NEW: Get 7,500 bonus Hilton Honors points on your next stay with ‘Hilton for Business’

Hilton Honors has launched a new small business programme called ‘Hilton for Business’.

The good news is that it is very slick and integrates perfectly with your existing Hilton Honors account.

There is also a carrot to sign up.

You can learn more about ‘Hilton for Business’, and sign up, here.

This is how it works:

• when you sign up your small business, you are asked for your existing Hilton Honors account details. Your ‘Hilton for Business’ account is linked to this.

• the only requirement for joining is that you have a business email address which you must verify by clicking a link in a test email sent to you. There is no requirement to provide a company registration or VAT number. You MUST have a unique email suffix (eg ‘headforpoints.com’ in our case) and all your employees must have an email address with the same suffix. It is NOT essential that the address on the Hilton Honors account has this suffix.

• once you have signed up, you receive a link to send to co-workers. By clicking the link, they can join your ‘Hilton for Business’ account and link it to their existing Hilton Honors account. To join, they must provide an email address using the company suffix and click a link in a verification email.

That’s it!

How do you book rooms with ‘Hilton for Business’?

It is immpressively simple. Going forward, when you or your co-workers log in to the usual Hilton website, they will be given the choice of whether they want to see ‘Hilton for Business’ rates as well as standard rates.

‘Hilton for Business’ rates are worth booking:

• they are around 2% cheaper than Member Best Flexible Rate

• you get a 2pm check-out if available

• you get standard ‘Best Flexible’ cancellation rights, usually up to the day before arrival

‘Hilton for Business’ rates are NOT cheaper than Advance Payment rates. If you usually book pre-paid rates then you are wasting your time signing up for ‘Hilton for Business’.

How does it work for Hilton Honors points?

The guest receives their Hilton Honors points and elite night credit as usual. This is important – the person who stays is not in any way worse off by using ‘Hilton for Business’, and indeed is better off if they can use the 2pm check-out.

On top of this, additional points are accumulated in the ‘Hilton for Business’ acccount:

• 7,500 Hilton Honors points (worth £25 on our valuation) are earned after the first stay is made under the ‘Hilton for Business’ rate (first stay per account, not per person on the account)

• 5,000 Hilton Honors points (worth £17 on our valuation) are earned for every 10 nights booked in aggregate by employees using the ‘Hilton for Business’ rate

The person who set up the ‘Hilton for Business’ account decides what to do with the points. You can transfer them to your own Hilton Honors account or you can transfer them to one of your registered employees.

You cannot redeem points directly from the ‘Hilton for Business’ account – they must be transferred to a personal account first. This is a positive point, because it means there isn’t an isolated small balance in the ‘Hilton for Business’ account which may never be used.

Conclusion

I signed up Head for Points for ‘Hilton for Business’ and I was impressed by how slick it was.

Because there is no separate ‘Hilton for Business’ website, I don’t need to mess about with a different log-in or password. I can control everything from within my personal Hilton Honors account. I also signed up my wife / our FD to see how it works from the point of view of an employee and it is equally slick. It is very easy to toggle between business and personal rates.

It’s worth registering for ‘Hilton for Business’ if you have a business email address and tend to book Best Flexible Rate rooms. You’ll make a small saving of 2% or so each night and you’ll get an extra 500 Hilton Honors points per night, albeit they don’t pay out until you’ve accumulated 10 nights.

The carrot of 7,500 bonus Hilton Honors points for your first booking is obviously worth having too!

You can find out more, and register for ‘Hilton for Business’, here.

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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.

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 and they come with generous sign-up bonuses. You can apply here.

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:

• American Express Gold (20,000 bonus Amex points)
• American Express Rewards Credit Card (10,000 bonus Amex points)

and for small business owners:

• American Express Business Gold (20,000 bonus Amex points)
• American Express Business Platinum (40,000 bonus Amex points)

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.)