bmi diamond club - Free Hilton Silver / Gold VIP card AND double points & miles to 31/8

Sorry if this has already been discussed but I got a very nice surprise in the post this morning. A silver VIP HHonours card, the blurb that came with it said BMI but did not seem to give a reason. I can only guess that it's because of my gold card in which case I would keep your eyes peeled for postie! Silver level does not seem to get you very much but 15% bonus points is better than nothing.

Get the feeling its a mass mailing.. I got it too as a Silver, who is about to degrade to the lowly levels of B+. No Hh status

Cheapskates......they used to send out HH Gold VIP to BD*G.

The HH silver perks are extremely limited: free use of the gym and that's about it:td:

I got HH VIP Gold from BA two years ago. It's dropped back down to Blue now though. Perhaps I should delete my HH account to be in with a chance to get a new one?

Current HH Status: Blue
Letter Not Recieved.

I dont want to spoil anybody's day but.... purely for information sake I will let you know that I got a visit from the postie this morning with a HH Gold VIP card on the bmi partner letter. It joins a few others, but might be a useful mileage earning opportunity.

would posters receiving this offer kindly amend their posts with their current Hh status ?

no letter here. :(

My father got a HH Silver letter this morning (he's a BD Silver). Hope I get one, as it seems to give you double destinations and hilton miles over the summer after the current triple miles promo has expired.

Am I correct in thinking one should set their Hilton HHonors preferences to points + fixed miles?

Am I correct in thinking one should set their Hilton HHonors preferences to points + fixed miles?

Yes. :)

BD Gold. HH Gold.
No offer. Yet.

Oxon Flyer,
Would you then amend the thread title to "... Gold/Silver VIP card"

i tend not to put them all on the profile because it looks rather ostentatious ;)

Would you then amend the thread title to "... Gold/Silver VIP card"

'tis done.

I'll save the "diamond" option until my letter comes on Monday.

Just wondering whether this is targetted only at those folks without a current HH account, or else is "upgrading" those that do.

Hope I get one, as it seems to give you double destinations and hilton miles over the summer after the current triple miles promo has expired.

Would you mind spelling out exactly what it says? Might be handy to know in case some of us get sent another card.

I can't tell you exactly what the letter said as my dad read it out to me over the phone. However it was along the lines of double destinations and Hilton HHonors base points until 31 August 2009

I see those funny people over on the BA Board seem to have a similar offer (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/952346-complimentary-hh-gold-vip.html#post11722378)being thrown at them.

I see those funny people over on the BA Board seem to have a similar offer (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/952346-complimentary-hh-gold-vip.html#post11722378)being thrown at them.

Valid thru 2011, no less. No doubt Posty will not be so kind to me.

Well the good news is that you can merge HH accounts, so if you get one with a long expiry, you're on a winner!

I was always going on to Addi about that before she moved on; saying it would be a nice benefit to go with the Hertz Gold, and she had it on her list to look at she said.

Maybe BMI have decided to give it a go.

No letter for me, currently Gold with HHonors until March 2010, so a 2011 Goldie would be nice, fingers crossed.

Congrats to all who have had their letter. Mrs 20-Horse is a BD*S (thanks to my miles not her flying), we will see if she gets a silver in the post.

Best wishes.

20-Horse

Would you mind spelling out exactly what it says? Might be handy to know in case some of us get sent another card.

This is what the letter says:

Earn double Points & Miles®.

Earn double HHonors Base points and double bmi destinations miles for all qualifying stays at any Hilton Family hotel by 31 August 2009.

Use your new Hilton HHonors® membership card each time you check in, and watch your Points & Miles® add up Redeem HHonors points for free stays, premier holidays and more. It's our way of saying, thanks for staying with us.

Bit of a shame if they are chucking Gold VIP cards around to only get Silver but it's better than nothing. I have no current HHonors accounts. As a bit of a Marriott boy I may give them a try, it is becoming hard to find Marriott properties that are sensibly priced at the moment.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/952346-complimentary-hh-gold-vip.html

Seems BA members got a better deal than us mere BD members.

