Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

REGISTER NOW: Hilton launches new ‘double points + Diamond bonus’ promotion

Links on Head for Points may support the site by paying a commission.  See here for all partner links.

UPDATE – APRIL 2024:  This article is now out of date, but don’t worry.  We produce a monthly summary of the top hotel bonus point offers – please click HERE or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ menu above.

Click here for our article on Hilton’s ‘Points Plus’ promotion which runs from 1st January to 1st May 2024. You can register for the offer by clicking here.

Hilton Honors is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points by 14th May 2024. Click here to buy.

Keep up to date with new hotel offers by signing up for our free daily or weekly newsletters.

Hilton Honors has just launched its new Autumn promotion which is now open for registration.

To give Hilton credit, it is very straightforward with minimal small print:

You will earn DOUBLE Hilton Honors base points for every stay between 1st September and 31st December.  

Diamond members will receive an extra bonus.  For most people, this is 10,000 additional bonus points for every 10 nights you stay, up to a maximum of 50,000 points.

You can register for the offer here.

There is no small print except that you need to register in advance via the Hilton website:

There is no minimum stay requirement

Existing bookings still count

All Hilton Family properties (Hilton, Hampton, Curio, Waldorf-Astoria, Conrad etc) are taking part – there is no list of non-participating hotels – except for Hampton properties in China

The full rules for the promotion can be found here.

Should you get a Diamond status match for the extra bonus?

If you have top tier status with another hotel programme, Hilton Honors will give you a 90 day free trial of Hilton Diamond status. 

You need to supply a screenshot showing your top tier status in another programme plus a screenshot showing a paid stay in the previous 12 months.

Gold status matches are also available if you have mid-tier status with another scheme.

If you complete eight stays (note it is stays, not nights) during the 90 days you will keep your Diamond status until 31st March 2019.  If you only manage four stays you will receive Gold status until 31st March 2019.

To be honest, it is unlikely to be worth getting a match purely for the potential extra bonus offered here.  Although, of course, hitting the 10 nights would potentially get you the eight stays you need to retain Diamond.

You might still want to get a match anyway, of course, in order to get Diamond benefits on stays this Autumn.  The downside is that you may lock yourself out of a future Hilton Diamond match.  If the hotels you are visiting are unlikely to give you much for your Diamond status (ie they have no lounge so you don’t get anything from the ‘guaranteed lounge access’ benefit) you may want to hold back.  You may get a better deal by taking the Diamond status match later, assuming Hilton continues to offer it.  You need to make your own call here.

Conclusion

‘Double base points’ is a decent offer and you should make sure you register here if you have any Hilton stays coming up over the next three months.

Whether you move your business to Hilton may depend on your new IHG Accelerate target – see my recent article for details on that.

How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards

How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (April 2024)

There are various ways of earning Hilton Honors points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

Do you know that holders of The Platinum Card from American Express receive FREE Hilton Honors Gold status for as long as they hold the card?  It also comes with Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Premium and MeliaRewards Gold status.  We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here and you can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

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

Did you know that the Virgin Atlantic credit cards are a great way of earning Hilton Honors points? Two Virgin Points can be converted into three Hilton Honors points. The Virgin Atlantic cards are the only Visa or Mastercard products in the UK which can indirectly earn Hilton Honors points. You can apply here.

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:

and for small business owners:

The conversion rate from American Express to Hilton points is 1:2.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which can be used to earn Hilton Honors points. 

(Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)

Category

Hilton Honors

Comments (63)

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

  • Chris Cannon says:
    24 Aug24 August 05:43

    I agree it’s a good offer. It is however watered down from the summer offer where Diamonds got triple points on every stay. This offer will cost them a lot less and reward their most loyal less too

    • Nicola Walton says:
      24 Aug24 August 06:15

      Off topic but have IHG changed the Spire benefit of gifting Platinum status as a benefit?
      My husband chose this option last year and this for a family member. It was done in January last year and this and yesterday the family member received in the post a gold card and welcome pack saying this was his new status?

      • Rob says:
        24 Aug24 August 08:40

        Hmm. Could be an error – logically it should run for the rest of 16 and all 17, like normal status. Perhaps there is a secret rule? Eg do it before June and you only get current year?

        Get your father to ask IHG and let me know if they give you an odd answer like the example above.

        • Nicola Walton says:
          24 Aug24 August 09:09

          Hi Rob, we renewed it beginning of January 2016 and then again in January 2017 so we should be good for all of 2017.
          Will have to get in touch with IHG.

      • Mr Dee says:
        24 Aug24 August 09:41

        No, it was available yesterday as an option

  • Neil says:
    24 Aug24 August 06:13

    The fact the Hilton does not allow rolling of nights or stays from one year to the next means now I’ve renewed Diamond I’ll switch to Marriott which do allow nights to be rolled over.

    Always handy to start a year with c. 30 night towards the 75 night Platinum target.

    Not a bad offer though.

  • TripRep says:
    24 Aug24 August 07:26

    Off topic, but Hilton related.

