REGISTER NOW: Hilton HHonors launches its Spring promotion
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Hilton HHonors has launched its Spring promotion.
Whilst there is nothing wrong with it, especially when you look at what is available from many of its competitors, it does rub in how exceptionally generous (for many people) the second version of IHG’s Accelerate promotion is.
Hilton has chosen to give another outing to one of its favourite promotions, called ‘Double Your HHonors’. You can find details of the promotion, and register, here.
However, do not register without thinking first, as the promotion requires you to make a choice.
The promotion will run from 1st January to 30th April.
Under ‘Double Your HHonors’, you can choose either:
double Hilton HHonors base points
or
double airline miles
You must select one option, and it cannot be changed later.
If you choose double points and set your Hilton earning preferences to ‘Points and Points’, you will be earning 25 base points per $1 spent. This is before any elite bonus.
If you choose double miles and set your Hilton earning preference to ‘Points and Miles’, you be earning 10 base points per $1 plus 2 airline miles per $1.
Remember that Hilton and Avios is ‘a bit weird’:
If you credit to British Airways then, as I mentioned above, you earn 1 airline mile per $1 which is doubled under this offer to 2 per $1.
If you credit to Iberia Plus, you earn 15 airline miles per $10 which is doubled under this offer to 30 per $10. There is a cap of 1,000 miles per stay, however. This makes crediting stays to Iberia Plus 50% more valuable but only if you will be spending under $500.
You can read more about the discrepancy between BA and Iberia earning with Hilton in this article.
I tend to value Hilton HHonors points at £3 per 1,000 and airline miles at 0.75p (both very conservative numbers). On that basis, taking ‘double points’ would earn me (25 x 300/1000 =) 7.5p per $1 spent. Taking ‘double miles’ in British Airways would earn me 4.5p per $1 spent.
There are no excluded hotels – every Hilton Family property is taking part. The chain has intimated that this will be standard practice going forward. This is something I fully support, having once been caught out unexpectedly and missing a bonus because of it.
You can register and make your ‘double points’ or ‘double miles’ choice here.
PS. Remember that Hilton is still matching other hotel status cards. I am now a Hilton Diamond until March 2017 thanks to my Accor Platinum status. More details in this article.
How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (September 2023)
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
30,000 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.
SPECIAL OFFER: The sign-up bonus on the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard is doubled to 30,000 Virgin Points (45,000 Hilton Honors points) if you apply by 2nd October. You receive 15,000 Virgin Points with your first purchase and a further 15,000 Virgin Points if you spend £3,000 within 90 days. Apply here.
You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:
- American Express Gold (20,000 bonus Amex points)
- American Express Rewards Credit Card (10,000 bonus Amex points)
and for small business owners:
- American Express Business Gold (20,000 bonus Amex points)
- American Express Business Platinum (40,000 bonus Amex points)
The conversion rate from American Express to Hilton points is 1:2.
(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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