Credit Hilton stays to Iberia instead of British Airways? A warning

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• AlexT says:

  2 Aug2 August 05:04

  Wouldn’t that make the max value for a stay credited to Iberia $667 as that’s 1000 points / 1.5 (15 miles per 10 USD)?

  • TimS says:

    2 Aug2 August 05:39

    No, as while you will max out with IB at $667, you’ll still earn less than 1,000 BA Avios until the stay spend level is $1000.

    Only at $1001 will the BA Avios be more than the IB Avios.

• Chris Cannon says:

  2 Aug2 August 06:23

  This is why I no longer do this, along with the fact that I plan my c.40 stays with Hilton per year as far out as possible to get the best rates It can be difficult to switch the earnings choice once youve made a booking and with combined BA deals at least once a year such as the +2000 per stay, I find for me defaulting to BA is more stress free

  • Alex W says:

    2 Aug2 August 17:39

    All in all wouldn’t you get more value by defaulting to points and points, ie 5 honors instead of 1 Avios?

    • Rob says:

      2 Aug2 August 18:23

      In pure value terms, yes, if there is no mileage promo. But that assumes you want Hilton points.

• JamesB says:

  2 Aug2 August 06:40

  Thanks, great tip. I never heard this before so it’s educational for some oldies too 🙂

• Kevino says:

  2 Aug2 August 06:51

  What are the impact on that threshold of the current bonus offers?

  • Rob says:

    2 Aug2 August 08:55

    Both BA and Iberia are running the current ‘2000 bonus Avios per stay’ so it doesn’t matter.

    PS. If you have maxed out on your 10,000 bonus Avios in BA, switch to Iberia ….

    • Tracy says:

      2 Aug2 August 09:57

      Hadn’t thought of this, thanks. Will have 7 stays in total and thought I would get nothing for the last 2 🙂

    • RussellH says:

      2 Aug2 August 16:59

      Do you have to register separately for the Iberia offer?

      • RussellH says:

        2 Aug2 August 21:26

        Yes, I did find that page after posting my question.

        I read that page to imply that the offer only applies to the four hotels specified: Toledo, Madrid Airport and two in Barcelona…

        I doubt if another Hilton stay is possible before the end of the month, but I have left my preferences with BA for now anyway.

      • Nick Burch says:

        7 Aug7 August 18:25

        It took a few emails to the Hilton Diamond desk, but I’m now registered for the Iberia promotion as well! (Have already max’d out the BA one)

        “Your Hilton Honors account has been successfully registered under the
        Iberia Earn up to 10000 Avios promotion as of August 7, 2017.”

        So, worth an email or two to Hilton if you want Iberia too, as it is possible 🙂

• tony says:

  2 Aug2 August 07:02

  Just to add, if you book Hilton via the Avios shopping site, they pay an additional 8 Avios/£. Wish I had known that one earlier…

  • Crafty says:

    2 Aug2 August 08:22

    Good luck getting those to post.

    • John says:

      2 Aug2 August 09:03

      My stays from 6-8 months ago have recently posted on avios.com.

      If they don’t track and you booked a flexible rate, then cancel and try again.

      This led to an odd check-in at Hilton Dublin when the front desk staff decided to ask me why I booked the same room and cancelled it 4 times.

  • Louie says:

    2 Aug2 August 09:42

    For those of us that aren’t huge fans of BA/Avios, are there any other good eshopping offers for Hilton bookings at the moment? I know AAdvantage are doing a “back to school” bonus of up to 2,000 miles but they only offer 2 pts/US$1 for the booking itself. And do other airline’s malls purchases post more reliably than Hilton at Avios, does anyone know?

  • JamesB says:

    2 Aug2 August 11:46

    If stay is a cheap sub £50 single night then best with 500 points for booking via the app.

• Yuff says:

  2 Aug2 August 07:09

  Only if the points post 😉
  My Conrad algarve points haven’t posted at all 🙁

  • JamesB says:

    2 Aug2 August 07:41

    Just email CS, IME they resolve missing points queries quickly. However it helps if you provide a list/breakdown of the points you are missing. How was the hotel? We are considering a couple of weeks in Spain and Portugal next spring.

