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Hilton Honors is the loyalty scheme for Hilton hotels, which includes these brands: Canopy, Conrad, Curio, DoubleTree, Embassy Suites, Hampton, Hilton, Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, LXR, Motto, Tapestry Collection, Tru and Waldorf Astoria.
Our main two-part introduction to the Hilton Honors programme is here and you can learn more about the program on hilton.com here.
Check out our ‘Hotel Offers’ page here to see what bonus point offers are currently running.
If you need to top-up your account, you can buy points here.
More information on how you can get Hilton Gold Elite status for free with The Platinum Card by American Express is here.
Hilton Honors does not have its own UK credit card but you can transfer points earned from American Express Platinum (high fee, high bonus), American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (free for a year, good bonus) and Amex Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).
I have written a few posts in recent weeks about specific airline promotions running with Hilton. The Virgin Atlantic promotion I covered here is probably the most generous. Other versions include: .....
I have written a few posts in recent weeks about specific airline promotions running with Hilton. The Virgin .....
30 Oct 201230 October 2012 • 4 comments
Back in early September I wrote this post about a (theoretically targetted) offer for the Hilton HHonors Visa card. The Hilton card is already one of favourite cards to get purely for the sign-up .....
Back in early September I wrote this post about a (theoretically targetted) offer for the Hilton HHonors Visa .....
29 Oct 201229 October 2012 • 3 comments
This is the final part of the post I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon. You need to remember that you may first .....
This is the final part of the post I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ .....
22 Oct 201222 October 2012 • 10 comments
An interesting discussion on Flyertalk the other day led me to think about ways of using up small random amounts of miles and points. Unless you are very disciplined, it is easy to end up with a .....
An interesting discussion on Flyertalk the other day led me to think about ways of using up small random .....
21 Oct 201221 October 2012 • 9 comments
For US frequent travellers, car rental is part of their regular travel routines. It is less common in Europe, where you are more likely to fly to your location and then use taxis and public transport .....
For US frequent travellers, car rental is part of their regular travel routines. It is less common in Europe, .....
19 Oct 201219 October 2012 • 2 comments
Hilton HHonors has finally got around to launching its Autumn promotion – “Give Yourself 1,000 Reasons To Love Hilton HHonors”. Hilton has, as I wrote here and here, already launched .....
Hilton HHonors has finally got around to launching its Autumn promotion – “Give Yourself 1,000 .....
18 Oct 201218 October 2012 • Leave a comment
A couple of days ago I wrote here about the generous Hilton HHonors promotion with Virgin Atlantic running over the next three months. Hilton has now released new versions of this promotion covering .....
A couple of days ago I wrote here about the generous Hilton HHonors promotion with Virgin Atlantic running .....
6 Oct 20126 October 2012 • Leave a comment
MilesQuest has details of how to get 500 free Hilton HHonors points very quickly by linking to their Facebook page. This worked fine for my wife’s account but not for mine. This means, I .....
MilesQuest has details of how to get 500 free Hilton HHonors points very quickly by linking to their Facebook .....
5 Oct 20125 October 2012 • 6 comments
If you’re a BMI Diamond Club member, you will have had yesterdays email announcing what is effectively the formal winding up of the club. For the rest of you who are interested, here is a .....
If you’re a BMI Diamond Club member, you will have had yesterdays email announcing what is effectively .....
29 Sep 201229 September 2012 • 6 comments
Hilton HHonors has launched a 4th quarter promotion in association with Virgin Atlantic. (At this time, it seems that similar promotions will be launched with Miles & More and Emirates, albeit .....
Hilton HHonors has launched a 4th quarter promotion in association with Virgin Atlantic. (At this time, it .....
28 Sep 201228 September 2012 • 2 comments
There are two special hotel rate deals knocking about for American Express cardholders which may be of interest. Via this link, Hilton is offering a 30% discount on its Bed & Breakfast Rate. .....
There are two special hotel rate deals knocking about for American Express cardholders which may be of .....
25 Sep 201225 September 2012 • Leave a comment
For the first time since Head for Points started, there is a good offer available on the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club credit cards. Frankly, there has been a very noticeable weaking of credit card .....
For the first time since Head for Points started, there is a good offer available on the Virgin Atlantic .....
19 Sep 201219 September 2012 • 7 comments
There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to articles on their credit cards, but I have never written an overview piece on it. Membership .....
There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to .....
18 Sep 201218 September 2012 • 5 comments
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get .....
17 Sep 201217 September 2012 • 1 comment
