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A VERY generous Hilton Honors promotion – 2,500 Miles & More miles (worth £25) per stay

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Back in April Hilton Honors removed its ‘points and miles’ feature.  It is no longer possible to earn a mix of Hilton Honors points and airline miles when you stay – the only option is to receive points.  You can, of course, still transfer over Hilton Honors points in lumps sums to airline schemes although the transfer rate is poor.

At the time Hilton said that it would continue to run mileage promotions with the airlines.  Here is the first one I’ve seen, and it is impressive.

Hilton Honors is offering a very generous 2,500 Lufthansa Miles & More miles on every stay between 1st August and 31st October.

Hilton Miles & More 2500 bonus miles offer

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On the face of it this is a very generous deal.  I would value a Miles & More mile at 1p – with the caveat that they are only really worth having if you earn enough for long-haul premium class redemptions – which would mean you’re getting back £25 of miles per stay!

Even if you don’t collect Miles & More miles, remember that they can be transferred into Heathrow shopping vouchers via Heathrow Rewards.  Details are here (log-in required).  7,500 Miles & More miles gets you £20 of Heathrow shopping vouchers and you get an additional £5 for every 1,875 miles on top.

You will notice that, when you register (click here), you are not asked for your Miles & More account number.  I am guessing that Hilton will work from your ‘Preferred Travel Partners’ list in your Hilton Honors profile.  Makes sure that your Miles & More account is on that list and, importantly, set to ‘Preferred’.  I am guessing that the offer won’t work unless you do this.

I am assuming that you receive these miles ON TOP of your usual Hilton Honors base points and, until 9th September, your bonus from the current Hilton Honors ‘double points’ promotion (details here).  There is nothing on the Lufthansa or Hilton websites to suggest otherwise.

The offer is NOT valid on reward stays.  The rules are silent on this but reports from those who have registered confirm it.

Here is the small print:

This promotion is open to eligible participants. An eligible participant is a person aged 18 or over and is a Miles & More Member (membership term and conditions apply). To be eligible for this offer, you must be (1) be a member of Hilton Honors; (2)register online at Hilton Honors.com/lufthansa25 prior to completing your stay; and (3) compete an eligible stay at any participating hotel or resort within the Hilton Honors portfolio from 1 August, 2018 through October 31, 2018 (promotional period). Bonus Mileage: Earn 2500 Miles & More award Miles for stays during the promotional period. There are no minimum or maximum amount of stays. A ‘stay’ is defined as the total number of consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, whether or not a guest checks out and checks back in again. Specifically excluded from the definition of ‘stay’ are the following types of ineligible stays: wholesale/tour operator packages; contracted crew rates; travel agency discount rates; stays secured utilising Hilton Grand Vacations Club, and Hilton Club timeshare programs; Hilton Grand Vacations marketing packages with a sales presentation requirement, complimentary or barter rooms; NET Group rates, Series Group or IT Group rates; third party websites bookings (irrespective of rate paid); and ‘opaque’ channel bookings where the brand may or may not be known at the time of purchase. Hilton Honors Points (or stay credit) may not be earned (including as a Member benefit) for or during ineligible stays, including without limitation, folio charges incurred during ineligible stays. Allow up to six weeks after check-out, and after promotion has ended, for miles to be credited to your account. All Miles & More program rules apply. Hilton Honors™ membership are subject to Hilton Honors Terms and Conditions. Award miles are issued subject to the Miles & More Terms and Conditions. The promoter reserves the right to withdraw the promotion or amend these terms and conditions without prior notice at any time, for whatever reason and without any liability to customers for doing so.

If this all works out as planned, with no impact to your base and bonus Hilton Honors points, this is a VERY generous offer.  Anyone who does a lot of short cheap Hilton stays can do very nicely out of this.

To put it in context, a one-way Business Class flight to Dubai booked via Miles & More costs 35,000 miles.  If you averaged one Hilton stay per week over the promotional period you’d nearly have enough for that.

Even if you end up redeeming them for Heathrow Airport shopping vouchers, you are getting £7 back per Hilton stay.

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.

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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 (54)

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  • Ian M says:
    4 Aug4 August 06:42

    Looks good. I’ve just registered. I’m staying in a Hilton currently. Checked in Thursday, checkout Monday. I wonder if I’ll get the points for this stay. Got 2 cheap mattress run stays later this month to complete my Diamond status match, 5000 Miles & More points for those will be most welcome!

    • John says:
      4 Aug4 August 08:23

      You should get it if you’re registered before check out

    • Graeme says:
      5 Aug5 August 10:43

      I received miles for a stay which I checked out of on Friday 3rd, even though I didn’t register for the promotion until Saturday 4th. It seems that if you register before Hilton processes your stay, you will receive the miles.

  • Adil says:
    4 Aug4 August 07:15

    I can never ever seem to register for Hilton offers, i get a 403 unauthorized access error every time I enter my log in details and have to get in touch via online chat or phone to get manually added to specific offers, anyone else have to go through this process?

