Hilton Honors does an amazing job with its global promotions. The loyalty program constantly offers promotions that are valid worldwide without any sort of a gap. Hilton Honors has today launched its latest global offer, so let’s cover all the details.
In this post:
Hilton Honors’ first promotion of 2023
Hilton Honors’ new global promotion is called Double Up & Explore, and with this offer members can earn double points on all stays, and 1,000 bonus points per stay at each different Hilton brand in the portfolio.
There are some more details to be aware of:
- The promotion is valid for stays between January 1 and April 30, 2023 (you must check-out by April 30 to be eligible)
- Registration is required prior to your first eligible stay, though it’s fine if you booked prior to registration
- There’s no limit to how many bonus points you can earn, you start earning rewards with the first stay, and there’s no minimum stay required to earn double points or 1,000 bonus points
- It can take up to six to eight weeks for bonus points to post, though they’ll typically post much faster than that
- Award stays are eligible, both for the 1,000 bonus points for stays at different brands, plus for double points on any incidental spending
- You can find promotion FAQs here
How generous is Hilton Honors’ promotion?
How generous is the Double Up & Explore promotion? For context, personally I value Hilton Honors points at 0.5 cents each. Under normal circumstances:
- Hilton Honors members ordinarily earn 10x Honors points per dollar spent at most brands
- Hilton Honors Gold members get an 80% points bonus, and Hilton Honors Diamond members get a 100% points bonus
On top of that, you can maximize your Hilton Honors points earned from hotel stays by paying with a co-branded Hilton American Express card. These cards earn points at the following rates at Hilton properties:
- Hilton Honors American Express Card (review) – 7x points per dollar
- Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card (review) – 12x points per dollar
- Hilton Honors American Express Business Card (review) – 12x points per dollar
- Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card (review) – 14x points per dollar
So, what does this promotion bring to the table? Hilton Honors’ new promotion is most rewarding for those who frequently stay at different brands:
- This promotion offers an incremental 10x points per dollar spent on all stays, which I value at an incremental 5% return
- For stays at different brands, you earn an incremental 1,000 bonus points, which I value at a $5 return
- When all is said and done, a Hilton Honors Diamond member paying with the Hilton Aspire Card can earn up to 44x points per dollar spent, which I value at a 22% return on spending, plus up to 1,000 bonus points per stay
Bottom line
Hilton Honors has launched its first global promotion of 2023. Through April 30, 2023, you can earn double points on all stays, plus 1,000 bonus points per stay at each unique brand.
Hilton Honors continues to have great points earning rates. Hilton Honors’ consistently excellent promotions really are a selling point of the program, as there’s not another hotel group that’s as generous as Hilton in this regard.
What do you make of Hilton Honors’ new global promotion?
To potentially prevent the inevitable DCS pedantry, instead of writing “since I value Hilton points at 0.5¢”, try “since Hilton sells points at 0.5¢ near continuously” instead.
He can’t be pedantic about that, can he?
How long does it take for ‘the double to stay” promo to show up on your account?? My stay with Hilton was over a week ago. Thanks.
In my case 1-2 days in majority of cases. In my opinion you can contact the hotel or Hilton.
Just finished 13 nights= 1 enroute, 8 nights on Papeete and 4 nights on Moorea.
Current offers appear to have stacked properly as the overnight in Seattle resulted in a 2 night stay plus approximately 6X points (a double double).
8 nights on Papeete gave 16 nights plus 68k points. 4 nights on Moorea gave 8 nights plus another 70k. Not US citizen so no Hilton cc sadly.
Those numbers certainly happily add up for...
Just finished 13 nights= 1 enroute, 8 nights on Papeete and 4 nights on Moorea.
Current offers appear to have stacked properly as the overnight in Seattle resulted in a 2 night stay plus approximately 6X points (a double double).
8 nights on Papeete gave 16 nights plus 68k points. 4 nights on Moorea gave 8 nights plus another 70k. Not US citizen so no Hilton cc sadly.
Those numbers certainly happily add up for our next stay in the Maldives.
Next offer not so good but there are only a few Hiltons in South America.
