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Here is an interesting offer if you are interested in getting Hilton HHonors Gold status.

Hilton Gold is generally seen as the best of the mid-tier hotel statuses, because it offers three genuinely useful benefits:

Free breakfast (except at Waldorf-Astoria)

Free internet

A (pretty much guaranteed) upgrade

Hilton Gold

Hilton is currently offering a free trial of Gold until Christmas in various targetted promotions, but if you didn’t receive those then you can’t take part. In which case, this offer may work instead.

Online travel forum Milepoint (a very-much smaller version of Flyertalk) is currently offering Hilton Gold as a benefit if you sign up for their Premium membership package. This costs $49.

There are offer benefits included as well (National car rental status, 1000 United Airlines miles) but it is the Hilton Gold card which will attract most attention.

The link to the Milepoint subscription page is here (deleted as now dead). Hilton Gold will run until February 2015 so you actually get 16 months of status for your $49. This is a pretty good deal and would pay for itself in just one Hilton stay, assuming two people both got free breakfast.

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.)

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Comments (62)

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  • Ant says:
    13 Oct13 October 09:52

    Do u think the gold benefits are also applied to the free night I have through the Hilton credit card spent?

    • Alan says:
      13 Oct13 October 09:56

      Yes, they do. Unlike IHG, Hilton honour elite benefits on reward stays 🙂

  • Andrew says:
    13 Oct13 October 20:57

    Thanks for this Raffles, I have used this to get my Girlfriend Gold status prior to a trip to Florida where we are using her points for 4 nights so it has already paid for itself.

    I’m looking to make use of the Emerald club upgrade but National’s website only accepts US and Canadian licences for the on-line sign up and the UK site makes no mention of how to apply. Does anyone from the UK know how to sign up for the Emerald Club?

    • Alan says:
      13 Oct13 October 21:02

      Hi Andrew – if you email ECAdmin (at) nationalcar.co.uk – they’ll sent me a Word copy of the application form that I then had to fax back to them. I was then able to appropriately upgrade my a/c on the US website and request a replacement card. At least that’s how it all worked for me last year with Milepoint! (they were offering Hyatt Platinum that time, much more useful to me than this year’s offer given I already have Hilton Diamond!)

  • Jordan D says:
    14 Oct14 October 18:39

    Little confused – I’ve got Gold currently (based on my HHonors Platinum Credit Card, where I spent £10k by mid-2012, so got Gold for the back end of 2012 and all of 2013). Haven’t made £10k yet this year, so this option of ‘just paying’ $49 looks extremely tempting … question is will it affect my current HHonors Points total and/or can I use this route if I currently have Gold?

    (Apologies for the newbie questions).

    • Rob says:
      14 Oct14 October 20:42

      Yes you should be OK. You can activate the code up to Feb 2014, to run to March 2015.

  • jason says:
    15 Oct15 October 17:25

    Would gold status apply to HH credit free weekend night

  • jason says:
    15 Oct15 October 19:09

    thanks alan

  • Simmonds87 says:
    15 Oct15 October 21:23

    What would happen if I have a booking already made with standard status? Would the gold rulings apply to a previous booking as long as I turn gold before checking in?

    • Rob says:
      15 Oct15 October 21:32

      Often not, you may need to email the hotel to tell them. I once got Gold benefits on a stay which was booked when I was Gold but had dropped to Silver by the day of the stay ….

      • Simmonds87 says:
        16 Oct16 October 16:14

        Thanks for this! – I’ve taken the plunge as it looks like the email from BAEC was never going to arrive (knowing my luck it will tomorrow!)

        Hopefully I will be awarded Gold before my stay at Heathrow Terminal 5 in a few weeks!
        Fingers crossed!

    • World Traveller says:
      16 Oct16 October 18:49

      In my experience newly acquired status is automatically applied to any existing bookings you may have.

  • Amy Rideout says:
    18 Oct18 October 06:51

    I paid $49 for my dad on Saturday 12th October and his Hilton HHonors account turned Gold overnight (17th), which is just in time as they have a stay at a Hilton property on Sunday night.
    I’m pretty impressed, as it took longer for me to turn gold via the Hilton HHonors platinum Visa card!

  • Chris Sutter says:
    18 Oct18 October 10:25

    Another data point – I paid last Saturday (12th) and turned Gold just now (18th). Not bad considering they said 8-12 weeks!

    • Andrew says:
      18 Oct18 October 10:40

      I’m the same as Chris and Amy, I paid last Saturday (12th) and my GF turned Gold last night

      No points through or National upgrade yet

      • EvilGazebo says:
        18 Oct18 October 11:25

        And another here – bought 12th/13th and now Gold. But in typical fashion it’s the National status I really want quickly so I can make an Exec Aisle booking!

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