Instant Hilton Honors Gold Promotion

[alieninperth]

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Things like this are why I love this site.

Have managed to sign up and got through to the "Congratulations" landing page where it asks me to make a booking.

Have logged into my account and it hasn't actually switched over to Gold yet. Anyone know how long this takes?

Log out and log back in.

 

[k3nnis]

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Thanks for the tip. Will keep it in mind

Yes, there is a facility online to merge the accounts later.

 

[bismarck]

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Log out and log back in.

Thanks. That's worked.

Had tried that earlier but it must've just taken a while to populate through the system.

Do you know if the requal date is 1 January or 13 March?

 

[robd]

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What's the expiration year if you sign up (again) today?

 

[alieninperth]

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Its early 2014 for me, I did it last night.

 

[markis10]

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Its early 2014 for me, I did it last night.

How did you work that out??

 

[alieninperth]

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I have this on my account profile

"To maintain Gold status in 2014, you need 40 more nights"

 

[bismarck]

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I have this on my account profile

"To maintain Gold status in 2014, you need 40 more nights"

That could mean anything though? Could mean you need 40 more nights by 31 December 2013 to maintain status?

 

[markis10]

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I have this on my account profile

"To maintain Gold status in 2014, you need 40 more nights"

Thats not an expiration notice, its standard whether you have 2014 or 2015 expiry date.

 

[alieninperth]

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Oh,

I'm happy with a 2014 expiration, but if they want to extend to 2015 then even better.

 

[oz_mark]

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Thats not an expiration notice, its standard whether you have 2014 or 2015 expiry date.

I don't know about standard. As a gold mine says:

Reach Diamond this year with 29 more stays, 59 more nights, or 118,717 more base points.

 

[markis10]

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I don't know about standard. As a gold mine says:

Standard for those with 0 stays, point being only the card indicates the expiry date.

 

[bismarck]

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Seems like it will only be valid until the end of next year, which would be good, because I was going to book Hilton for a couple of stays in Spain in January but am not sure I'll requalify for Gold by then.

Hilton HHonors Membership Tiers

Earning Tier Status

Members can earn and maintain Elite tier status based on stays, nights, or Base Points earned in any calendar year. A "calendar year" is understood to mean January 1st through - December 31st of each year. Members must re-qualify for Elite status each calendar year.

Moving to a Higher Elite Tier

Members may earn a higher Elite status when their stays, nights or Base Points within a calendar year qualify the Member for the next tier, as set forth in more detail below.

Maintaining Your Elite Tier

Once the Member has reached a certain Elite tier, the Member may keep such status for the calendar year in which the Elite tier was earned and the subsequent calendar year. Documentation (as defined in item #17 of Accrual of Points) must be furnished within 90 days of stay in order to count toward tier-level qualification.

 

[DC3]

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Seems like it will only be valid until the end of next year, which would be good, because I was going to book Hilton for a couple of stays in Spain in January but am not sure I'll requalify for Gold by then.

... and until the 31st March after that, from past experience.

 

[mumof2sydney]

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is this still working?? have signed up via the visa infinite page (full 16 digit cc number) - still has me at blue level 30 mins later....it did give me a "tick"to say my citibank signature card was "verified" ....

 

[vitagen]

You need to login from that verified page.

Then log out then log in again.

 

[mumof2sydney]

thank you vitagen!! working now....

 

[ash.1111]

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Do you think Hilton will ever go through and 'cull' those who used this to get Gold?

I can't remember where I read it, but I did read that someone apparently lost all of their Hilton points due to some sort of dodgy activity. As much as I'd like to get Gold (I just MAY hit it this year but not 100% guaranteed), I'd rather remain Silver than lose everything.

 

[Mal]

Do you think Hilton will ever go through and 'cull' those who used this to get Gold?

I can't remember where I read it, but I did read that someone apparently lost all of their Hilton points due to some sort of dodgy activity. As much as I'd like to get Gold (I just MAY hit it this year but not 100% guaranteed), I'd rather remain Silver than lose everything.

Hilton has redacted status before...

 

[Kefci2000]

Just dropped from Platinum to Silver.....

A couple of digits later back to Gold........ Sweet