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New ‘Emyr’ benefits at Conrad, Waldorf Astoria and LXR hotels

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We ran an article on Thursday about the Mayfair launch of The Biltmore, Hilton’s new luxury London hotel and the first in Europe to operate under the new LXR brand.

Our hotel booking partner, Emyr Thomas, dropped me a note to say that LXR is now included as part of Hilton’s Impresario scheme offered to luxury travel agents.

These benefits also apply to all Conrad and Waldorf Astoria hotels.

When booking via Emyr, you receive:

complimentary breakfast for two people

$100 hotel credit per stay

one category upgrade, subject to availability (does not double-up if you already get an upgrade due to Hilton Honors status)

double Hilton Honors base points

You need to pay Best Available Rate to get these benefits.  If a non-refundable Advanced Purchase rate would also work for you, you should run the maths to see whether Best Available Rate is actually cheaper when you factor in the extra goodies.  For a short stay, it may well be given the $100 hotel credit.

You can contact Emyr for a quote for any luxury hotel stay you are planning via the online form on this page of HfP.  Remember that he can get very similar deals for Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, The Ritz Carlton etc etc.

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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 2025)

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 30th April 2025, the annual fee on the basic Hilton Honors debit card is halved from £60 to £30. The sign-up bonus is also easier to earn – you need to spend £1,000 either in the UK or abroad within three months. The usual bonus rule requires you to spend the full £1,000 outside the UK.

NEW: Hilton Honors Plus Debit

10,000 bonus points, Hilton Gold status and NO FX fees Read our full review

NEW: Hilton Honors Debit

2,500 bonus points, 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

and for small business owners:

The conversion rate from American Express to Hilton Honors 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.

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Comments (65)

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  • Chrisasaurus says:
    21 Sep21 September 07:01

    Oooh, harsh

  • MD says:
    21 Sep21 September 07:11

    I did an actual LOL.

  • Mike P says:
    21 Sep21 September 07:34

    Worth also checking CPH. I managed to get HKG over Xmas for £1300

    • Polly says:
      21 Sep21 September 09:31

      Agree, we rotate between cph and arn, hel. Plus had the 200 off last booking so brings it down a bit more.

      • Optimus Prime says:
        21 Sep21 September 10:41

        Do you guys always choose the cheapest ex-EU departure or do you factor in something else?

        We’re going to NZ next year and even though ex-ARN was a little bit cheaper we decided to do ex-OSL. This one has a connection time of just 1h 30 min in DOH both ways versus 7h 55 min if ex-ARN.

        • Lumma says:
          21 Sep21 September 11:22

          8 hours in the lounge in Doha isn’t the worst place to spend some time.

          Ideally I’d prefer something in between the two layovers, especially if the final flight was as long as New Zealand. Have a shower, some food and relax

          • John says:
            22 Sep22 September 06:26

            Personally it’s either 3 hours or 15 hours in Doha for me. 8 hours would be awful.

        • Terri says:
          21 Sep21 September 14:43

          I have experience of both a 90 minute connection and a 7 hour connection at Doha.

          The first was enough time for a comfort break and a cuppa. If you are wanting to get to your destination as quickly as you can this is the the better option in my view. The 7 hour overnight connection is a long time, even in a nice lounge . The lounge can be very busy at night. The quiet area is not that quiet and has limited capacity. I found 7 hours dragged. It is not enough time to leave the airport for a hotel.

          I have just returned from an ex oslo trip and scheduled flights specifically to avoid 7 hours in Doha. Enjoy your trip.

          • Lady London says:
            21 Sep21 September 17:26

            Done both also, +1 @Terri

          • Polly says:
            22 Sep22 September 19:18

            Same here. We aim for up to 2 hrs transit, if not, then try for a day with an 8hr plus connection which gives the hotel. But making sure there is no shorter connection available that day. But if there is a difference of around £200pp in price we will put up with a 5 or 6 hr rest on the bendy beds in the quiet area. Staff v nice there, bring rugs etc. Plenty of time for rest, shower, nice food and naps.
            We are also waiting for a nz oz trip in the next year or so.

  • MikeL says:
    21 Sep21 September 08:28

    In poor taste, potentially 150k TC customers stranded abroad and 9k British jobs at risk.

