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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)

An interesting discussion on Flyertalk the other day led me to think about ways of using up small random amounts of miles and points.  Unless you are very disciplined, it is easy to end up with a .....

An interesting discussion on Flyertalk the other day led me to think about ways of using up small random .....

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The updated guide to collecting Avios points from car rentals

For US frequent travellers, car rental is part of their regular travel routines. It is less common in Europe, where you are more likely to fly to your location and then use taxis and public transport .....

For US frequent travellers, car rental is part of their regular travel routines. It is less common in Europe, .....

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1,000 bonus points per night at Hilton in November and December

Hilton HHonors has finally got around to launching its Autumn promotion – “Give Yourself 1,000 Reasons To Love Hilton HHonors”. Hilton has, as I wrote here and here, already launched .....

Hilton HHonors has finally got around to launching its Autumn promotion – “Give Yourself 1,000 .....

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More variants of the Hilton Q4 promotion have appeared

A couple of days ago I wrote here about the generous Hilton HHonors promotion with Virgin Atlantic running over the next three months. Hilton has now released new versions of this promotion covering .....

A couple of days ago I wrote here about the generous Hilton HHonors promotion with Virgin Atlantic running .....

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Two lots of 500 free Hilton HHonors points for everyone

MilesQuest has details of how to get 500 free Hilton HHonors points very quickly by linking to their Facebook page. This worked fine for my wife’s account but not for mine.  This means, I .....

MilesQuest has details of how to get 500 free Hilton HHonors points very quickly by linking to their Facebook .....

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BMI Diamond Club – finally, the end is near

If you’re a BMI Diamond Club member, you will have had yesterdays email announcing what is effectively the formal winding up of the club.  For the rest of you who are interested, here is a .....

If you’re a BMI Diamond Club member, you will have had yesterdays email announcing what is effectively .....

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New Hilton promotion to earn bonus Virgin Flying Club miles

Hilton HHonors has launched a 4th quarter promotion in association with Virgin Atlantic. (At this time, it seems that similar promotions will be launched with Miles & More and Emirates, albeit .....

Hilton HHonors has launched a 4th quarter promotion in association with Virgin Atlantic. (At this time, it .....

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Two special hotel deals via Amex

There are two special hotel rate deals knocking about for American Express cardholders which may be of interest. Via this link, Hilton is offering a 30% discount on its Bed & Breakfast Rate.  You .....

There are two special hotel rate deals knocking about for American Express cardholders which may be of .....

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What can you do with Amex Membership Rewards points?

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 .....

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What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG TERM spending?

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 .....

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One of my favourite loyalty credit cards gets even better

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 .....

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Reports of the death of BMI Diamond Club are greatly exaggerated

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 .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments