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SPECIAL OFFER: Get a 50% discount and improved bonus terms on the Hilton Debit Card
Last year Hilton Honors launched two UK debit cards (yes, debit and not credit).
One costs £150 per year and gives you Hilton Honors Gold status (free breakfast!) for as long as you keep it.
The other costs £60 per year and gives you Hilton Honors Silver status for as long as you hold it.
Both cards earn Hilton Honors points on your spending with an extra bonus for spending in Hilton properties. These are also the only travel rewards cards with 0% or 0.5% FX fees, instead of the usual 3%.
Hilton has launched a special offer on the £60 card. This is the one which gives you Hilton Honors Silver Elite status for as long as you keep the card.
Until 30th April:
- the annual fee is halved from £60 to £30 for your first year
- you can trigger the 2,500 Hilton Honors points sign-up bonus with £1,000 of spending either in the UK or abroad – the requirement to do all of the spending abroad has been removed
There is no change to the £150 Debit Plus card. You may still find this attractive, despite the annual fee, because it comes with Hilton Honors Gold Elite status (free breakfast) as well as 0% FX fees, a higher sign-up bonus and a higher points earning rate.
You can find out more about the deal here. You can apply here.
This week’s top travel news stories:
What are the peak and off-peak Avios flight dates for 2025 and 2026? We have the calendar.
British Airways adds a third daily Cape Town flight for winter. There may still be some business class Avios availability left although our readers quickly grabbed most of it!
IndiGo launches new Manchester to New Delhi flights using Norse Atlantic planes, image above
What did we learn from the 2024 IAG results?
Avios Group’s VAT woes continue – £557 million paid out to HMRC but an appeal is coming
Closure dates for the Club Aspire Heathrow T3 lounge now available
Loganair announces a Southampton base – soon bookable with Avios
North Island, possibly the most expensive Marriott hotel at €9,000 per night, leaves Bonvoy
easyJet adds new Southend winter routes
Top travel deals this week:
citizenM’s short hotel sale is now live with all hotels included
Save 30% on Accor hotels in their Spring Sale
Get £100 cashback on £500 spend at InterContinental London Park Lane with Amex – and get free lounge access via our booking partner
Earn double points with Virgin Trains Ticketing
Register now: Radisson launches a new hotel bonus points promotion
Get VIP tickets to The Boat Race with Hilton Honors (with a VERY generous twist)
What are the best hotel promotions for March 2025?
Lufthansa selling miles with a 50% bonus via its ‘bundles’ – as low as 1.0p
We chat to Plaza Premium’s Deputy CEO Bora Isbulan about the future of lounging
British Airways and Avios news:
Can you access lounges on short haul Aer Lingus flights with British Airways status? It is unbelievably complicated ….
Credit card news:
New: Get up to 120,000 points with American Express Business Platinum, which convert into 120,000 Avios! Click here to apply.
New: Get up to 60,000 points – and no fee in Year 1 – with Amex Business Gold, which convert into 60,000 Avios. Click here to apply.
Get a 50% discount and improved bonus terms on the basic Hilton Honors debit card
Reviews:
Conny reviews Bovey Castle in Dartmoor National Park – part of Hyatt’s Mr & Mrs Smith brand
And in London, Sinead reviews The Londoner hotel in Leicester Square, part of Preferred Hotels. In-room intravenous drips are just one of the benefits on offer!
Hotel news:
IHG’s Kimpton Los Monteros hotel opens in Marbella
Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch unveils its restaurant partners who have seven Michelin Stars between them
Other interesting news:
Which airlines let you transfer miles into hotel points?
Get 10,000 Clubcard points (20,000 Virgin Points) when you redeem on easyJet Holidays
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here.
If you are booking a hotel this weekend, click here to read our summary of the best bonus points offers for March from the big chains.
Don’t forget to visit our forum if you have any questions relating to frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programmes or loyalty credit cards.
See you next Saturday,
Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
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