I guess that puts us in our place. :D

FWIW I got a Silver card, although as I doubt I will stay in a Hilton (we are not hotel whores - we choose hotels on where we want to stay and not on brand), it really does little for me.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/952346-complimentary-hh-gold-vip.html

Seems BA members got a better deal than us mere BD members.



Uhhhh.......see post #6, hence the thread title.

Your place would be back at antichef's post no. 6 above. :D

And then you can scamper off to the BA forum and clean up the mess there (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/952346-complimentary-hh-gold-vip.html)too.

And then you can scamper off to the BA forum and clean up the mess there (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/952346-complimentary-hh-gold-vip.html)too.

.....and apologise for making us look like the poor cousins!

Well the good news is that you can merge HH accounts, so if you get one with a long expiry, you're on a winner!

That's exactly what I did this morning. Already have HH Gold until April 2010, but called HHonors Cust Service with the new instant Gold VIP card info and they merged accounts to secure Gold status until March 2011.

Combine that with the double miles and bonus points and a nice surprise indeed! ^

.....and apologise for making us look like the poor cousins!

Considering even BA Silver members seemed to have managed to nab gold, I think we are! :o

No love here from Hilton or BMI :(

I mustn't be important enough (or as I haven't signed up to HHonours, I'm probably in the ignore pile...)

Would you mind spelling out exactly what it says? Might be handy to know in case some of us get sent another card.
Card says member since 04/2009, tier exp 03/2011

The paperwork blurb says: "...HH lets you double dip to earn both hotel points and airline miles for the same stay, and enjoy hotel rewards with no blackout dates. If a standard room is available, you can redeem points for it."
"Discover Gold VIP
25% bonus. On all HH base points earned.
eCheck-in. Choose your room, register online24 hours in advance[.....snip]
My Way On-Property VIP Benefits [snip] may include HH bonus points, a room upgrade, internet access, breakfast, snacks or another comfort...[snip]
VIP Only Rewards. Reduced points for select hotel stays.
Health Club. Complimentary access at hotel owned and operated clubs during your stay.
These are the highlights. For complete details visit HiltonHHonors.com/Gold

Earn up to 5000 HHonors bonus points and up to 10000 bmi destination miles.
activate your membership then complete four qualifying stays in any Hilton Family Hotel by 31 August 2009 to earn big bonuses
[spacing for table]1st stay 2nd stay 3rd stay 4th stay Total
HH bonus points 500 1000 1500 2000 5000
bmi dest miles 1000 2000 3000 4000 10000

Activate this card before 31 August 2009 for instant HHonors Gold VIP status and receive a $50 credit for stays at Conrad and Waldorf Astoria Collection hotels."

Earn up to 5000 HHonors bonus points and up to 10000 bmi destination miles.
activate your membership then complete four qualifying stays in any Hilton Family Hotel by 31 August 2009 to earn big bonuses
[spacing for table]1st stay 2nd stay 3rd stay 4th stay Total
HH bonus points 500 1000 1500 2000 5000
bmi dest miles 1000 2000 3000 4000 10000


Blimey, now I'm feeling unloved! No sign of such bonuses with my Silver VIP card, rotters. I know it's childish and I should be grateful for getting anything but reading that others are getting more makes me think 'well s0d you then Hilton, I'm sticking with Marriott!'

Winge, moan, complain, whaaaa whaaaa..... :)

Considering even BA Silver members seemed to have managed to nab gold, I think we are! :o

BA Silver is comparative to BD Gold anyway, so appropriate that they get HH Gold. So again, still not poor cousins. If BA Blue got them, then I'd agree.

Oh and nothing from the postie here. If something arrives on Monday, I'll change my London stays next week to Hilton though to show my appreciation!

BA Silver is comparative to BD Gold anyway, so appropriate that they get HH Gold. So again, still not poor cousins. If BA Blue got them, then I'd agree.

Oh and nothing from the postie here. If something arrives on Monday, I'll change my London stays next week to Hilton though to show my appreciation!