Not great, not terrible
Yet another great promo, which I will not make the most of because despite having 5 stays already booked for the promo period, they will all be award stays, meaning that I will earn 2x only on incidentals + 2K extra points since the 5 stays will be at only two brands: WA and Hilton.
Too bad the duck is gone at the Hilton PDC. At least the beach is back. Maybe you can convince them to knock it off with their cabana factory upcharge nonsense. Fried shrimp tacos right out front at “Los Aguachiles” are to die for. Have a good trip!
Huh? PdC? That's ancient history now...
Great timing. About to tear up Pedregal. Total of 44x with the aspire, and there’s lots of spending to be done there.
Double elite nights would indeed be meaningless for the many folks who...
Double elite nights would indeed be meaningless for the many folks who earn HH elite status through credit cards or have Lifetime Diamond status.
On the other, and this seems to have escaped most, the double nights of this offer also count toward Milestone Bonus points, which makes the promo quite valuable for those who are on the cusp of earning Milestone Bonus points, which start with a 10K bonus at 30 nights and then 10K every 10 nights thereafter.
I need 8 night to begin earning Milestone Bonus points, and have 2 stays totaling 11 nights coming up during the promo period. Double the 11 nights and I get 22 nights, which will give me enough points for 2 * 10K = 20K Milestone Bonus points. Not too shabby...
Anyone else getting an error page when trying to register for the double nights promo?
Every time I try, I get the following error message:
"We’re Sorry!
We couldn’t find the page you are looking for, but maybe these links will help."
It's especially frustrating because Hilton's site makes you do these Captchas to log in, then sends you an email code you have to enter...all to just get an error page. (Tried it...
Anyone else getting an error page when trying to register for the double nights promo?
Every time I try, I get the following error message:
"We’re Sorry!
We couldn’t find the page you are looking for, but maybe these links will help."
It's especially frustrating because Hilton's site makes you do these Captchas to log in, then sends you an email code you have to enter...all to just get an error page. (Tried it multiple times and on different browsers. Makes you do it every time, but always gives the error page.)
Update: Must have been a temporary website issue. Tried it again in the morning just now, and it seems to be working. Thanks for the post; I'm now signed up for double nights!
Yup, me too.
does the double night stays credit count towards lifetime status?
Hilton would be good if they got rid of the ridiculous daily credit at properties in the USA and maintain the free breakfast for elite members eg Diamond and diamond lifetime. Very poor standard for those who had been loyal for years and years. At one hotel I stayed at it was a $10 credit which was used up with $4 for the coffee and $6 for the orange juice. These joint credit card issues...
Hilton would be good if they got rid of the ridiculous daily credit at properties in the USA and maintain the free breakfast for elite members eg Diamond and diamond lifetime. Very poor standard for those who had been loyal for years and years. At one hotel I stayed at it was a $10 credit which was used up with $4 for the coffee and $6 for the orange juice. These joint credit card issues have made it worse, as they have done with airline lounges, in so many places. I get into the airline lounges anyway in the USA because I am on premium international tickets being from Australia but I've seen some terrible queues outside lounges. There needs to be a revamp as there's no privilege anymore, especially in the USA where it has all been downgraded.
Hmmmm...
I guess I am in the minority where I appreciate being able to use it for anything over solely breakfast. Especially weekends, I find myself not rushing to get up and down to breakfast if I don't have to be somewhere, so I can use it the night before for dinner or a drink or two.
Just finished 13 nights= 1 enroute, 8 nights on Papeete and 4 nights on Moorea.
Current offers appear to have stacked properly as the overnight in Seattle resulted in a 2 night stay plus approximately 6X points (a double double).
8 nights on Papeete gave 16 nights plus 68k points. 4 nights on Moorea gave 8 nights plus another 70k. Not US citizen so no Hilton cc sadly.
Those numbers certainly happily add up for...
Just finished 13 nights= 1 enroute, 8 nights on Papeete and 4 nights on Moorea.
Current offers appear to have stacked properly as the overnight in Seattle resulted in a 2 night stay plus approximately 6X points (a double double).
8 nights on Papeete gave 16 nights plus 68k points. 4 nights on Moorea gave 8 nights plus another 70k. Not US citizen so no Hilton cc sadly.
Those numbers certainly happily add up for our next stay in the Maldives.
