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New Avios / Hilton promotion – earn up to 3,500 bonus Avios for 1-2 stays

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British Airways and Hilton HHonors have launched a new promotion that will run from now until April 30th.

Ironically, we don’t yet know what the official Hilton HHonors promotion will be once the current ‘double points’ offer finishes on January 31st.  Remember that there will probably be a competing points-based promotion so you will have to choose which way to jump.

Last week I wrote about the Lufthansa / Hilton promotion which offers a steadily increasing miles bonus, culminating in a 400%  Miles & More bonus.

The Avios promotion is totally different:

It offers a fixed number of points as the bonus which means that it is a good deal on short cheap stays and a poorer deal on long expensive stays

It only applies to your first two Hilton stays before April 30th.  After that, you may want to switch back to earning points or sign up for another mileage promotion from a different airline.

Remember that this promotion will double-up with the ‘£50 cashback on a £250 UK Hilton stay’ promotion currently being run by American Express – details in this article.

The deal is:

You need to register for the promotion at this page

You need to switch your Hilton HHonors earning style from ‘points and points’ (ie 10 base HH points and 5 HH bonus points per $1) to ‘points and miles’

Select ‘British Airways’ as your airline partner

Receive 1,500 bonus Avios (500 at Hampton by Hilton) on top of your base points on your next stay in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Receive 2,000 bonus Avios (600 at Hampton by Hilton) on top of your base points on your second stay in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

For stays outside the UK, Middle East and Africa or at a Hampton by Hilton brand hotel then switching back to ‘points and points’ for that stay is probably better.  I value the five bonus Hilton points per $1 higher than I value the base earnings of 1 Avios per $1.

I would expect Virgin Flying Club to launch a version of this promotion as well, so keep an eye  out.  Even if you take the Avios option, you might want to switch to Virgin for your 3rd and subsequent stays.

Full details and registration can be found here.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

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Comments (26)

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  • flieduk says:
    18 Jan18 January 06:39

    I thought that these offers tend to be stackable?

    • Tim_T says:
      18 Jan18 January 10:33

      I would agree, in the past miles offers from an airline have tended to be stackable with a HHonors “double points” quarterly offer.

  • James says:
    18 Jan18 January 06:53

    I had a nightmare getting this promo to credit last year. The first stay posted fine but the second did not. I chased it up and Hilton insisted it had been credited and closed the ticket. I had to reopen it twice before they credited the miles.. However the 2000 showed in my hhonors account but never credited to BA, instead the base miles (116) credited again. I contacted BA who said they have been credited thank you and goodbye.

    Never did get them.

  • JQ says:
    18 Jan18 January 07:41

    Somewhat OT. Having no use for my mum’s VS miles we converted them to Hilton points before the devaluation, now need to use them before they expire!

    Has anyone booked a points+cash night with Hilton in someone else’s name? Can’t see how to do it online but T&Cs say you can. Can’t do “I will check in first” because 2 people will be arriving at the same time.

    Will the call centre do this over the phone with no hassle and will the hotel know (so that they don’t ask for ID of the account holder who isn’t staying – got caught out by IHG before).

    • Rob says:
      18 Jan18 January 10:07

      Yes you can, the hotel won’t care. Book for 2 people, put one of the other 2 down as 2nd guest and you are fine. I have done this loads of times for my brother and his family.

      Only an issue in countries where they are VERY strict on ID matching the first name, Spain is one of the few problem areas.

      Or, of course, buy some Hilton points and keep them active that way.

      I am doing a points and cash night next week on my wifes account for the same reason! She has 22k expiring and I got a room for 20k and £50!

      • Peter says:
        18 Jan18 January 16:38

        Doesn’t your wife have a Hilton Visa card? I thought that stopped points from expiring…

        • Rob says:
          18 Jan18 January 19:46

          No. I could easily have bought some points for her but I needed the redemption anyway so it seemed sensible. One less account to track in AwardWallet!

      • Chris says:
        18 Jan18 January 22:47

        By the same token can I book multiple rooms for my girlfriend and her friends but not travel with them at all? How do they react to status in that situation?

        • Rob says:
          19 Jan19 January 07:36

          Not sure what the Hilton rule is on status covering multiple room bookings, you would need to check the T&C’s. There are two things to look at: a) whether status covers multiple rooms or just the room ‘occupied’ by the booker and b) whether you get points and credit for multiple rooms.

          Starwood gives credit for up to 3 rooms per night which is handy for similar promotions.

  • Imbruce says:
    18 Jan18 January 08:28

    Is there a reason for less Avios when you stay at Hampton By Hilton?
    I booked a night with them as they are an 8 minute walk to the venue we are going to for a wedding and we can leave the car at the hotel and have a few drinks without worrying about driving to the hotel.

    • Rob says:
      18 Jan18 January 10:02

      This is typical policy. IHG has similar rules (if you earn Avios instead of points) for its cheaper brands. I can only assume they can’t justify the cost of the points on what can be a £50 stay.

  • Barney says:
    18 Jan18 January 12:41

    I am wondering whether it is possible to receive those 3500 bonus Avios (for two bookings/stays) if I make two separate bookings for a room each but with check-in on the same day. Thanks in advance.

    • Rob says:
      18 Jan18 January 14:54

      No, definitely won’t work. Hotel will merge the bookings and even if it doesn’t the Hilton HHonors system will merge them. You would need to change hotel.

  • mo-mo says:
    18 Jan18 January 14:08

    Will I receive the avios offer with the free one night stay hilton voucher (obtained from spending £750 on hilton visa card)? Or does it only count for paid rooms?

    • Rob says:
      18 Jan18 January 14:52

      You sometimes get points on reward nights. Charging something to your room, even just a beer, is required so there are base points being earned. Sometimes the base points trigger the bonus.

      • Kai says:
        18 Jan18 January 22:42

        But per Hilton’s T&C award stays don’t earn miles. I had a similar situation last year and the bonus miles were not awarded.

        • Alan says:
          18 Jan18 January 23:01

          It seems to vary by promo – the Conrad/Waldorf one last year (that seems to have been renewed this year) definitely awarded on redemption stays, I earned about 20k with them! 🙂

    • Nick Burch says:
      18 Jan18 January 23:56

      An award stay won’t work. Incidental spend on an award stay will get you some HHonors points, which may be enough to trigger HHonors ponts related promos, but it won’t trigger any miles. As such, since it’ll post as 0 miles, it won’t trigger miles based promos like this.

  • Tim says:
    18 Jan18 January 14:28

    I have a few nights already booked at the Hilton at Gatwick at the end of Feb. I’m hoping if I register for the promotion and change my earning style to points & miles with a preference of BA, then this will count even though it has already been booked?

  • What's the Point says:
    18 Jan18 January 20:04

    Just make sure that at check in you show them your BA Exec number and ask them to check its showing on the booking. And then when you get the bill, you should also check that the points have been credited to BA.

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