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Hilton has launched its annual summer hotel sale

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Hilton has launched its Summer Sale with decent weekend deals across Europe, Africa and Middle East.  The sale home page is here.

The sale offers up to 30% off the standard Best Available Rate if you are a Hilton Honors member.

As usual we need to add that basing the ‘30% saving’ on the Best Available Bed & Breakfast rate is not exactly fair.  Sale rates are non refundable so it is a bit cheeky to compare them to a refundable rate – but these deals do usually offer a saving on the usual ‘advanced purchase’ price. Full pre-payment needs to be made at time of booking.

This rate is only available for weekend stays between 24th May 2019 and 6th January 2020 and must be booked by 19th August.

Included is, for example, the gorgeous Hilton Paris, which I reviewed here, for £261 per night instead of £349 on 5th July 2019.  As I said above, £349 is actually the ‘refundable’ price so it is not a true comparison, but the difference between the refundable and non-refundable price is usually only 10% or so.

The 30% savings are for Hilton Honors members only. The normal sale discount rate is 25%. If you aren’t a Hilton Honors member – very unlikely I admit if you are a regular HfP reader – you can sign up when booking your stay. You receive a smaller discount at Hampton by Hilton properties (10% for non members with 5% extra for members).

Sale offers will work alongside the current Hilton Honors bonus points promotion.  This offers double base points on all stays until 8th September, starting with your second stay.  This article has all the details and you can register here.

You may also be able to get a one-off triple base points bonus on your next stay before 30th June. You can find out more in this HfP article and link to register is here.

The sale website is here.

Don’t forget Hilton’s generous status match offer

If you have top or mid-tier status with another hotel loyalty scheme, Hilton will match it for 90 days and give you an opportunity to keep it for longer.

Details of how you can claim your status match are in this article. You will keep your Diamond or Gold status until March 2021 if you successfully complete the challenge.

Top-tier Diamond status comes with guaranteed Executive Lounge access and 4pm check-out at most brands. If you have status elsewhere that you can match, and can pick up a sale deal at a property with a decent lounge, you should get a good deal.

How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards

How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (October 2024)

There are various ways of earning Hilton Honors points from UK credit and debit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

There are two dedicated Hilton Honors debit cards. These are especially attractive when spending abroad due to the 0% or 0.5% FX fee, depending on card.

You also receive FREE Hilton Honors status for as long as you hold the debit cards – Gold status with the Plus card and Silver status with the basic card. This is a great reason to apply even if you rarely use it.

We reviewed the Hilton Honors Plus Debit Card here and the Hilton Honors Debit Card here.

You can apply for either card here.

NEW: Hilton Honors Plus Debit

12,000 bonus points (special offer), Hilton Gold status and NO FX fees Read our full review

NEW: Hilton Honors Debit

3,500 bonus points (special offer), Hilton Silver status and 0.5% FX fees Read our full review

There is another way of getting Hilton Honors status, and earning Hilton Honors points, from a payment card.

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

50,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:

and for small business owners:

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 22nd October 2024, the bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased to up to 80,000 Membership Rewards points, worth 80,000 Avios. You will receive 8 points per £1 spent for the first three months, on up to £10,000 of spending. Click here to read our full card review. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 22nd October 2024, the bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased to up to 40,000 Membership Rewards points, worth 40,000 Avios. You will receive 4 points per £1 spent for the first three months, on up to £10,000 of spending. The card is FREE for your first year. Click here to read our full card review. Click here to apply.

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 (35)

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  • Mr T Bear says:
    23 May23 May 05:05

    So if I have IHG Gold they’ll match that to their gold and as the hotel I’m looking at offers free breakfast and has an exec lounge so I’d only need to book the cheapest room or would I need an ‘executive room’.

    So confusing – there are 17 separate rates for the room/hotel I’m looking at.. 17! One just merely headlined ‘sale’ along with ‘HH sale’ and ‘sale b&b’ and ‘HH sale b&b’ !!!

    • John says:
      23 May23 May 05:31

      The rules say that if you want to guarantee lounge access as Hilton Gold you need to book an executive room. Golds get free breakfast if that is their chosen option in their profile. A minority of hotels will make Golds have breakfast in the lounge in which case they have to grant lounge access (check Flyertalk for details about your hotel).

      If you opt for free breakfast you can book the “HH sale” rate. Rates described as “HH” are 2%-5% cheaper than the same rate without HH, so as to avoid being more expensive than OTAs which might also discount the normal rates by 2-5%.

