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Hilton Honors

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!).

How to use small orphan amounts of miles and points – Part 1 (Hotels)

I thought it was about time to revise and update the lists I first published in 2012 about the best way to use up small amounts of miles and points. What I want to explore is ‘What is the .....

I thought it was about time to revise and update the lists I first published in 2012 about the best way to .....

7 Aug 20177 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Which hotel at Heathrow has the best swimming pool?

You may well have spent many hours awake at night wondering which Heathrow Airport hotel has the best swimming pool.  Good news – I’ve done the work for you! For reasons too complex to .....

You may well have spent many hours awake at night wondering which Heathrow Airport hotel has the best swimming .....

6 Aug 20176 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Credit Hilton stays to Iberia instead of British Airways? A warning

During August we’re going to be running a few more ‘educational’ articles than usual, to help new readers get up to speed with some of the tricks of our trade. One of the things that .....

During August we’re going to be running a few more ‘educational’ articles than usual, to .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

What are the best hotel promos for July 2017?

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains details .....

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in .....

21 Jul 201721 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

REMINDER: How to earn 10,000 Avios with your next five Hilton stays

Hilton is currently running an aggressive promotion with Avios to encourage you to move your stays across to them this Summer. You can earn 10,000 Avios from your next five Hilton cash stays. .....

Hilton is currently running an aggressive promotion with Avios to encourage you to move your stays across to .....

14 Jul 201714 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

My review of the Conrad New York Downtown hotel

This is my review of the Conrad New York Downtown hotel. Over in New York this week, I was back at Hilton’s Conrad New York Downtown.  Recent changes in the area around the hotel have made this .....

This is my review of the Conrad New York Downtown hotel. Over in New York this week, I was back at .....

16 Jun 201716 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

My review of the new Hampton by Hilton Berlin Alexanderplatz hotel

This is our review of the new Hampton by Hilton Alexanderplatz hotel in Berlin. A few weeks ago a new Hampton by Hilton opened right next to Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. Hilton asked me to take a .....

This is our review of the new Hampton by Hilton Alexanderplatz hotel in Berlin. A few weeks ago a new Hampton .....

12 Jun 201712 June 2017 by Anika Burnett • 17 comments

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