How to buy Hilton Gold status for just $49!

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• Simmonds87 says:

  18 Oct18 October 14:31

  Yes, mine has worked already too! – Time to book!

• KilburnFlyer says:

  20 Oct20 October 00:22

  I’m a now a proud Hilton Honors Gold Member! Top work raffles.

  Want to check out the Hilton Buenos Aires on my BA First Class trip to the world cup (booked on a 2for1 avios voucher, of course) LHR – GIG in F, EZE – LHR in J 🙂

  • Alan says:

    20 Oct20 October 07:36

    I really like that hotel – excellent food in the Exec Lounge and great location. Enjoy your trip!

• Chris says:

  21 Oct21 October 11:28

  I too had about a 4 day turnaround to get Gold status.

  Quick question as I’m not that familiar with the Hilton rewards programme… I’m staying in the Elara in Vegas for 5 nights next month, but have booked through Lastminute.com as they were about 35% cheaper than Hilton directly. I wasn’t gold at the time and didn’t pay much attention to the rewards etc due to this. So my question is, for about £130 extra, should I cancel my lastminute booking and book directly with Hilton? I can’t see where I find out what I’d earn with HHonors Gold, or what that means in terms of what I could redeem. Any advice?

  • Rob says:

    21 Oct21 October 11:45

    Received wisdom (ie what I read elsewhere although I’ve never tried it myself) is that Hilton is more generous than other hotel groups at recognising status benefits if you book via third parties. I certainly wouldn’t swallow £130 just to change to a direct booking UNLESS it was a long stay (say, a week) and so the benefit of 14 free breakfasts and free internet would kick in – and there is a chance you might get it anyway. Vegas hotels are very fluid with upgrades as well – generally stuffing the reservation clerk a $20 tip works wonders, eg http://boardingarea.com/viewfromthewing/2013/01/17/tipping-at-checkin-for-hotel-upgrades-in-las-vegas-and-around-the-country/

    • Chris says:

      22 Oct22 October 10:55

      Thanks Raffles…

      I’ve had 2 failed attempts previously with the $20 trick, but will give it another go.

      One final question – as I don’t have a physical card, do I just quote my HHonors membership no. to them?

      • Rob says:

        22 Oct22 October 11:26

        Yes, they can type it directly into their system. May be worth a quick email in advance as well.

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