Hilton HHonors - Maximizing Your Online Hilton Family Reservations!

FYI:

While perusing the online points/miles earning portal WWW.AIRMILESMART.COM (which I use to make my Hyatt, SPG and Marriott bookings, and whose points I earn I convert to Starwood points), I noticed that the owner of the site now had listed Hilton as a link, as well.

I was intrigued as heretofore, I think one could not earn any sort of cashback or "currency" from a portal and still earn HHonors points.

Prior to posting this thread, I contacted the owner of the site and asked him whether one would, indeed, earn HHonors points if one books via his portal, and what hotels would be bookable by his site.

This was his response:

It includes all Hilton properties, however there is a maximum of 5 days credited per stay at Hampton Inn, Embassy Suites, and Homewood Suites. I've posted clarification on this point next to the link. Also Hilton assures me that you will earn HHonors points and get all HHonors benefits on reservations made through our link, so please let me know if you encounter any difficulty on that front.

It should be noted that I make no guarantees with respect to bookings thru this portal -- although I have had no problems with other reservations, and when points failed to post, I contacted the owner and they were researched and then posted fairly promptly -- nor do I receive any form of compensation from the owner or his website for this announcement.

I only advise you of this development so that you may maximize your "return" for your online bookings, by perhaps earning SPG points (like me) or Delta or Dividend miles, or whatever other redemption possibilities Airmilesmart offers.

I think this is a great addition to the mileage earning malls that have sprung up from the airlines, and to my knowledge, booking a Hilton reservation via RewardsNetwork, will not result in your earning HHonors points for that reservation.

Good luck! :)

It's been a while since this post, and I wondered if there has been a guinea pig for the Hilton/airmilesmart question.

Has anyone recieved both airmilesmart credit and Hilton points for their stay?

The OP has a sterling reputation. If he says something, you can take it to the bank. Plus, he is a lawyer.

Hmm, wondering if this has changed. I made three reservations via airmilesmart for Hilton/Doubletree for stays last month. I haven't received HHonors points (or airmilesmart points) for any of the stays. The email confirmation for all the reservations has AFFILIATE PRGM/DO NOT USE listed in the Travel Agent field.

I noticed the same thing with Hilton and AirMilesMart. I have used them in the past to book Hilton stays and received points, but the bookings I made last month for Hilton have not posted. In contrast booking I made for Intercontinental Hotels posted within 2 weeks of the hotel stay

Yep.. contacted HHonors, and they say my rate via airmilesmart was ineligible for points, despite being a Fully Flexible rate, booked on the HHonors website. :td:

I just booked a non-refundable Janaury Sale rate and I will keep you updated on the results and cannot understand why a fully flexible rate was denied both HHonors points and AMM points.

Althoiugh AMM does not have stated restrictions on AMM point earnings for Hilton properties, as they do for Marriott and SPG, properties, etc -- which preclude AA, coroprate/negotiated rates from earning AMM points on bookings -- a "fully flexible" rate which is the specific name of a Hilton non-corporate rate, should have earned both HHonors credit as well as AMM points.

I am surprised that apparently both HHonors and AMM denied your separate claims -- I have always found the AMM administrator quite nice -- and he is a FT member, as well.

So, I am surprised by your being declined points by both HHonors and AMM for a presumably non-corproate/neogtiated rate.

Finally, I am not aware of any other points or cash back portal where one could get some additional benefit of booking your Hilton reservations.

l know for a time that Mypoints gave 250 points per booking but that expried some time ago, I believe.

Yep.. contacted HHonors, and they say my rate via airmilesmart was ineligible for points, despite being a Fully Flexible rate, booked on the HHonors website. :td:

I have spoken to a CS agent and their surpevisor and they each independtly have said that my January Sale rate is eligible to earn HHonors points and miles as it was booked via the HHonors website, regardless of the langauge on the confirmation indicating that a quasi travel-agent was used -- in this case, AMM.

However, the confirmation does state that the January Sale rate is non-comssionable. This likely will result in my not earning AMM points, but is not that important to me, as long as I earn HHonors points and night credit, etc.

