Hilton Honors discussion

[daft009]

Just checked in at Conrad Bali and similar, pay up front for accommodation and a preauth for extra spend

 

[Cynicor]

That’s normal, though? What’s not normal is making the pre-auth optional, but also not mentioning that you can’t charge until you do it…

 

[DC3]

Just checked in at Conrad Bali and similar, pay up front for accommodation and a preauth for extra spend

I have never been asked to pay upfront at any Hilton-chain hotel, only pre-authorisation

 

[Trephinator]

Any resolution as yet?

All sorted.

First response said they had forwarded to Qantas to "request the missing miles posted". Another message 3 days later advising the points had been credited.

 

[I love to travel]

Has anyone been able to work out why they block whole months of hotel rooms at a time? Looking for August next year and the hotel is not bookable beyond July. Same thing for another hotel a month ago when I was looking and then it all come back online a few weeks later. Reached out to chat who were useless.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Has anyone been able to work out why they block whole months of hotel rooms at a time? Looking for August next year and the hotel is not bookable beyond July. Same thing for another hotel a month ago when I was looking and then it all come back online a few weeks later. Reached out to chat who were useless.

It would vary from property to property; however, on occasions I have enquired with the property, it is usually around the refurbishment schedule.

 

[Princess Fiona]

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Lifetime Diamond

 

[tmdl]

I'm about 30k Base points away from retaining Diamond for the year, is there any hacks to achieve this?

 

[Princess Fiona]

I'm about 30k Base points away from retaining Diamond for the year, is there any hacks to achieve this?

Not that I know of other than earning them by spending the $$$$.

There is a once off status extension if you qualify
Diamond Status Extension

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm about 30k Base points away from retaining Diamond for the year, is there any hacks to achieve this?

Virgin platinum gives you free Hilton Diamond status if you haven’t already used it.

 

[tmdl]

Not that I know of other than earning them by spending the $$$$.

There is a once off status extension if you qualify
Diamond Status Extension

I will look into, from my understanding I should have Diamond until Early 2026

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Virgin platinum gives you free Hilton Diamond status if you haven’t already used it.

Yeah used it this year in June

 

[dairyfloss]

I will look into, from my understanding I should have Diamond until Early 2026

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Yeah used it this year in June

If you did this in June 2024, then you don't need to concern yourself with requalification until next year, for status in 2026.

 

[WilsonM]

I've never seen this before - a debit card that comes with a signup bonus and hotel status: APPLY TODAY: The new Hilton Honors payment cards are here!

It's issued in the UK - how hard would it be to get a UK bank account? The annual fee is steep for a debit card, but it also has 0% foreign transaction fees and actually earns a solid ~1.5 points per AUD (3 per GBP). Hilton Gold status is the most valuable thing here though. It's also not a timed thing - status is yours for the duration of the card.

Obviously extremely niche, but if you stay 10 nights at a Hilton in the year it seems worth it - assuming a UK bank account isn't too hard to get (not sure on that one obviously).

 

[MEL_Traveller]

For a UK bank account you need to prove your identity… not hard. But also to prove your address and residency. That means something like a UK bank statement, council tax bill, rent agreement, utility bill, etc. These have to be in your name.

 

[Daver6]

I've never seen this before - a debit card that comes with a signup bonus and hotel status: APPLY TODAY: The new Hilton Honors payment cards are here!

It's issued in the UK - how hard would it be to get a UK bank account? The annual fee is steep for a debit card, but it also has 0% foreign transaction fees and actually earns a solid ~1.5 points per AUD (3 per GBP). Hilton Gold status is the most valuable thing here though. It's also not a timed thing - status is yours for the duration of the card.

Obviously extremely niche, but if you stay 10 nights at a Hilton in the year it seems worth it - assuming a UK bank account isn't too hard to get (not sure on that one obviously).

I wonder if a UK virtual bank account like they type you can get with Wise would work? Sign-up points are quite poor though.

 

[WilsonM]

I wonder if a UK virtual bank account like they type you can get with Wise would work? Sign-up points are quite poor though.

Sign-ups in the UK are almost universally poor, so nothing out of the ordinary here. But yeah, not sure re. Wise.

 

[VPS]

I wonder if a UK virtual bank account like they type you can get with Wise would work? Sign-up points are quite poor though.

I suspect not. I still have my UK bank account and I have to keep a UK phone number current otherwise they'd probably cancel. Notoriously hard to open an account there.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I have changed both my address and ph number to my AU ones. My uk bank doesn’t seem to mind! they send my new and replacement cards to australia. The mail just takes a while to get here! (usually about 6 weeks!)

 

[VPS]

I have changed both my address and ph number to my AU ones. My uk bank doesn’t seem to mind! they send my new and replacement cards to australia. The mail just takes a while to get here! (usually about 6 weeks!)

Interesting my friend was just asked when she was going to close her account now she was in Australia - Which bank btw

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Interesting my friend was just asked when she was going to close her account now she was in Australia - Which bank btw

Natwest.

At one stage they did want to close my credit card as I hadn’t used it for a year. I had to call them and say I still wanted it, and they issued a card for one year. This went on a few times during covid. But once I started using it when in the Uk (once or twice a year) they have gone back to the regular cycle of issuing a card valid for two years.