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Did you get your 500 Hilton HHonors points?

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Back on 5th October, I ran this article which discussed two Hilton HHonors freebies.

If you signed up for the bottom one – the Hampton Inn / Facebook promotion – check your Hilton account.  Both me and my wife got our 500 points yesterday, listed as ‘Hampton Facebook Great Stories’.

(It is worth noting that the rules for this one said ‘US residents only’ but, as I predicted, this was not really the case.)

The points for the first promo on that page, the Doubletree one, posted a couple of weeks ago.  I’m not sure if either of these still work or not.


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.)

Comments (10)

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  • marqoos_pl says:

    HAMPTON FACEBOOK GREAT STORIES OFFER points accounted 🙂

  • Britbronco says:

    I got mine on Oct 3rd, not sure why your points took so long?

  • ups says:

    Also got mine now!

  • Mr Bridge says:

    I got my 500 amex MR points for online redemtion yesturday.
    Has any one had the 1000MR from mr porter?

    • Raffles says:

      No, I think those will be posting in arrears after the promotion has ended.

    • Roger says:

      I got the 500 MRs too. I’m asssuming it was for transferring 1 MR point to Nectar.

      • Mummy55 says:

        Got my 500 MRs for 1 nectar point transfer.
        Thanks Raffles for all these great tips. Head for Points is the first email I read every morning!

  • gnarly says:

    1000 Hilton points posted (500 Doubletree + 500 Hampton).
    500 MR posted for Nectar transfer.
    1500 Accor posted for facebook quiz (I missed a week).
    Numerous Tesco earning concepts utilised (Gift Cards, Black Circles, DAB radio, Wine)
    IHG codes used on a weekly basis.
    Hilton double miles to Virgin working well.

    All of these tips came from this blog, so thank you so much.

    Still waiting for Mr Porter and Amex FX…..

  • Kim says:

    Raffles … thanks for all the tips and advice. You’re the BEST !!

    Got my Amex Membership Rewards “Online 500 Bonus Points” after transferring 1 MR point to Nectar (posted on 29 Nov 2012) and …

    500 Hilton points posted as “Doubletree Social Loyalty 2012” on the 7 Nov 2012..

  • Richard says:

    Got my 500 HH this weekend. Posted as Doubletree Social Loyalty 2012. Many thanks.

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