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Until 3 August, you can get an 80% Hilton Points bonus when purchasing a minimum of 5,000 Hilton Honors points.
Hilton HHonors Points usually cost 0.76p each (1 US cent), so with the 80% bonus it works out at 0.43p each.
The maximum number of Points you can purchase is 144,000 (80,000 + 64,000 Bonus) for £612 ($800).
Hilton do tend to run 100% bonuses fairly regularly, so this offer isn’t exceptional – but it could still save you quite a bit of money on Hilton stays.
Best Uses
Hilton redemptions start at just 5,000 points a night. While Hilton have now removed the Category system for their hotels (and the points required for redemptions), the former Category 1 and 2 hotels are, as a general rule, still available at 5,000 and 10,000 points a night.
We’ve written before about what a brilliant bargain Hilton’s (former) Category 1 and Category 2 hotels can be at only 5,000 or 10,000 Points per night. Put simply, if you bought Points with the current 80% bonus, that means you can get stays for £21.50 or £43.00 respectively.
Or better…
If you have any status with Hilton (even just Silver) you can get 5 nights for the price of 4 when redeeming Points, so 5 nights at a Category 1 hotel would cost £86.00, or £17.20 per night (20,000 Points). 5 nights at a Category 2 hotel would cost just £172, or £34.40 per night.
The 5K Points standouts
Hilton still offer some surprising 5k or 10k point gems – just because they are in a low award category doesn’t mean they are bad hotels!
As regards 5k a night hotels, for me the pick of the crop in Europe is the Hampton by Hilton in Krakow which regularly charges over £50.00 per night and gets 4.5 stars on TripAdvisor.
More exotically, I’ve been fascinated for a while by the stunning looking Hilton Salalah Resort in Oman. Paid rates are often higher than £100 per night (they’re £120 in the example below), so by buying Points you can save more than 80% on stays there!
I don’t normally tend to buy loyalty points or miles, but with the Hilton bonuses it can definitely make sense in some circumstances – do check the cash rates for your dates first though!
Joe says
The link you provide doesn’t have any information about 80% bonus. I spoke with a customer service agent at Hilton who confirmed that this promotion ran until 3 May 2017….? Can you point me to the right hyperlink.
Miles Hunt says
Per the terms and conditions when I log in to buy points (and the 80% bonus is offered):
Points.com and Hilton Honors reserve the right to terminate bonus promotions at any time. All purchases must be made through the Purchase page on HiltonHonors.com. The 80% bonus with a 5,000 points minimum purchase is available on Points purchases made between July 13, 2017, at 12:01am ET and August 3, 2017, at 11:59pm ET. Members may purchase a maximum of 80,000 points per calendar year. All purchases are non-refundable. Offer is subject to change. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Points will be posted to the recipients Hilton Honors account within 24 hours of the completed transaction. All Hilton Honors program Terms and Conditions apply. Hilton HonorsTM membership, earning of Points and MilesTM and redemption of Points are subject to Honors Terms and Conditions.
So doesn’t appear to be targeted. What happens when you log in to buy points?
Craig Sowerby says
I would wait until the next 100% promo, unless you have an imminent need for the points.
Miles Hunt says
Agreed.