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FIRST EVER OFFER: Get 30,000 Hilton Honors points with the Hilton Honors Plus 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 both of the cards. It is the first time there has ever been an improved deal on the ‘Plus’ card.
Until 14th August:
- there is a bonus of 30,000 Hilton Honors points when you apply for the £150 Hilton Honors Plus debit card – this is the one which gives you Hilton Honors Gold status (free breakfast!)
- there is a 50% fee discount when you apply for the ‘was £60, now £30’ Hilton Honors debit card – this is the one which gives you Hilton Honors Silver status
You can find out more about the deal here. You can apply here.
In other news ….
This week’s top travel news stories:
LeShuttle adopts Avios – collect and spend on cross-channel car crossings
Capital on Tap’s free SME Visa credit card cuts its Avios earn rate but it remains a good deal – if you have a Limited Company then you should take a serious look at it
Club Iberia Plus has been renamed after just two months
Virgin Atlantic expands its IndiGo partnership with Delta, Air France and KLM
Top travel deals this week:
Get 50% of ALL Loganair Avios redemptions! Loganair flights are expensive for cash (£500 return from Heathrow to Orkney / Shetland) so this is a great deal.
Get £100 British Airways cashback for NatWest credit card holders
Earn double Nectar points in June from Sainsburys and Argos when you convert to or from Avios
Earn 5,000 Virgin Points by turning on Tesco Clubcard auto-conversion – and you could win 1 million Virgin Points on top
Earn double Virgin Points with Virgin Trains Ticketing
Get a Vietnam Airlines (SkyTeam) status match from your HOTEL or airline status
BA’s pandemic-era eVouchers will expire this year – find out how to check if you have an unused one
Ethiopian Airlines has some good business class fares to South Africa, image below
Credit card news:
Get £500 for switching your current account to HSBC Premier
Our credit card review series continues:
British Airways and Avios news:
Can you beat earning just two tier points for a transatlantic flight under the new BA Club rules?
Zipcar ends its Avios partnership
Reviews:
Conny checks out the Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick hotel – sitting directly in the North Terminal, is it worth a look?
Or, if you’re visiting the capital, Katie tries the landmark London Hilton on Park Lane which was refurbished recently. Image above.
Hotel news:
What are the best hotel promos for June 2025?
Two new Marriott hotels open in the Algarve
Buy Global Hotel Alliance stay credit at a 15% discount – is it worth it?
Which nine airlines let you convert their miles into Marriott Bonvoy hotel points?
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 June 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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