HHonors suggested that you contact them at 1-800-548-8690 because even if your stay may not be eligible to earn AMM points -- perhaps because it was a AAA, or corporate/negotiated rate -- you still should have earned HHonors points and miles.

I suggest you do so and ask that you report back to this thread on your experiences as it runs counter to not only what HHonors has now twice advised me, but also to the approach for the reservation -- it was not booked on any other site other than Hilton, e.g., not Expedia, Travelocity, etc.

Whtatever issues you might have had with AMM with respect to your rate being eligible for AMM points, all indications I have received are are that you should have earned HHonors points and miles, as you booked via Hilton.com, even though you entered that site via the AMM portal.

I have sent PMs to both endodoc and HauteBoy to respond to the above.

I eagerly await their respective responses on this issue.

Finally, I am not aware of any other points or cash back portal where one could get some additional benefit of booking your Hilton reservations.



Quidco.com offers cashback on Hilton bookings, and I have always earned HHonors points on these stays - I have an email from Hilton confirming eligibility for points through this site. UK site only, technically...

I did receive Hilton Honors points for my stays booked at Hilton.com even though I did arrive at the website via AirMilesMart. I never did receive the AirMilesMart points. As long as you book via Hilton.com using a published rate you should receive the points. I find AirMilesMart to be inconsistent.

Thanks, endodoc. At least your response confirms what Hilton has told me.

I also contacted Hauteboy yesterday but received an unintelligible reply from him and advised as such, asking for further explanation and comment. However, I received no further reply from him.

It would appear that dire predicitons of not earning HHonors points via the AMM portal entrance are false and extremely overblown.

The worst than can be said is that AMM is inconsistent in awarding it's points for a Hilton booking (something that might be more of Hilton's fault as the "January Sale" rate that I had booked on Hilton.com did not indicate that it was a non-comissionable rate -- only when the confirmation came thru did it state this; understandably, AMM may not wish to give points on a rate that Hilton declares after the fact to be non-comissionable and AMM is to earn nothing on such a booking), but that making a Hilton booking after first entering the Hilton site via AMM will have no detrimental effect whatsoever on your earning HHonors points/miles and stay credit.

Inasmuch as there is no downside to going thru AMM, and no alternative to earning some extra bonus -- apart from the one mentioned above for our UK based bretheren -- one can safely use the AMM portal and earn HHonors points without any fear, notwithstanding the serially unsupported and undefended allegation made by Hauteboy, above.

As I just saw in another thread posted by Angeleno228 you can earn 5 BMI miles/£1 spend if you book through the BMI shopping mall. Maybe we could get a more catchy thread title, something like "earn extra miles with your hilton reservation". ;)

As I just saw in another thread posted by Angeleno228 you can earn 5 BMI miles/£1 spend if you book through the BMI shopping mall. Maybe we could get a more catchy thread title, something like "earn extra miles with your hilton reservation". ;)


That is great but am not sure if the BMI mall that you mention is a portal that Hilton will honor with points or not. I think we can make hotel reservations via US stateside airlines, e.g., CO but am not sure if Hilton considers them another booking site and therefore not eligible for Hilton point credit.

Perhaps somone knows but am not sure they will get credit even if OK as the rate is listed as non-comissionable. :)

That is great but am not sure if the BMI mall that you mention is a portal that Hilton will honor with points or not. I think we can make hotel reservations via US stateside airlines, e.g., CO but am not sure if Hilton considers them another booking site and therefore not eligible for Hilton point credit.

Perhaps somone knows but am not sure they will get credit even if OK as the rate is listed as non-comissionable. :)
You still book through the normal hilton.co.uk website so it makes me think that you should get the normal points. But yeah, anybody really interested in going that route better should ask before I guess. :)

You still book through the normal hilton.co.uk website so it makes me think that you should get the normal points. But yeah, anybody really interested in going that route better should ask before I guess. :)


If that is the case, it seems OK, but caveat emptor. I wonder if this will migrate to the US?