    This northerner appreciated the bargain of a 10,000 point redemption at Hampton Newcastle last week.

    It’s located directly opposite the Train station, v convenient, short walk to a Wetherspoons down by the Quayside with views of the Tyne Bridge.

    Stay includes cooked breakfast and earnt me 750 points. I also got upgraded to a slightly larger family room with sofabed.

    I’ll be using it again, meanwhile it could be an option for a mattress run for future diamond hopefuls?

    • Rda says:
      24 Aug24 August 07:27

      Staying there in 2 weeks time!

    • Genghis says:
      24 Aug24 August 07:30

      And opposite the Centurion, the only place I’ve ever found Newcastle Brown on tap

    • Ann says:
      24 Aug24 August 09:24

      I’ll second that, we recently had a great stay using points – 5 nights for 40k. Central location, very friendly & helpful staff – excellent value. We will be staying again, even if we have to use cash!

    • RussellH says:
      24 Aug24 August 10:23

      Stayed there five night last year – certainly recommended. No points for me though, as F+B gets you nothing at Hampton and the stays themselves were on points.

      The only downside for me has been the staff – a bit grumpy I found, and one day our room was not done up and reception did nothing other than say that they would mention it to the manager.

      They could take a few tips from staff at the Indigo 300 yards up the street; pleasantly jokey, helpful, cheerful, and for some reason on both stays this year the booking system has insisted that we had paid for breakfast when we had not. No problems getting two free drinks on arrival with Gold status either.

      And there is another Weatherspoons on the corner, about 100 yards from the Hampton up towards the Indigo.

  • Mark says:
    24 Aug24 August 08:11

    O/T Crowne Plaza Birmingham NEC offering spire members free parking (£10 a day) or free breakfast on my stay yesterday.

  • Jon says:
    24 Aug24 August 08:16

    OT but Hilton related!
    Thinking of going to Istanbul in late October/Early November for a long weekend and wanted to see whether any readers had any opinions.

    I’ll be flying CE, and want to use up my Hilton points. Does anyone have any recommendations on good Hilton proprieties in Istanbul? I’m liking the look of the Conrad Bosphorus. Also, what’s the cheapest way to get to/from the airport? Thanks!

    • Lenin says:
      24 Aug24 August 13:47

      Jon, I’ve stayed at the Conrad Istanbul. The executive lounge is excellent and the view from its terrace is amazing and wine til 11Rooms are large and comfortable. I’ve also stayed at the Hilton Park which was a bit dated.

    • Bill says:
      24 Aug24 August 15:10

      We stayed at Hilton Bomonti in May. Superb hotel – modern and clean. Staff were impeccable. Exec lounge on 34th floor views over Bosporus, Asia and old town. As diamond I was upgraded to a huge suite (3 baths) Purchased through BA hols and still got the bens. Rooms typically around the £100 mark. Not sure points redemptions. We go back in Oct as liked it so much. Tip – Leave plenty of time on the return as 3 security checks (one before check-in), PP via Amex gets you access to all the lounges (well the ones I could find)

    • idrive says:
      24 Aug24 August 15:26

      ahaha, cheapest? Metro! I takes up to 1hr but if not mistaken quicker than traffic.

    • johnny_c-l says:
      24 Aug24 August 15:35

      I stayed at the Conrad on points for a week last year and loved it.

      It is very much a business hotel (which doesn’t bother me), but the bathrooms are excellent with waterfall and rain-showers plus bath. The refreshments (self-serve) plus food in the exec lounge is also very good. The lounge was moved a few years ago I think and overlooks the park/local street; I think the terrace Lenin refers to might be from when it was on the top floor which is now a bar?

      Location-wise it’s not in the centre of the touristy-stuff but personally I think Besiktas is a great base to explore from. Conrad is a few mins walk from a ferry terminal to get across to Sultanahmet area (Blue Mosque, Aya Sofia etc.), about 15 min walk from Dolmabache Palace, plus it has some wonderful old streets in the shopping district.

      Other Hilton options to look at would be the DT in Sultanahmet which is central tourist area (but dead at night), or consider DT Moda on the Asian side (not stayed here but planning to) which is well located for Kadikoy and ferries across to European side.

      I always use Uber from the airport to order a taxi (it’s the same rate as a regular taxi – they use the meter and enter it on the app at the end).

      • Jon says:
        24 Aug24 August 17:04

        Thanks all!
        Unfortunately I am only a Hilton Gold, and was only planning to use my points for a “King delux room”. What are the chances that I’ll be upgraded to a room with Executive Lounge access would you think?
        idrive- I wanted to say “best”, but realised that I may get some pretty expensive options! I’ll have a look at the metro/uber 🙂

        • Johnny_c-l says:
          24 Aug24 August 18:19

          Honestly I wouldn’t be able to guess about upgrade chances, but when I was Hilton Gold I never got an executive lounge upgrade in the UK. The Conrad staff were really customer focused so it might be worth dropping them an email to start the ball rolling, or at worst agree a price they’d sell access to you for.

