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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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  • SL says:
    21 Sep21 September 10:26

    OT Amex business cards. Does it make any difference what position my wife holds in my company for her to get one of the cards i.e. director, company secretary, shareholder etc?

  • Yorkieflyer says:
    21 Sep21 September 10:39

    Agreed, in slightly poor taste to laugh at those daft enough to still book a package holiday to Spain with a broken down company to which even the most cursory glance at its finances would tell you was going to hell in a handcart. I don’t think we’ve booked a package holiday since the 1980s and the only people we know who do are those folk in fear of Johnny foreigners who perhaps are looking forward to Brexit?

    • Spurs Debs says:
      21 Sep21 September 11:30

      Wow how sanctimonious are you! That’s me being polite.

      • Tariq says:
        21 Sep21 September 11:57

        Right on the money more like. If only TC had as much foresight!

      • Yorkieflyer says:
        21 Sep21 September 12:04

        Daft b***ers but I still feel sorry for them , customers that is, not Thomas Cook who are blaming everyone but themselves. Jet2.com and Tui can still make that business model work

    • Funtime says:
      21 Sep21 September 21:20

      It’s not all package holidays though.

      They fly direct to Vegas, New York. Orlando and maybe others, can’t be bothered to check, direct from Manchester.

      Currently by the pool in Vegas and not slightly concerned that I may be “stranded” in New York the week after next week.

      Some much for stereotypes lol

  • RussellH says:
    21 Sep21 September 11:10

    OT:
    Re IHG Accelerate.
    Has anyone ever found credits to their accelerate target(s) from a stay that did not meet the criteria for that target?
    And if so, did the credit actually work, or was the credit subsequently removed?

    • Lady London says:
      21 Sep21 September 17:57

      No.
      Have you?

    • Alex Sm says:
      21 Sep21 September 18:05

      No, I only had the reverse which obviously was annoying!

    • BJ says:
      21 Sep21 September 20:17

      If this is about stay the weekend, it does count if you stay two successive weekend nights at different hotels as opposed to two consecutive weekend nights in one hotel.

      • John says:
        22 Sep22 September 06:28

        Oh wow, I missed out on lots of points if this is how it worked for previous iterations of accelerate….

        • BJ says:
          22 Sep22 September 07:29

          How it has always worked AFAIK John. With that target I usually stay at adjacent hotels, e.g. CP Aberdeen one night and next door to HIX the next which then doubles up both brands and stays too. Have not done it for the current iteration but will do so some weekend next month and report back unless somebody reports sooner.

  • Lady London says:
    21 Sep21 September 17:24

    Ouch. Even a French newsreader commented today are that 98% if the Labour movement in the UK is against Brexit, that Jeremy Corbin has said we need a second vote, and yet he himself has sat on the fence for three and a half years without saying what he thinks.

    But would you? The moment he opens his mouth and states a view, either way he’s ****ed %?? at least 40% of the electorate.

  • Alex Sm says:
    21 Sep21 September 18:09

    Thanks Rob/Rhys, your previous article about BA sale inspired us to book a week in Tirana. But we had a choice – to go BA business with a shabby service / old planes to get me Bronze OR to go with Aegean economy for the same price with a nice stopover in Athens, free upgrades to business on 2 legs of 4, and confirming Gold for my partner. Guess which one we chose in the end? 😉

  • N says:
    21 Sep21 September 19:06

    Anyone know what the BA F experience is like on the ground at SCL?
    Wandering whether to get to the airport early to enjoy it or not!

  • AB says:
    22 Sep22 September 00:12

    OT: American Express Rewards Gold Credit Card
    Is the 10,000 points for £15k spend just a first year bonus or is it recurring?

    Assuming recurring, is there a way to see a progress bar, there was in the first year but it’s now disappeared off the main screen.

    • Shoestring says:
      22 Sep22 September 06:24

      trcurring

      on your pdf statement

    • John says:
      22 Sep22 September 06:30

      Recurring but you should really cancel and apply again / refer partner if you have one in to avoid the fee. Unless you were doing something like spending £50K with Amex Travel

    • Rob says:
      22 Sep22 September 09:52

      Recurring, points arrive 30 days after year end.

  • Sale flyer says:
    22 Sep22 September 10:57

    Not impressed with Emyr at Bon Vivant. Not responded to me on last two occasions. Both were about Dubai hotels – Jumeirah and Atlantis. Assume not worth enough to him.

    • Mik says:
      22 Sep22 September 12:20

      Were you using the HfP webform, or were you emailing him directly? I’ve found that the form is quite failure-prone, had to email Rob the first time I tried contacting Emyr. But since then, I’ve corresponded with Emyr directly and he’s been absolutely wonderful.

    • Rob says:
      22 Sep22 September 12:22

      They probably dropped into spam – the automated form is troublesome sometimes. If you’d let me know I could have extracted the form from HFP and resent. He books all my Jumeirah stuff and he can get you decent extra benefits on top via the special Jumeirah luxury travel agent scheme so it would have been a very easy one.

      Emyr has no minimum size order. We both know that readers are likely to try him out with a small booking before coming back with larger stuff. I see the stats and bookings run from $100 to $20,000. Frankly, even small bookings are not hugely troublesome as long as you know what you want and just want an idea of what Emyr can do for you on top.

    • Lyn says:
      22 Sep22 September 12:54

      Your assumption is wrong!

      Emyr has made single night bookings on our behalf at the IC Le Grand and IC Madrid, and on relatively inexpensive nights at that. Fortunately it is easy to see the flexible rate on the IHG web-site and this matches the rate Emyr is able to book, with the additional benefits including club lounge access. So hopefully these sorts of bookings are normally not too much of a bother for him. His customer service is excellent.

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