Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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!).
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
If you have been reading Head for Points for a while, you will realise that I am very keen on the Hilton HHonors Platinum Visa credit card. It is not the greatest card in the world for long-term .....
If you have been reading Head for Points for a while, you will realise that I am very keen on the Hilton .....
11 Sep 201211 September 2012 • 15 comments
31st August was the last day to redeem BMI Diamond Club miles for flights on Virgin Atlantic. Not surprisingly, once BA had bought BMI, it was keen to extract itself from this partnership with a core .....
31st August was the last day to redeem BMI Diamond Club miles for flights on Virgin Atlantic. Not .....
6 Sep 20126 September 2012 • 10 comments
News in brief: 1,000 Priority Club points for completing a survey This link was found by a Flyertalk poster, offering 1,000 points for completing a (fairly) quick survey. I do not know where the .....
News in brief: 1,000 Priority Club points for completing a survey This link was found by a Flyertalk .....
30 Aug 201230 August 2012 • 4 comments
Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by converting something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes .....
Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by .....
28 Aug 201228 August 2012 • 2 comments
One of the lesser known uses of Tesco Clubcard vouchers is the ability to convert them into Hilton HHonors points via Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. (You can also convert Tesco Clubcard vouchers into .....
One of the lesser known uses of Tesco Clubcard vouchers is the ability to convert them into Hilton HHonors .....
5 Aug 20125 August 2012 • Leave a comment
With BMI’s departure from Star Alliance, those of us who regularly fly on Star Alliance member airlines are having to look for a new home for their miles. One of the key determinants, for me, .....
With BMI’s departure from Star Alliance, those of us who regularly fly on Star Alliance member airlines .....
23 Jul 201223 July 2012 • 4 comments
Today is July 16th, which means that its the day that the changes to the American Express Platinum Card benefits come into force. To say that Amex’s changes to the Platinum card this year have .....
Today is July 16th, which means that its the day that the changes to the American Express Platinum Card .....
16 Jul 201216 July 2012 • 14 comments
Gold is the mid-tier status in Marriott Rewards. It usually requires 50 nights per year in Marriott-group properties to earn it, but there are some half-decent benefits if you are spending your own .....
Gold is the mid-tier status in Marriott Rewards. It usually requires 50 nights per year in Marriott-group .....
15 Jul 201215 July 2012 • 2 comments
This is the first of a new series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections .....
This is the first of a new series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....
24 Jun 201224 June 2012 • Leave a comment
‘Triple Your Trip’ is the name of Hilton HHonor‘s third quarter promotion this year, running from 1 July to 30 September. Registration is required via this link. The rules .....
‘Triple Your Trip’ is the name of Hilton HHonor‘s third quarter promotion this year, running .....
21 Jun 201221 June 2012 • Leave a comment
Tesco Clubcard is a major partner with British Airways and offers one of the easiest non-flying ways for UK British Airways Executive Club members to earn lots of Avios. Historically, Tesco has .....
Tesco Clubcard is a major partner with British Airways and offers one of the easiest non-flying ways for UK .....
9 Jun 20129 June 2012 • Leave a comment
In yesterdays post, I highlighted an arbitrage from BAA WorldPoints into BMI Diamond Club. Today, I want to highlight a few ways to use BMI Diamond Club to earn more miles for a hotel stay than .....
In yesterdays post, I highlighted an arbitrage from BAA WorldPoints into BMI Diamond Club. Today, I want .....
3 Jun 20123 June 2012 • Leave a comment