          If it helps, I found the evening food in the lounge good enough to substitute for a meal (of course the free-pour G&Ts also helped…).

          I took a fixed-price minivan Uber to IST which cost 100 TRY (about £22 now) so a regular taxi, or Uber taxi would be £15 – £30 dependent on traffic I reckon.

          • Jon says:
            24 Aug24 August 19:08

            Thanks Johnny. I’m looking around now for the best combination of cheap CE redemption flights and the lowest point priced Conrad weekend!

          • Crafty says:
            24 Aug24 August 23:39

            What a shame to eat in a hotel lounge when in Istanbul!

  • Mike says:
    24 Aug24 August 08:31

    Can someone suggest a Hilton property either in London or Europe for the best use of a Barclaycard free night reward certificate. My wife has one too – can they be redeemed at the same time to secure a 2 night stay or will it be two separate bookings.

    • Paul says:
      24 Aug24 August 08:42

      I’ve used one of mine for Hilton in Venice and the other for Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam – both were very memorable stays

    • Rob says:
      24 Aug24 August 08:44

      Must be 2 separate bookings but not exactly a big problem.

      Good ones – Venice, Conrad Algarve, Tallinn*, Paris Opera*, Waldorf or Hilton Berlin, Conrad London, Waldorf Amsterdam, Mallorca*, Waldorf Rome, Curio Ibiza*

      Starred ones have been reviewed here. There is a Curio on Lake Como now apparently – Hilton invited us but is was too far to justify.

      • Elaine says:
        24 Aug24 August 14:41

        The Hilton at Lake Como isn’t open till the end of November. They expected to open in APril this year and the date keeps being pushed back. Seems to be Hilton branded now rather than Curio.

      • Kevin says:
        24 Aug24 August 21:28

        Can I use the Barclaycard free night voucher to book and stay at a later date after the voucher expired date or the free night stay must be used before the expire date?

    • TripRep says:
      24 Aug24 August 08:48

      Conrad St James gets you £ value. Rob has articles on that + Paris Opera.

      Also a shout out to the UK’s only Waldorf Astoria in Edinburgh, but that might not be best £ value unless peak periods, ie festival & Hogmanay

      • Dan says:
        24 Aug24 August 15:02

        I did Conrad St James a couple of weeks ago on a Barclaycard night. Well looked after but I had just status matched from IHG Spire to Hilton Diamond. Room upgrade and nice evening canapes and breakfast in the lounge.

  • hackinjack says:
    24 Aug24 August 08:55

    Links not working for me, just returns to same page.

    • ThinkSquare says:
      24 Aug24 August 09:45

      Are you using Firefox? Rob’s “clickbait” 😉 links never work for me in Firefox. Try Chrome instead

      • Third Passport says:
        24 Aug24 August 09:54

        They don’t work for me in Chrome 🙁

      • RussellH says:
        24 Aug24 August 10:26

        Do you have Ghostery installed? Some links here only work if this is temporarily disabled.

        • Third Passport says:
          25 Aug25 August 11:43

          No, but it looks like it was AdBlock that was causing the issue. Strange, because I’ve never had this problem before. Maybe there’s been an update of some sort.

    • hackinjack says:
      24 Aug24 August 10:59

      Working now, but they were not earlier (using chrome) – I tried on my phone, tab, Macbook and a Workstation. Anyway, all good now and I’m all tooled up for already booked 10 nighter in Oct as a diamond, bring on those points!

  • pointsarb says:
    24 Aug24 August 09:42

    Might be an obvious question but are the bonus points on this offer only applied to paid stays? Redemption stays are excluded right? Thanks!

    • Genghis says:
      24 Aug24 August 10:26

      For double up, if you get points for F&B on a redemption (i.e. at a Hilton / Conrad but not at Hampton) then these double up. You should get the diamond bonus regardless of paid or redemption.

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

New to Head for Points?

Welcome!  We’re the UK’s most-read source of business travel, Avios, frequent flyer and hotel loyalty news. Let us improve how you travel. Got any questions? Ask them in our forums.

Latest Forum Posts

Get 40,000 bonus points (worth 40,000 Avios) and £300 dining credit with The Platinum Card

Check reward flight availability instantly for free!

See a whole year of reward seat availability on one page at SeatSpy.com

Get £10 when you spend £150 on your free Currensea card

Booking a luxury hotel?

Our luxury hotel booking service offers you GUARANTEED extra benefits over booking direct. Works with Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, The Ritz Carlton, St Regis and more. We've booked £1.7 million of rooms to date. Click for details.

SME? EARN POINTS WORTH 10,500 AVIOS WITH CAPITAL ON TAP

Get 20,000 bonus points, four airport lounge passes and your first year free with American Express Gold

The UK's biggest frequent flyer website uses cookies, which you can block via your browser settings. Continuing implies your consent to this policy. Our privacy policy is here.

Got it!