    • Yuff says:

      2 Aug2 August 09:50

      The hotel is beautiful, and the staff are excellent.
      If you have young kids, 3-7 years old even better.
      Our 2 kids are 10 & 11 and the kids club is very much for younger children. There wasn’t much to occupy children of our children’s ages.
      Food very pricey and because of that a lot of guests went to the shopping centre, where there are about 10 restaurants.
      There is a shopping centre, opposite the entrance to the hotel, and there is a great restaurant called the cheeky pup, which is worth trying.

      • JamesB says:

        2 Aug2 August 11:50

        Thanks Huff, shopping centres are a handy addition when near expensive hotels.

      • Lawro says:

        2 Aug2 August 15:18

        Agreed fabulous hotel, back next week.

  • Simon says:

    2 Aug2 August 08:02

    Was the same for me after a recent stay.
    They are fairly good at crediting if you contact them, although it can take a while.

    • JamesB says:

      2 Aug2 August 11:54

      I find the most annoying thing about them is that the case is not owned by any one individual. If the communication is on going a different rep replies each time.

    • RussellH says:

      2 Aug2 August 16:13

      I was pleasantly supprised by them recently.

      Our stay in Las Vegas showed, albeit belatedly, but no points or avios. Points and avios for the room turned up within a few hours of my contacting CS, but I had to get back to them with a scan of the hotel bill for the restaurant charge. A bit disconcerting at first as while the full points and base avios were credited a couple of days later, the 2000 bonus avios diasppeared for 48 hours. Fortunately they returned another couple of days later, as CS told me that investigating that could take six weeks or more…

      • JamesB says:

        2 Aug2 August 20:12

        I also found that when there is a mistake with points posting CS usually add a little extra to keep custoners happy.

• S879 says:

  2 Aug2 August 07:52

  Is Virgin the better option even in the current 2000 Avios bonus promo by Hilton?

  • Genghis says:

    2 Aug2 August 08:01

    For v expensive stays but need to run the numbers

    • Genghis says:

      2 Aug2 August 09:01

      Running the numbers, I make it stays over $2k, assuming a 1p valuation for each of Virgin and Avios. Your valuations may differ.

  • JamesB says:

    2 Aug2 August 08:24

    And adding to Mr G’s comment, it ultimately depends on your own personal valuation of avios versus FC miles. In the real world ‘need’ trumps absolute value so if you have a substantially greater need for one over the other then that’s almost certainly the one to go for.

• Cate says:

  2 Aug2 August 09:23

  “During August we’re going to be running a few more ‘educational’ articles than usual, to help new readers get up to speed with some of the tricks of our trade.’

  Oh thank God, I haven’t got a clue what people are raving about when posts get to the stage of ‘and you can get .05 value by transferring 5000 points from the pinkey blue card to a dog at an unmarked address in Spain, then do a mattress run via Fred Blogs airline, times that by setting your clock to three hours behind Japan to get the right customer service people, throw in a couple of lego/ink cartridges/avis/Economist/Heathrow bonuses and you have 0.5 value per litre plus a bowl of fruit. You can double this by churning your wife’

  Kudos to people who regularly can think this way, I’m in awe….

  • zsalya says:

    2 Aug2 August 11:37

    🙂

  • JamesB says:

    2 Aug2 August 12:05

    A walk in the park when compared to my mum’s ability to comprehend, enjoy and blend the plots of multiple soap operas with real life events into one giant fairy tale! For people new to the hobby it is worth reading through the university and holiday tips series, credit card overviews and favourites articles. Alternatively just google a specific question alongside headforpoints.

    • Cate says:

      2 Aug2 August 12:42

      Agree, being really interested and driven is key in learning the ropes then the permutations. I may have to reside myself to just buying points when they are discounted and picking hotels which get reviewed positively.

  • TripRep says:

    2 Aug2 August 13:59

    PMSL, you should try reading FT… 😀

    • the real harry1 says:

      2 Aug2 August 18:45

      and the key is only churning your wife twice a year

    • JamesB says:

      2 Aug2 August 20:05

      FT would be what…oh I get it, Financial Times 🙂

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