My Hilton Gold status, via the credit card, arrived – this is how it worked ….

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• What's the Point says:

  12 May12 May 08:11

  Am I correct in assuming that if you earn Gold/Diamond via staying at Hilton the membership does not last as long as what Rob has stated in this post?

  • nerd. says:

    12 May12 May 08:29

    I think the policy for membership earned the ‘normal’ way is the same – remainder of current year, all of next year (with the same overflow into March)

  • Scottnothing says:

    12 May12 May 09:15

    @What’s the Point: I completed a Gold Fast Track promotion with Hilton (4 stays in 90 days) and had my Gold membership confirmed this morning by email as being good until 31 March 2017 (i.e. the same as Rob).

    Am also pleased to report that my latest 2-night stay netted over 45k Hhonors points. The offers Rob has listed on his “Hotel Promos” page stacked nicely (double your Hhonors plus 2k bonus Hilton HHonors points for every NIGHT at a Conrad or Waldorf-Astoria hotel during 2015 plus 2k, 3k, or 5k bonus points on your next three stays at Conrad or Waldorf-Astoria hotels during 2015 plus 5k points on your next stay of two nights or more at a Conrad or Waldorf-Astoria hotel plus 2.5k Barclaycard stay-charged-to-card bonus).

    The night I spent at the Conrad Toyko using my free night certficate counted as “stays” for the fast track and the two Conrad/Waldorf promotions.

    I don’t travel at all for work so obtaining and retaining status with a hotel chain is difficult for me. Having the option of free breakfast at a major hotel chain via Hilton Gold will definitely influence my purchasing decisions going forward. Have also been impressed by how quickly Hilton credited points and issued my free night certificate.

    I totally agree with Rob – once you have milked the Barclays Hhonors card for the benefits, there is little point in keeping it. I will close mine once I have had my fourth Hilton stay and received my final bonus 2.5k.

• travelbear says:

  12 May12 May 09:05

  I use this card as my company card. I put through 10k a month at least so never pay for hiltons now or at the worst miles and money.

• Dee Jay says:

  12 May12 May 10:06

  Got mine recently as well although I am sure I had spent the required amount a while back. I use this as a backup card for when I can’t use my amex, I will probably look for an alternative later this year but the 5k/10k redemptions with cash look good value.

• James says:

  12 May12 May 10:39

  I phoned to cancel my Hilton card last weekend and they offered me 12 months 0% purchases – so kept it. Did the same on my partners card too and they quickly offered the same – so worth a call!

  • Sebastian says:

    12 May12 May 11:58

    Yeah, I got the same deal in September 14 and as I had a lot of purchases coming up I kept it. However, as it runs out in October I will ring up again and see what they offer, for me unless they offer some of the sign up offers I will churn the card, especially seeing as the sign up is great and I put a serious amount of £’s on Visa spending.

• Luca R says:

  12 May12 May 10:52

  Slightly off topic but I have a quick question on the free night after 750£ spent.

  Both me and my girlfriend have the card and have received the free night voucher. Can we use the two vouchers together? If we book one night under my name and one night under her name do we have to check out and then check in again?

  Thanks in advance for the help!

  • @alastairtravel says:

    12 May12 May 11:24

    Just let the hotel know in advance and I’m sure 99% of the time you will stay in the same room, especially as it is just a 1+1 stay.

  • Carlo says:

    12 May12 May 11:30

    Yes you can, you should be able to do it in the same call. Then just let the hotel know when you get there that you’ve got two nights. I’d suggest booking the first hotel night with whomever has the higher Hilton status. If you get upgraded then you’ll have it for both nights.

  • ankomonkey says:

    12 May12 May 12:25

    I have done this in the past at a Hilton in Japan.

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 20:43

    Yes, you can use them both. You won’t need to check in and out, the hotel will link all the bookings.

• ankomonkey says:

  12 May12 May 12:27

  For those who’ve achieved Gold, how long for your plastic Gold card to come through? Or didn’t it? I’ve just hit Gold too!

  I have 2 Amex Travel Hilton stays upcoming and want to flash the card to try to get the benefits. Currently I can’t add my HHonors membership number to them (unless possibly if I call customer services).

  • zark says:

    12 May12 May 14:52

    Hilton told me it would arrive automatically within 6 weeks of achieving Gold Status

    • ankomonkey says:

      12 May12 May 17:23

      Thanks!

• Mark C says:

  12 May12 May 12:31

  If you have Gold status but your wife does not, do you both get free breakfast when staying together in a room or is it just the person with Gold? Thanks.

  • goglobalnz says:

    12 May12 May 12:33

    Both get the free brekkie

    • Mark C says:

      12 May12 May 16:52

      Cheers

• Septem says:

  12 May12 May 14:51

  I’m looking at taking out this card as well.

  Here’s my question: I’ve got a lot of spending towards the end of this year which easily exceeds the £10,000 requirement to qualify for gold.

  If I hit the £10,000 threshold on 31 Dec, how long would the membership last?

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 20:37

    Assuming it isn’t processed until January 2016, you’d get it until March 2018. Bit risky of course unless you time it right, you don’t want to risk not hitting the £10k.

    • Septem says:

      12 May12 May 23:33

      Thanks for the reply, Rob.

      It really is an incredible reward. I’ll be paying a hefty tuition in October. Thought I’d credit 9k+ to the Hilton card and then wait till the end of December to make up the rest.

      Surely Barclaycard won’t process the transactions post 19/20th ish each month in the same month when the statement for the previous month is issued.

      Thanks again.

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