How to buy Hilton Gold status for just $49!

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• HIDDY says:

  12 Oct12 October 14:06

  I used my Hilton Gold this year at the MAD Hilton. Despite it being a booking made using Avios we as expected got upgraded, given lounge access and were entitled to a full breakfast in the restaurant. So it’s definitely worth having at this price as long as they don’t change the benefits.
  Also got 4,500 points for the one night stay which was I suspect a mistake.

• flibbly says:

  12 Oct12 October 15:04

  Interesting. Its very rare I stay at a Hilton property – however I do have a couple of thousand points on the verge of expiring. Is this offer valid for existing members, and what are the chances of it extending the life of those points do you think?

  • Rob says:

    12 Oct12 October 17:59

    Valid for existing members but I don’t think (but could be wrong) that being Gold protects your points.

    I only value Hilton at £3 per 1000 these days anyway, so a couple of thousand expiring would not worry me.

    • flibbly says:

      12 Oct12 October 23:17

      Agreed – they’re of no great value, but it might just tip the scales and make me think it worthwhile (for the one or two nights a year I might stay in a Hilton)

  • World Traveller says:

    16 Oct16 October 18:19

    Being Gold does not protect your points – you need to stay at least 1 night each year to keep your points from expiring.

• Scott says:

  12 Oct12 October 15:31

  Thanks – great spot!

• R Knight says:

  12 Oct12 October 16:29

  Ive got diamond that runs out in March. Not using Hilton much atm, so will be silver after. Can I buy this now and get Gold til 2015, or do I need to wait till diamond runs out first?

  • Rob says:

    12 Oct12 October 17:57

    No, it needs to be claimed by Feb or it expires – I saw that on the Milepoint site

• Andrew W says:

  12 Oct12 October 17:30

  I’ve got an award stay at Syon Park in December which this would be great to get breakfast for, but is cutting it fine for the 8-10 weeks suggested for the status to be applied. Anyone know if it actually takes this long?

  • Rob says:

    12 Oct12 October 17:55

    Its not clear how the upgrade works – if its an online form then in theory it could be instant. You should have a dig around the Milepoint threads.

    I did a review of Syon Park last year if you search!

    • Simon says:

      12 Oct12 October 18:21

      Thanks for this Raffles, I did it this earlier today, I filled in the online form and the upgrade isn’t instant based on my Hilton account, will report back if the upgrade happens before comments are closed on the story.

      • Graham says:

        12 Oct12 October 19:06

        Hi Simon,

        I’ve got a 4 day stay in a hilton in London on Saturday and was toying about signing up. Do let us know if it upgrades in a day or two please, if it does I’ll take the plunge!

        Thanks

        • Simon says:

          18 Oct18 October 07:29

          My Hilton account got upgraded to Gold overnight, so it took less than a week in the end.

      • Rob says:

        13 Oct13 October 08:04

        Thanks. Comments stay open for 2 weeks, if its later than that ping me an email.

• kipto says:

  12 Oct12 October 20:42

  I have the basis hhonors status would I still be eligible for the gold status if I paid the $49 ?

• jb says:

  12 Oct12 October 20:50

  if one signs up for this how long does the hilton gold status lasts for ? is it 12 months?

• Chris Sutter says:

  12 Oct12 October 21:20

  @kipto – It seems to be valid for existing members as far as I can tell.
  @jb – The status lasts until the end of Q1 2015.

  I went for it, too good to ignore. Have to say though, I had never heard of Milepoint and since this is obviously intended as a bit of a membership drive I had a quick read through their forums now that I am a “platinum member” (woop woop).

  At least for the BA forum, all I can say is holy cr*p, the amount of aggression between posters and all the whinging on there makes FT look positively peaceful. Guess I won’t be back…

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