Next offer not so good but there are only a few Hiltons in South America.
Have a one-night stay at a Hilton tomorrow. Given the short, not overly pricey, stay the extra 2,000 points are worth an incremental 4.4% return on spend. I'll take it on top of point accumulation as a Diamond (CC status) and the double points.
I routinely get 25-30% return on spend at Hilton which is better than what I get from any other program. With Bonvoy as a Platinum it's 11-21%, averaging 17% this...
Have a one-night stay at a Hilton tomorrow. Given the short, not overly pricey, stay the extra 2,000 points are worth an incremental 4.4% return on spend. I'll take it on top of point accumulation as a Diamond (CC status) and the double points.
I routinely get 25-30% return on spend at Hilton which is better than what I get from any other program. With Bonvoy as a Platinum it's 11-21%, averaging 17% this year and with my Hyatt Explorist (I never go for top tier status as they just don't have enough desirable hotels in the markets I'm in for biz) status I average 14% return on spend.
I may have missed it, but what happens when you check in on the 1st and check out on the 11th, you get the double points only? That doesn’t seem to fair...
Currently at the Curio in the Maldives and i’m thinking to ask them to somehow check me out on the 5th and re-check me in?
you have to pay attention and put a gap night in at a different property. The reverse is true. if you are at a property when it is lower quality promo, and you check out after new better one starts, you get the entire stay at new promo. It is all in the FAQ's nothing unfair at all. Be an adult
@DCS
What’s your thoughts about this fall promotion with Hilton?
HH Diamonds who put all their eligible folio charges on the unmatched Aspire card at 14x will earn:
10x (base) + 10x (2x promo) + 10x (100% Diamond bonus) + 14x (Aspire bonus) = 44x (equation scalable for other membership levels)
In my case, I'd also throw in there 1000 points for "Diamond My Way" that I earn at most properties, and 2,000 points for weeknight checkouts.
Still less than the Q3 promo that just...
HH Diamonds who put all their eligible folio charges on the unmatched Aspire card at 14x will earn:
10x (base) + 10x (2x promo) + 10x (100% Diamond bonus) + 14x (Aspire bonus) = 44x (equation scalable for other membership levels)
In my case, I'd also throw in there 1000 points for "Diamond My Way" that I earn at most properties, and 2,000 points for weeknight checkouts.
Still less than the Q3 promo that just ended that awarded up to 3x for a 54x haul, but definitely a decent promo.
44x is like earning 14.7x in Hyatt points…It’s that good.
G’day.
For a Globalist staying at Hyatt for Q4 promotion period, they'll earn 5x (base) + 5x (2x promo) + 1.5x (Globalist bonus) + 4x (card reward) = 15.5x
Say that again?
@Ethan - What's you point exactly, especially since there is no material difference between 14.7x and 15.5x, and you apparent glee about the 0.8x difference supports my statement about how this HH Q4 global promo, right on the heels of the Q3 promo that awarded 54x (18x in Hyatt points), is nothing to sneeze at?
All one can say is that it was about time Hyatt offered a competitive promo. In fact, this site's host...
@Ethan - What's you point exactly, especially since there is no material difference between 14.7x and 15.5x, and you apparent glee about the 0.8x difference supports my statement about how this HH Q4 global promo, right on the heels of the Q3 promo that awarded 54x (18x in Hyatt points), is nothing to sneeze at?
All one can say is that it was about time Hyatt offered a competitive promo. In fact, this site's host said it best:
G'day.
@DCS - I imagine his reply was due to how your comment came across, from the "unmatched Aspire" to the "14.7x in Hyatt points," implying that staying at Hyatt comes nowhere close to generating a return in the same ballpark. If you re-read your comment objectively, I'm sure you'll come to the same conclusion.
Either way, Hilton is running a good offer, Hyatt as well. It's a great period for all and everyone can benefit.
The current 3x promo is better than this next one, in my opinion. But, it's nice Hilton does one promotion after another. Meanwhile, it's just the sounds of crickets over at Marriott Bonvoy.
My impression is that Hilton has a different promotion each quarter. Sometimes it's triple points (current quarter). Sometimes it's double (next quarter). Sometimes it's X-points-for-2nd-night-and-later or something like that.