Hilton status match back – plus 40% off in Asia / Australasia / India / Maldives flash sale

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Late last year, Hilton ran a hugely popular status match promotion. Both my wife and I are now Hilton HHonors Diamond (top tier) until next March.

This promotion is now back.

This offer was emailed to selected people. In the small print, it states that the offer is non-transferable. It doesn’t seem that targetted though – the site even reminds you that you need to join Hilton HHonors first in order to do a match so it isn’t even just aimed at existing members. It is also worth noting that Hilton has been consistently matching people in recent weeks who rang up and asked nicely.

You have nothing to lose by giving it a try. They can only say no ….

The link to request your match is here.

You will need two things:

A scan of your membership card in another hotel programme or a screenshot showing your status

Proof of a recent hotel stay with that brand, such as a scanned receipt or a screenshot from your rewards account showing recent activity

The offer runs until 30th June.

Status is valid until 31st March 2018 which is standard Hilton policy – the remainder of the current year, all of the next year and then a three-month grace period until March.

Even mid-tier Hilton Gold status is worth having if you are, for example, Starwood Gold. Hilton Gold gets you free breakfast at most brands, plus an upgrade of some sort. Hilton Diamond, the top tier status, gets you guaranteed lounge access at hotels which have one. These are good benefits to have.

Full details of Hilton status benefits by tier can be found here. The form to request your match is here.

An Asia / Australia / India / Maldives flash sale now on

As I mentioned briefly yesterday, Hilton is running an Asia / Australasia / India / Maldives flash sale until Monday. See here for details.

The deals are valid for stays for the whole of 2016.

The headline saving is an impressive 40% off the standard flexible rate – albeit these bookings are non-refundable – so it is worth looking to see if any existing Hilton bookings you have should be rebooked. It may also be worth cancelling redemptions and rebooking for cash if the rate is low enough.

Note that the offer excludes Hilton Tokyo, Hilton Osaka, Hilton Colombo, Hilton Colombo Residences and all properties in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

Full details can be found on this special page of hilton.com.

Finally ….

The North America / Latin America Hilton flash sale, due to end this morning, has been extended by another 48 hours. This offers discounts of up to 25%.

If you thought you’d missed out, you can still book here.

How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (December 2021)

There are various ways of earning Hilton Honors points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

Do you know that holders of The Platinum Card from American Express receive FREE Hilton Honors Gold status for as long as they hold the card? It also comes with Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Gold and MeliaRewards Gold status. We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here and you can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Did you know that the Virgin Atlantic credit cards are a great way of earning Hilton Honors points? Two Virgin Points can be converted into three Hilton Honors points. The Virgin Atlantic cards are the only Visa or Mastercard products in the UK which can indirectly earn Hilton Honors points. You can apply here.

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with American Express Gold (20,000 bonus points), the American Express Rewards Credit Card (5,000 bonus points) and – for small business owners – American Express Business Gold (20,000 bonus points) and Business Platinum (40,000 bonus points).

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which can be used to earn Hilton Honors points.

(Want to earn more hotel points? Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)

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John says:

31 Mar31 March 06:27

I wonder whether there will be any opportunities for those of us who matched Diamond till Marhc 2017 to renew it until March 2018 without too much hassle?

Would like to have it for another year but will only manage about 15 nights in Hilton this year
- Leo says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 07:33
  
  I think is what we’d all like to know. Small print however says match valid to 2017.
- Alan says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 09:34
  
  I’ve given it a go with my Accor Plat, will see!
- DW201 says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 11:50
  
  If you cant status match then go Clubcard => Cat 1 Reward stays to hit Diamond (with a challange if you can get one otherwise its a lot of stays in south wales for you….)
M HOCKENHULL says:

31 Mar31 March 07:10

We are Cunard Gold, do you think they would match this – it is a hotel chsins as such, only a floating one! We don’t have cards but I must have a final invoice from January which says it on the top
- James says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 07:58
  
  Hilton will match anyone who stayed a couple of nights in a Travelodge currently.
Liz says:

31 Mar31 March 07:12

When is the America sale up to?
- Leo says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 07:34
  
  I couldn’t get it to price into June but others said up to September on here yesterday – IIRC.
- Rob says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 08:43
  
  Was in the article yesterday, on phone so cannot check
Janet Thomas says:

31 Mar31 March 07:29

I received Diamond status during the last promotion. Would I receive the benefits if I booked using Tesco clubcard vouchers?
- Rob says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 08:42
  
  Yes
Gavin says:

31 Mar31 March 07:58

Have ihg gold through the free Visa card, are they likely to show any interest in a match?
- idrive says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 08:27
  
  why not they will not know the origin of the status
- Rob says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 08:41
  
  Yes, OK as long as you can also show stays
  - Gavin says:
    
    31 Mar31 March 10:36
    
    I’ve got 5 stays this year from accelerate so will give it a go
Dale says:

31 Mar31 March 08:35

Slightly O/T with hIlton, but I was wondering if I could book a night as a gift for my sisters birthday under my own account for her and her husband – they would then get my Diamond benefits and I’d get the points. If I put her name as the other named guest, and gave her husband my credit card – would Hilton be any the wiser?
- Rob says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 08:39
  
  Fine in the UK and most countries, except those where the lead guest must show up with photo ID (eg Spain)
- idrive says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 08:42
  
  I think it depends on the place.
  In UK they never asked me for ID. In USA first thing is the passport and credit card as in Spain and Italy where local laws require that (in Italy your documents details must be sent to Police within 24hrs).
  - Alan says:
    
    31 Mar31 March 09:37
    
    Although as an HHonors member I’ve not been asked for that – also with digital key at some properties you don’t even need to go to the front desk!
    - Rob says:
      
      31 Mar31 March 13:21
      
      You must in the UK – by law hotel must get a signature at check in.
      - John W says:
        
        31 Mar31 March 18:57
        
        I was thinking about doing this for my parents in Dubai. It’s their 60th birthday and I was going to book them a few nights in the Waldorf on the Palm. I’ve got Hilton Diamond so they could get some benefits and I would get some points. Don’t want to risk sending them there though and there is a huge problem when they check-in.
      - Alan says:
        
        1 Apr1 April 17:31
        
        Don’t worry they don’t offer Digital Key outside the USA yet I believe 😉
- John says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 13:26
  
  I think you’re talking about paid stays where it won’t work, but if you wanted to book them a reward stay, you can easily change the name on your account for that stay by booking on the phone with the USA call centre.
  
  Tell them you want to book a stay with your points for somebody else. Make sure you get an American accent as the other call centres can’t do it. You should call before 2100 UK time otherwise you get directed to the Mexico call centre.
  
  The other person will get all the benefits of your status and your name won’t be anywhere on the reservation, so it will seem to the hotel that they are the actual owner of the account. I haven’t got this to work with paid stays.
idrive says:

31 Mar31 March 08:44

I thought Gavin wants to match his IHG status to Hilton. how would they know?
RTS says:

31 Mar31 March 09:25

The Hilton Diamond Status Match never really went away… I matched to Diamond using Accor Platinum on 13th February 2016 by emailing a screenshot of my account to : HHonorMyStatus[at]hrcc-hilton[dot]com
- Ross Parker says:
  
  31 Mar31 March 10:59
  
  Strange. I did the same, and was refused. Platinum Accor for 5 years, had 10 nights by early Feb too!