    • ChrisBCN says:
      21 Sep21 September 10:35

      Except they won’t be stranded abroad

      • Shoestring says:
        21 Sep21 September 10:40

        Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter – Nietzche

  • Josh says:
    21 Sep21 September 08:41

    OT but bits

    If you have multiple heathrow rewards accounts, how do you transfer these all out to the same avios account?

    Seems you can only link one account to BA

    • Bagoly says:
      21 Sep21 September 16:03

      You can move from one HREW account to another.
      At least one could do so last year.

  • Jude says:
    21 Sep21 September 09:14

    OT re use of Avios on internal flights in Australia on Qantaslink. I found that these are now bookable online on ba.com which is great. WE are planning a trip next year and will go Sydney to Cairns to Adelaide. Is there any change that we could book a flight Sydney to Adelaide via Cairns and save some miles/cost? I know it has been talked about for some other routes. AS there are 4 of us it could save quite a few Avios for us

    • Lyn says:
      21 Sep21 September 13:25

      I’m not sure if I’ve understood your question correctly, so apologies in advance if I haven’t.

      As far as I know BA charges a separate amount of avios for each sector flown, so Sydney – Cairns would cost X avios and Cairns – Adelaide would cost an additional Y avios. That is assuming both flights are non-stop.

      Alaska Airlines is the only frequent flyer programme I am aware of that still allows a free stop-over on a 1-way award, in terms of miles anyway, although obviously not taxes. So 1-way Adelaide – Sydney – Cairns with a stop-over in Sydney should cost the same number of miles (12,500 in economy) as just Adelaide – Cairns. Is the sort of thing you were asking about? Only useful if you collect Alaska miles of course, or are willing to buy them or convert Marriott points or something else to them.

      • Lady London says:
        21 Sep21 September 17:55

        Could be worth checking if changing a couple of flights operating carrier and using the BA multiple partners award chart works better. Then you can pretty much choose your routing within the mileage. Rob did an article.

        • Lyn says:
          21 Sep21 September 18:20

          Yes, but how many BA partner / Oneworld operating carriers would there be in addition to Qantas for the internal Oz flights? Or are you thinking of including the whole journey from the UK?

        • Jude Hirst says:
          22 Sep22 September 16:29

          Hello, yes that is what I was looking at doing,do you have the link to Rob’s article please?

      • Jude Hirst says:
        22 Sep22 September 16:28

        Hi thanks for the reply. Yes that was the idea that i was thinking off, but didn’t know the name for it so couldn’t search for Rob’s article. Do you have the link?

        • Shoestring says:
          22 Sep22 September 16:44

          read this multi-partner chart

          • Lady London says:
            22 Sep22 September 21:54

            thanks Shoestring. it occurred to me @Jude could also save on the higher miles required, by maybe, say, making from sin to and from oz, or, say, hkg to and from oz, the ba multipartner booking. could use 2 diff airlines then within just that part of the journey. And stay standard BA award chart form UK to the midpoint of the journey where the partner award starts.

            Not sure how the totals of avios work out on each – may still be worth making it one straight through booking – or not. If you do split it between 2 avios bookings one standard, one multipartner, then I advise you allow for staying 1 night at the midpoint as really longhaul can be very delayed sometimes.

  • Drew says:
    21 Sep21 September 09:44

    Is anyone able to confirm that Curve works in the same way with the new Lloyds Avios MasterCard that’s replaced the old dual Amex/MasterCard? Eg no cash transaction fees etc…Thanks, D

    • paulm says:
      21 Sep21 September 10:02

      Yes it does, no problems

      • Nick_C says:
        21 Sep21 September 13:36

        And twice as many Avios as before ☺ (I have a Club Lloyds account).

        How many balance transfers is it safe to do? (how frequently). Just done my first one.

        • Mark2 says:
          21 Sep21 September 16:50

          not many!

          • BJ says:
            21 Sep21 September 20:30

            Did you come unstuck Mark?

            My monese card has arrived; all these repetition games are a bit tedious but with other earning opportunities having dried up they are about the only game left in town at the moment.

  • Shoestring says:
    21 Sep21 September 10:01

    O/T the Amazon free £5 offer for signing up to Amazon Assistant is going fine x4 at the mo, ie 4 different Amazon family a/cs on different browsers. You install it, wait a couple of days, the offer pops up – basically visit Amazon through the app 5x in 14 days to earn a £5 Amazon credit. Works even if you got the £10 Amazon Assistant offer last time, uninstall it first.

    And buy your Amazon stuff through the HfP link 🙂

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