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!).
Some news in brief: Tesco DVD and Blu-Ray pre-order bonuses are back Until 22nd March, Tesco Direct is offering 150 bonus Clubcard points with selected DVD and Blu-Ray pre-orders. That is worth .....
Some news in brief: Tesco DVD and Blu-Ray pre-order bonuses are back Until 22nd March, Tesco Direct is .....
15 Mar 201515 March 2015 • 24 comments
Last year, Hilton ran two special bonus promotions for its luxury Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria brands. The two offers seem to have rolled over into 2015, so if you missed out last year you can still .....
Last year, Hilton ran two special bonus promotions for its luxury Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria brands. The two .....
12 Mar 201512 March 2015 • 18 comments
Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend. It is usually a terrible deal. The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but .....
Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend. It is usually a terrible .....
11 Mar 201511 March 2015 • 17 comments
Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin offering free wi-fi to all guests. Well, almost all guests …. From August, wi-fi in all .....
Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin .....
4 Mar 20154 March 2015 • 18 comments
Hilton HHonors has announced that it is cutting back on global promotions and spending more effort on individual targeted deals for specific customer segments. The slightly clumsily executed .....
Hilton HHonors has announced that it is cutting back on global promotions and spending more effort on .....
3 Mar 20153 March 2015 • 20 comments
News in brief: Did you get your Hilton Diamond appreciation bonus? If you have Diamond status in the Hilton HHonors programme, you may have received a special award from Hilton. Many members have .....
News in brief: Did you get your Hilton Diamond appreciation bonus? If you have Diamond status in the Hilton .....
25 Feb 201525 February 2015 • 51 comments
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be. I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does .....
20 Feb 201520 February 2015 • 77 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. .....
19 Feb 201519 February 2015 • 65 comments
This article is my review of the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel. This is the first part of my series on my recent trip to Abu Dhabi. Other articles cover the Etihad lounge in Heathrow .....
This article is my review of the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel. This is the first part of my series .....
18 Feb 201518 February 2015 • 38 comments
In December I told you that Hilton had been dropping hints that ‘Lifetime Diamond’ status would soon be available. Hyatt, Marriott and Starwood already have lifetime status schemes of .....
In December I told you that Hilton had been dropping hints that ‘Lifetime Diamond’ status would .....
17 Feb 201517 February 2015 • 8 comments
News in brief: Los Angeles in Premium Economy for £1,000 Air New Zealand is having a flash sale on flights to Los Angeles which ends TODAY. They sell this route because they fly London Heathrow to .....
News in brief: Los Angeles in Premium Economy for £1,000 Air New Zealand is having a flash sale on flights to .....
16 Feb 201516 February 2015 • 56 comments
Hilton revealed recently that it has signed a major global deal with concert organiser Live Nation. It will form the backbone of ‘Hilton @ Play’, a new Hilton website which you can find .....
Hilton revealed recently that it has signed a major global deal with concert organiser Live Nation. It will .....
7 Feb 20157 February 2015 • 4 comments
Time for a change of topic, I think. Let’s forget Avios points for a minute. Hilton is about to wind up its Winter Sale, offering discounts of up to 33% off the Best Available Rate for .....
Time for a change of topic, I think. Let’s forget Avios points for a minute. Hilton is about to wind .....
30 Jan 201530 January 2015 • 11 comments
One piece of feedback from my New Year reader survey was for more details on my own redemptions and how I justified the choices I made. I’m happy to oblige. I am in Abu Dhabi for a few days .....
One piece of feedback from my New Year reader survey was for more details on my own redemptions and how I .....
28 Jan 201528 January 2015 • 48 comments
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