    • David says:
      23 May23 May 06:46

      I don’t think IHG Gold would match to Hilton Gold: Gold is the lowest tier for IHG, but mid-tier for Hilton…

      • John says:
        23 May23 May 07:20

        Some people have reported they were matched from IHG gold to Hilton gold so you might as well try

      • guesswho2000 says:
        23 May23 May 10:19

        HH used to match IHG Platinum to Diamond, so it seems likely that Gold would match to Gold.

        • Pangolin says:
          23 May23 May 14:50

          Recent reports (2019) suggest that Hilton no longer match IHG Platinum to Diamond but maybe you’ll get lucky.

          Check statusmatcher dot com for updates.

          • BJ says:
            23 May23 May 17:44

            If you are already Hilton Gold though it is a quick route to Diamond.

      • Concerto says:
        23 May23 May 10:50

        It did for me.

      • Lady London says:
        24 May24 May 18:34

        Gold is not lowest tier for IHG. I can’t remember what is the lowest but it’s the level I was on before I made Gold this year

    • Olly says:
      23 May23 May 11:30

      Mr T, your gold well definitely get you breakfast providing you’ve ticked it on your My Way profile choice so exclude “Breakfast rates” in your search as long as you’ve got a maximum of one guest, who will also get breakfast free. HH sale is the one to go for if you are definitely not going to amend or cancel. My experience regarding exec lounge access is that these days only Diamond get it regardless of room rate but email the hotel and ask, don’t go off reviews

      • Alex says:
        23 May23 May 11:59

        Another option with status for Hilton is to buy a Diamond status challenge on Ebay for around £90 which will give you diamond status for 90 days. 8 stays in that time will keep Diamond or 4 stays will keep gold. Something to think about especially if you can hit the stays

  • Anna says:
    23 May23 May 06:38

    Thanks for the heads up – The Hilton Vienna Plaza which I’d booked for December has been reduced by 15 euros per night (semi flex), including week nights.

    • Michael C says:
      23 May23 May 07:17

      Anna, we did this last Dec. and had a fantastic time!!

    • Louise says:
      23 May23 May 09:33

      I booked this hotel last week for December too when the Amex offer was on(non refundable rate)

  • SammyJ says:
    23 May23 May 07:13

    Just applied for a status match to Platinum IHG. Do Day-Room stays (check in and out on same day) count towards the total number of stays for the 4/8 nights required to retain Hilton Fold/Diamond?

    • Mike says:
      23 May23 May 07:27

      Day room stays have always counted as ‘qualifying stays’ in my experience, although I’ve never done a status match.

    • John says:
      23 May23 May 08:03

      stays yes, nights no

  • Nick M says:
    23 May23 May 09:32

    OT but Hilton – have they recently increased some of their redemption costs? – e.g. DT Bratislava was 10k, now 20k…

    • marcw says:
      23 May23 May 10:25

      Good morning…. Hilton Honors has become an useless program, unless you plan to redeem on high end properties. It’s adjusting to a revenue based program…

      • Pangolin says:
        23 May23 May 15:00

        Once they removed the concept of categories the writing was on the wall. Marriott suffers badly from category creep, but devaluations of 50-80% in a single year as Hilton has done is a whole new level.

    • Graham says:
      23 May23 May 11:23

      I have also noticed this with Hilton Izmir from 10000 to at least 19000 points. Last year there were about 50 properties at 5000 points now only 25 and over 150 at 10000 but that has reduced by about 30 as well

    • Andy says:
      23 May23 May 13:02

      Hilton Garden Inn Hong Kong is now 40k from 30k…may as well go in the Conrad at 80k…

    • Pangolin says:
      23 May23 May 14:57

      Massive stealth devaluations across the board for the cheaper properties, just like they did last September.

      HGI Kuala Lumpur has gone from 10k to 20k also. It’s crazy how fast some of the bargain redemptions have devalued. Oman Salalah has moved from 5k to 30k in the space of a year!

      Hilton has almost no value for awards now, when you consider the generally low cash rates at these devalued properties (it never made much sense for mid-level places). It only really makes sense for very high end places like Maldives.

    • Crafty says:
      23 May23 May 14:57

      Yes, another is DT KL from 10,000 to 20,000.

    • BJ says:
      23 May23 May 17:47

      YES, DT Kuala Lumpur too.

  • Bob says:
    23 May23 May 11:01

    Anyone know if Bonvoy Gold Elite would match to Gold or Diamond in HHonors?

    Thanks

  • Boi says:
    23 May23 May 23:48

    Is there normally a separate sale for North America?

    Also does hilton gold count for anything in USA or should we go for diamond challenge?

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