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ENDS WEDNESDAY: 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 Wednesday 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.
In other news ….
Special features:
Riyadh Air finally unveils its impressive new cabins. CEO Tony Douglas walks us through it.
…. and you may even be able to redeem Virgin Points for them when it launches later this year
The HfP Summer Party returns!
Save the date for our famous summer party, and join 500 fellow readers to discuss miles, points and all things travel! More details – including a new venue for 2025 and the date – are here.
If you’d like to be involved in sponsoring the event, please get in touch with Sinead at sinead [at] headforpoints.com.
Advance warning to our industry friends that Sinead and Katie will be on the hunt for raffle prizes soon!
This week’s top travel news stories:
Virgin Atlantic finally announces fights to Seoul …. but why? Image below.
Great Western Railway trials its new rewards scheme …. and it’s far too generous!
Hotels.com’s One Key loyalty scheme gets even worse
London Southend airport unveils its refurbished SKYLIFE lounge
How to avoid the Heathrow Hotel Hoppa fee by using local buses instead
Travelodge buys nine Hotel Campanile sites
Which long haul destinations can you fly to from London Gatwick airport?
Credit card news:
Still running: Amex’s bumper 80,000 points sign-up offer for the American Express Platinum card
What’s the difference between Amex Business Platinum and personal Platinum?
Help us update our crowdsourced list of Amex Membership Rewards points transfer times
British Airways and Avios news:
What is an Avios point worth? We update our annual analysis
Reviews:
We review the impressive new Clubrooms lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 – a fantastic new premium lounge option, and accessible via Priority Pass for a small fee. Photo above.
In the final review in our Japan series: the JAL Sakura Lounge in Okinawa Naha Airport, photo below
In Hamburg, Rhys reviews the new(ish) Courtyard Hamburg City hotel
Plus a roundup of all 37 of our Central London hotel reviews from recent years
Hotel news:
How to check InterContinental Ambassador free weekend night availability before joining
How to ‘top up’ a Marriott Bonvoy hotel free night certificate
Other stories:
What are Club Eurostar points worth? We do the maths
How does the Hertz car rental benefit for Amex Gold cardholders work?
Our China Airlines competition winner takes his trip!
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here and will be updated on headforpoints.com on Sunday.
If you are booking a hotel this weekend, click here to read our summary of the best bonus points offers for April and May 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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