Emirates forms a joint venture with TAP Portugal – your TAP status match has more value

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• BJ says:

  20 Mar20 March 07:06

  There was a time when we needed and tried to anticipate when we could next expect a 100% bonus on hotels points, now they’re easier to find than the standard rate. Strange days indeed.

  • Harry T says:

    20 Mar20 March 10:08

    Hilton points very easy to earn from stays at the moment too. I’ll be diamond from work stays soon and the milestone bonuses and Points Unlimited bonuses rack up quickly. I’m glad I bought 320,000 Hilton points in the sale last year, even though my Japan trip was cancelled (planned to use on Conrad Tokyo). Now I have booked WA Amsterdam instead and I’ll be Diamond when I stay.

• Steve says:

  20 Mar20 March 07:28

  How does the 5 for 4 offer work for longer stays? I.e. to book a 7 night stay can I make one booking and get the 1 free night, or do I need to make a 5 for 4 booking to trigger the offer and then add a separate 2 day booking to make up the 7 days?

  • Anna says:

    20 Mar20 March 08:11

    If you book 7 nights the Hilton website will deduct one from the rate, if you book 14 nights it will deduct 2, etc. Don’t forget 5 for 4 only applies to standard rooms, though.

  • BJ says:

    20 Mar20 March 08:12

    You will trigger the offer if you stay more than 5 nights. However, in this case if you are travelling with partner I recommend you do 5 nights for you and 2 for partner to maximise bonuses.

  • Steve says:

    20 Mar20 March 08:41

    Perfect, thanks both!

• Mike says:

  20 Mar20 March 07:43

  Anyone looking to gift the TAP status match? Can give a token sum for it!

  • Doug M says:

    20 Mar20 March 10:26

    No idea if it really works anyway, but the status match offer makes clear the gifted gold is not part of what’s offered.

    • Rob says:

      20 Mar20 March 10:35

      Used to work, no longer works. I did it but when Rhys followed up it failed.

      • The Original Nick. says:

        20 Mar20 March 10:57

        Yep, I gifted mine succesfully.

• Louise K says:

  20 Mar20 March 07:57

  How much are the Hilton Points?

  Struggling to buy them due to privacy settings and cookies!

  • BJ says:

    20 Mar20 March 08:16

    Normally $10/1000 so $5/1000 in 100% sales, bur often subject to minimum purchase to get the bonus.

• southlondonphil says:

  20 Mar20 March 08:00

  Minimum purchase to earn the Hilton 100% bonus is actually 10,000 points this time around rather than 15k, so even more useful for anyone only looking to do a ‘tiny top-up’.

• Al Nicol says:

  20 Mar20 March 08:25

  My Hilton account is a maximum of 80k points, and 100% bonus on anything over 5000. Do different accounts have different offers?

  • Steve says:

    20 Mar20 March 08:44

    Same, max is 80k + 80k bonus for $800 for me too?

    • Littlefish says:

      20 Mar20 March 09:42

      I see 160k + 160k bonus for $1,600. Entry point from 15k for the bonus. Ends 11 May.

      • Kieran says:

        20 Mar20 March 12:46

        I calculate this (160K points + 160K points free for $1600/£1152) at about 0.36p/ point which seems like a good deal… I have about 800K points (stay earned) but I’m still considering buying the max because it looks good in the hope that I can redeem a chunk later this year before there is a devaluation…

  • Sarah says:

    21 Mar21 March 22:02

    Same for me

• BuildBackBetter says:

  20 Mar20 March 08:40

  Rob, would you recommend the Hilton Dubai Jumeirah? Double bed rooms cheaper there, but not many activities for kids I guess?

  • Rob says:

    20 Mar20 March 10:39

    The Palm one? It’s not open yet.

  • Blair says:

    20 Mar20 March 11:31

    The one on Jumeirah Beach Walk? There’s 2 of them. One on the beach itself, one across ‘The Walk’ from the beachside one. Personally, both feel quite Benidorm in 1990. Tightly packed sunbeds, relatively small beach footprint, and quite a drinks-heavy crowd in the relatively downmarket lobby. The beach one has refurbished its rooms recently I believe. But I still wouldn’t stay there considering the other options on offer. If sticking with Hilton, there’s a Doubletree further along Jumeirah Beach Walk about 5 mins. That’s somewhat better.

• BuildBackBetter says:

  20 Mar20 March 08:45

  What card are people using to buy points? Amex gold or Curve?

  • Steve says:

    20 Mar20 March 08:50

    Amex would hit you with FX costs, so you lose some of the benefit? Unless you have a sign up bonus target to hit.

  • Gavin says:

    20 Mar20 March 09:16

    I used curve to buy IHG points but was hit with a fee because my transaction was higher than the monthly free foreign f/x limit. Should have used my Halifax clarity instead.

    • Harry T says:

      20 Mar20 March 10:10

      I used Halifax Clarity last time – it’s a good idea.

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