How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

[DC3]

.... So resigned on being back to Silver, unless I take the Macquarie Hilton card.

Assuming that this offer is still running next year, when you drop below Gold (i.e., early April 2015), you register for this:

https://www.hiltonhhonors.com/ProcessLanding/ProcessLanding/?lp=mvpftgold





and complete four stays within 90 days.

Then Gold again until 31 March 2017.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Gold is 20 stays, 40 nights or 75K base points - see table here.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to dive from Diamond to Silver from 1 March 2015 (with only 6 stays, 9 nights and 13,175 base points YTD). Oh well, 2 years of Diamond was fun...

I seem to remember a certain QF WP snagging about 14000 base points in one stay IIRC! We can reminisce over the huge point accrual back in the day of seemingly endless double and triple bonus offers!

 

[anat0l]

I seem to remember a certain QF WP snagging about 14000 base points in one stay IIRC! We can reminisce over the huge point accrual back in the day of seemingly endless double and triple bonus offers!

Especially when it is a longer stay with a multiplier on the base points. Very rare (usually there can be a multiplier promotion but the base points stay the same, and the remaining points are simply redeemable points, as you do).

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Last time I checked, which admittedly was quite some time ago, there wasn't comp gold attached to this card, just the 20% discount of properties in AP. I'll go and have another look.

The new Mac VISA platinum card comes with gold status as a standard benefit. Diamond status with an annual spend of $40k or over. For an annual fee of $295 (which gives one free night after $2k initial spend) it probably makes sense for those chasing gold. Also gives 4 points per $ on H folio accounts.

 

[boomy]

I seem to remember a certain QF WP snagging about 14000 base points in one stay IIRC! We can reminisce over the huge point accrual back in the day of seemingly endless double and triple bonus offers!

A few nights in the Maldives should be enough to secure Diamond for another year on base points alone

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Especially when it is a longer stay with a multiplier on the base points. Very rare (usually there can be a multiplier promotion but the base points stay the same, and the remaining points are simply redeemable points, as you do).

I can't say I've ever had a base point multiplier, but I have had some very useful 2 stay credit promos on multi-night single stays!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

A few nights in the Maldives should be enough to secure Diamond for another year on base points alone

I'm feeling poorer just thinking about it!

 

[Cynicor]

A few nights in the Maldives should be enough to secure Diamond for another year on base points alone

Whilst I'm sure you are not completely serious, be aware that there is a 100k base points limit on a stay, so you cannot make Diamond in only one stay.

 

[boomy]

Whilst I'm sure you are not completely serious, be aware that there is a 100k base points limit on a stay, so you cannot make Diamond in only one stay.

I was half-joking about it. Let's just say I never re-qualified on base points alone before and this year I did it already in April.

 

[drross]

The new Mac VISA platinum card comes with gold status as a standard benefit. Diamond status with an annual spend of $40k or over. For an annual fee of $295 (which gives one free night after $2k initial spend) it probably makes sense for those chasing gold. Also gives 4 points per $ on H folio accounts.

Currently enjoying the gold benefits of this card and really keen to sample diamond soon

 

[Fifa]

Status: Diamond
Property: Hilton Bath City
Booked: Double Hilton Guest room
Rate: £42.66 (Best rate guarantee after the match and deducted US$50 - found it cheaper on qantas.com.au)
Received: Queen Deluxe (no exec lounge)

Amenities: 2 bottles water (still & sparkling), jar of mixed nuts and 2 x drink vouchers. Full breakfast including cappuccino.

 

[Fifa]

Status: Diamond (and Gold)
Property: Hilton Belfast
Booked: Twin Hilton Guest room (only room available on points)
Rate : 30,000 points per night
Received: King Executive

Amenities: 2 bottles of water, fruit, 2 x 187ml bottles of wine.

I booked 3 nights - the first and third were booked as Diamond and the 2nd by my +1 as Gold. We stayed in the same room and had exec lounge access for all nights. Evening drinks were wine (red, white and rose) and beer with a selection of three hot items plus fantastic cheeses, breads, crackers, dips, veges etc and chocolate cake. Coffee machine in lounge. Breakfast taken in restaurant.

 

[Flashback]

Status: Diamond
Property: Hilton Bath City
Booked: Double Hilton Guest room
Rate: £42.66 (Best rate guarantee after the match and deducted US$50 - found it cheaper on qantas.com.au)
Received: Queen Deluxe (no exec lounge)

Amenities: 2 bottles water (still & sparkling), jar of mixed nuts and 2 x drink vouchers. Full breakfast including cappuccino.

That is an awesome rate. I never really see that one below 100 GBP/night, even when on sale.

 

[Fifa]

That is an awesome rate. I never really see that one below 100 GBP/night, even when on sale.

Yes, I was thrilled.
I booked the Summer Sale rate after finding the same rate cheaper on the QF AU site. Then I sent off the on-line BRG request and it was accepted the next day .
Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any of my other bookings cheaper on QF or any other 3rd party sites.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

I was half-joking about it. Let's just say I never re-qualified on base points alone before and this year I did it already in April.

I have requaled previously on base points (back when it was a paltry 100k), but my next year planning has HH Dia made very early on, on base points (thanks largely due to a Jan Holiday including the Maldives). I just hope I can do a Cynicor and get the intra Maldivian flights as a base point credit . The tragedy is, current planning will also likely earn me diamond on stays as well and I still have a VA diamond status match up my sleeve. I'd be keen to push my stays over to SPG but most of them will be in CNS, so no such luck there I'm afraid and even coughpy IHG have pulled out, so it really leaves Hilton.

I wonder if a HH diamond gets better upgrades if requalling via multiple methods?

 

[QF029]

There's also the option of a challenge. Earlier this year before my holiday I requested a Diamond challenge and was offered 10 stays or 16 nights in 90 days which gave me Diamond for almost 2 years. You can only do a challenge once but you can always create a new account and start again. I'm not sure what the requirement is for a gold challenge.

 

[BLK343]

There's also the option of a challenge. Earlier this year before my holiday I requested a Diamond challenge and was offered 10 stays or 16 nights in 90 days which gave me Diamond for almost 2 years. You can only do a challenge once but you can always create a new account and start again. I'm not sure what the requirement is for a gold challenge.

Gold challenge is 4 stays within 90 days

 

[Moopere]

Whilst I'm sure you are not completely serious, be aware that there is a 100k base points limit on a stay, so you cannot make Diamond in only one stay.

Oh geez, I didn't know that. US$10K ... easily done in a place like the Maldives if staying for more than just a couple of days.

 

[Cynicor]

If not on a redemption, then yes. Best to break it up into 2 stays under 2 accounts in that case.

Most redemptions should come in under 1k a day even with a paid upgrade.

 

[Fifa]

Status: Diamond
Property: Hilton Glasgow
Booked: Twin Hilton Guest room (only room available on points)
Rate : 16,000 points + £42.71
Received: King Deluxe with executive lounge access

Amenities: 2 bottles of water

Executive lounge had really good canapés and drinks. The individual pots of thai chicken curry and rice were particularly delicious.
We had breakfast in the restaurant where the porridge was served with whisky .