    • Pangolin says:
      4 Aug4 August 11:55

      I used to have the same problem. I fixed it by setting a username that was different from my HH number and using this (instead of the HH number) to login (password stays the same).

  • Bloke in India says:
    4 Aug4 August 07:48

    I’ve also registered, didn’t have any 403 errors.

  • Kevin says:
    4 Aug4 August 08:26

    OT, it is related to Heathrow points. I redeemed my Heathrow reward points to vouchers (thanks to Rob/HFP for their emirate/Heathrow advices) last month. Will I receive hard copy or E-voucher as currently I can’t see anything in my Heathrow reward account?

    • Mark says:
      4 Aug4 August 09:59

      Kevin
      Last time I redeemed (about a year ago), they send a wad of £5 vouchers by recorded delivery.

      • AspirationalFlyer says:
        4 Aug4 August 11:20

        It is taking a while to receive mine. Has anyone received vouchers they ordered as part of the recent offer? I would like them for a trip over the August Bank Holiday.

        • TGLoyalty says:
          4 Aug4 August 12:41

          Got them this morning. Did the conversion the night of the Emirates article

        • JP says:
          4 Aug4 August 13:22

          Received mine this morning. Signed for delivery for £800 worth of £5 vouchers (!)

        • BJ says:
          4 Aug4 August 19:02

          Got mine today, redeemed first day of promotion.

    • Kevin says:
      5 Aug5 August 10:45

      So I better waiting the vouchers to be arrived.

  • Nick says:
    4 Aug4 August 10:21

    I may have missed this, but has the ITA matrix been crippled? It’s just told me that searches beginning in multiple countries are not supported. If so – argh!

    • Tom1 says:
      4 Aug4 August 10:44

      I’ve read on FT this has been the case for some time now. Apparently Google flights s allows it, but is restricted to 5 starting locations.

    • Paul says:
      4 Aug4 August 10:45

      Yes. This functionality was removed in the last month or so

    • Lee says:
      4 Aug4 August 11:17

      You need to search on each country separately. Which is why i now have a document with the airport codes, so that I can cut and paste.

      Just means it takes a little bit longer.

    • Caleb says:
      4 Aug4 August 13:08

      Yup. No more multiple countries.

  • Stephan says:
    4 Aug4 August 10:43

    Isn’t £25 valuation for 2500 M&M quite generous? I find it near impossible to get anything near that and with my M&M MBNA card gone I’m not sure what to do with them as I don’t fly on Star Alliance that often.

    • Graeme says:
      4 Aug4 August 10:49

      I have booked SIN-LHR one way on a Singapore A380 business class in October for 67,000 M+M miles plus about £30 taxes. That’s easily 1p per mile value.

      Also have a look at LH mileage bargains website.

      • Brian says:
        4 Aug4 August 10:52

        +1 for the mileage bargains. 55,000 miles return from Germany/Austria/Switzerland to the East Coast (USA) is amazing value.

        • Lady London says:
          4 Aug4 August 13:19

          What were the taxes? I seem to remember that’s the weak point of LH – even exceeding BA taxes a lot of the time – and that would apply to the specials also?

        • Bagoly says:
          5 Aug5 August 11:20

          Typically EUR400 for long-haul return.
          So using 1p per mile, that’s GBP900 – not free, but usually cheaper than other options (sans Iberia mistakes)

    • Pangolin says:
      4 Aug4 August 11:58

      Lufthansa has the excellent mileage bargains and LOT recently offered round trip business class from WAW to SIN for 70K. I would easily rate them above 1p if used correctly.

    • Rob says:
      4 Aug4 August 12:06

      No. 52500 for one-way J to/from US is 1p easily.

      • Stephan says:
        4 Aug4 August 12:57

        A fairly high threshold to reach given that the only way to gain M&M now seems to be only by flying star alliance which expire. Just think that compared to the methods of getting avios, M&M is considerably lower value due to methods of obtaining it and expiry rules.

        • Alan says:
          4 Aug4 August 15:45

          Agree in particular re expiry rules. SQ KrisFlyer are harsh too but at least I can keep things in Amex MR points before moving them across. I tend to keep most of my *A miles in UA – nice bonus when transferring across from Marriott travel packages for them too.

  • Lee says:
    4 Aug4 August 12:32

    What is the best way to get a Miles & More account?

    • Guesswho2000 says:
      5 Aug5 August 04:25

      The best way is to sign up for one. Fill in your details, and click submit. Literally not sure how else to answer this?

      • Lee says:
        5 Aug5 August 11:20

        I think I got confused with the account at KLM which I thought had a similar name. I realised my mistake quickly, but appreciate the reply 🙂

  • Alan says:
    4 Aug4 August 15:50

    Don’t value M&M greatly as no easy way to add to them, but if I can boost them enough to get transfer out to Heathrow Rewards that’d be OK.

    As always with Hilton and airline miles I’d suggest ensuring they have your M&M number on file at check-in/check-out. I’ve updated my existing bookings with the number – I wouldn’t just rely on setting it as ‘preferred’ as that only applied to new reservations made after that time.

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