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Hilton’s first major promotion of 2024 ended yesterday and in true Hilton fashion, its second global promotion of the year went live earlier today. This latest promotion runs to 2 September 2024 and, thankfully, is noticeably better than the one it is replacing.
Earn double points with Hilton from today
Between 2 May and 2 September 2024, Hilton Honors members can earn double points on every stay they complete as long as they have registered for the promotion on the relevant webpage.
- Offer valid for stays completed May 2 – September 2, 2024 (“Promotion Period”) at any hotel or resort within the Hilton Portfolio.
- Hilton Honors members must first register at HiltonHonors.com/DoublePoints prior to completing a stay within the Promotion Period.
- Registered Hilton Honors members checking in before May 2, 2024 will receive Bonus Points for their stay if the stay is completed on or after May 2, 2024 and prior to or on September 2, 2024.
- Registered Hilton Honors members will earn Double Points per stay during the Promotion Period. “Double Points” means members will receive Bonus Points equal to the number of Base Points earned during a stay.
- There is no limit to the total amount of Bonus Points that may be earned during the Promotion Period with this offer. However, there are restrictions on the number of Base Points that can be earned on a single stay at certain brands.
Thoughts
The first thing to stress is that you have to register to earn double base points. Any stays made prior to registration will not earn the bonus points this promotion is offering.
The second thing to stress is that a stay must end on/by 2 September 2024 to count towards this promotion. If you’re planning on booking a stay that overlaps 2 September 2024 it may be worth considering moving hotels on that date if the number of points you’d earn in the promotion makes it worthwhile.
Other than that minor inconvenience, the news here is generally good:
- All Hilton properties worldwide are participating.
- If you check-in before the start of the promotion but check out after the start date you’ll earn double points on your whole stay.
This may not sound like the most exciting of promotion (because it’s not), but it’s better than the promotion that just ended (where the maximum bonus earnings per stay were capped at 2,500 points) and it can still offer Honors members path to earning a good number of Hilton points in the coming months.
At the higher end, a Diamond member spending $600 on their first a stay at a full-service property and paying with a Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card would earn a total of 26,400 points for their stay:
- 6,000 base points (at 10 points/dollar)
- 6,000 elite Points (100% bonus for being a top-tier elite)
- 8,400 points from their credit card (14 points/dollar)
- 6,000 bonus points from the double points part of the promotion
A little lower down, a mid-tier Gold member spending $600 on their first stay at a full-service property and choosing to pay with a Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card could earn 24,000 points for their stay:
- 6,000 base points (at 10 points/dollar)
- 4,800 elite points (80% bonus for holding Gold elite status)
- 7,200 points from their credit card (12 points/dollar)
- 6,000 bonus points from the double points part of the promotion
As I value Hilton points at 0.4 cents each (based on the value that I know I can get out of them with relative ease), 26,400 points and 24,000 points represent effective rebates of $105.50 and $96 respectively.
That’s pretty good going considering Diamond elite status and Gold elite status aren’t particularly hard to come by if you have access to US-issued credit cards.
Note: All information about the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card has been collected independently by Traveling For Miles. The Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card is not currently available through Traveling For Miles.
Bottom line
Whether or not you think you’ll be staying at a Hilton property between now and the beginning of September 2024, you should be registering for this promotion. Plans change and you never know when you’ll find yourself unexpectedly at a Hilton property and it would be a shame to leave a stack of points on the table just because you didn’t take a few seconds to register in advance of your stay.
Overall, this isn’t a promotion that’s likely to change anyone’s plans, but it is one in which it should be easy to pick up a respectable number of points without much effort.
