle of Rock Angel rose, Champagne, Bottega Gold prosecco etc. Several half-sized liquor bottles with rum, tequila, whisky and the like were also available.
A full cocktail shaker set was there, as were a number of champagne flutes, wine glasses and snacks.
Next door was the bedroom, with sliding doors to partition it from the living room and bathroom should you want to.
The king-sized bed sits in the middle with a lovely canopy of white sheer fabric. During turndown, housekeeping pulls the curtains to create an almost fully enclosed space in the style of a four poster bed.
A large bedside table is on each side and you’ll find UK-style mains sockets as well as USB-A and USB-C ports. The room does not feature electric curtains, which is a shame.
Opposite the bed is a free-standing TV with a Bose Atmos soundbar.
Around the back of the bed is the wardrobe space, with a large central luggage rack and two wardrobes either side. This is also where you’ll find towelling robes, an iron and ironing board and other useful amenities.
The last ‘segment’ of the villa is the bathroom. The large free standing bath takes centre stage, whilst two wash basins are on either side:
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Bath salts and bubble bath were not provided but were delivered very quickly when I called to request them.
The shower and toilet are against the back wall, in their own cubicles. The stone-clad shower is particularly large with rainfall and handheld shower heads.
You also get an outdoor shower right next door.
Toiletries are from Aesop, although sadly not the gritty exfoliating handwash flavour!
Bizarrely (and this seems to be a recurring trend for hotels in the Seychelles) the toilet had a fully transparent glass door. It seems odd not to add a frosted door here.
A dressing table is set against the back wall, between the shower and toilet:
All three ‘segments’ of the villa face the pool and garden with expansive floor-to-ceiling doors.
On the deck, you have a round day bed, a comfortable swing bench and an outdoor dining table:
The large plunge pool is lovely and refreshing and includes a shallow shelf to relax on.
The garden extended about 10 metres and featured two more lounges and an umbrella. At the very rear was a little break in the surrounding foliage and a path to the beach.
You can find out more on the Hilton website here.
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How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (April 2025)
There are various ways of earning Hilton Honors points from UK credit and debit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.
There are two dedicated Hilton Honors debit cards. These are especially attractive when spending abroad due to the 0% or 0.5% FX fee, depending on card.
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You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:
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