If BA Silver = BD Gold, I want HH Gold then! ;)

Spoilsports only gave me silver! :D

[Hopefully shortly BD*G = LH SEN which definitely = BA Gold if not more! :p]

Just received a similar offer from those nice folks at Flying Blue - Hilton gold card for Platinum members. I seem to get this every year despite being Hilton gold.

My BA and BD Golds were renewed in February, so I have all the lounge access I need for a while. (I have not had this offer through BA though).

{Oxon Flyer did ask about reporting the eligible programs ;)} Well when I got Marriott Gold, it did tempt me to use them a few times as I got a room upgrade, but as I have not used them enough to maintain Gold this year so it will soft land down the tiers. As IHG Plat I still regularly get a room upgrade. My Best Western went down to Gold this year, but I dont think I can see me using them much so it will soft land to nothing. My SAS gold has also lapsed during this year. When over 200 nights per year were away the bling of the cards is easily acquired, although I got that down to about 150 nights last year. I found I was changing hotel chains every week or every month for a bit of variety! That was before FT taught me how to hotel bed-hop to be a points tart!! :D

Mrs Antichef is BD*S but she has not got the HHonors offer at all either, not that she would notice.

Quality of life has picked up in inverse proportion to the travel downturn [not counting that I have discovered mrs antichef snores!!]. I doubt that I will do much serious hotel stays until later this year when work threatens to have me away 4-5 days a week for a few months, and flights and points will start to crank up again. I dont expect to make the points bonus offered here by HH, but might be tempted to give them a go later in the year. In that respect it gives a relatively cheap low cost win for them. If I like it I might transfer some of my business to them, but probably unlikely as they are not where I usually am going (other than transit through LHR - which I am desperately trying to avoid).

Whilst my travel patterns and hotel stays are vastly reduced since last December I am not at all unhappy about it! Clearly that is the effect that carriers and hotels are seeing more widely - and why we are getting these offers.

Just to confirm, I've a diamond HH, and nothing has come through the post, so I'd assume either I'm unloved, or they're being clever and checking status.

As for BMI partner letters... have I made a schoolboy error and not ticked the right box somewhere? I don't remember getting any. I'm guessing I've not signed up to partner letters?

Nothing for myself or Mrs RAPC in the post today, so it's two more stays for Starwood this week then.

I see those funny people over on the BA Board seem to have a similar offer (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/952346-complimentary-hh-gold-vip.html#post11722378)being thrown at them.

Typical of BMI, I got the HH silver offer via BA although I'm now just Blue. Who knows, maybe tomorrows post will bring me a BMI HH Gold offer :rolleyes:

I have a BD*G account and am already Silver VIP at HH...
Let's see are they going to send me a new (Gold?) HH card or not...
Will report here if any posty came.

Or, maybe I will get another HH VIP as an AF E+ member:D

Just got mine on my return from DUB... only its on a United Mileage Plus and Hilton Honors branded mail out. I got a Gold Valid through 03/2011... I have not credited miles to UA for about 2 years, however I was diverting all my Priority Club points to keep my mileage balance the alive... I stopped doing that in Jan this year...

tht

I received a Gold Membership for Hilton HH, which is valid until 2011. I am not sure if this is because I have been BD*G for some time. I have a few plans to stay in Hilton, so this is a very welcome bonus!

is there a link for the HH gold or that person that does not need the status...feel free to pm me

This thread is not about links or comping. There is a new hotel partnership started between bmi and Hilton. We have each received a targeted mailshot from HH (see post #1), presumably based on our bmi status.

This thread is about people posting what offer they have received IN THE LETTER POSTED TO THEM and trying to guess what links to bmi status it might have (if any).

This thread is not about links or comping. There is a new hotel partnership started between bmi and Hilton. We have each received a targeted mailshot from HH (see post #1), presumably based on our bmi status.


Or in what appears to be the majority of cases, has NOT been received by members at all status levels. However for those who have received something, then ^

its no big deal - i have tried to make two separate bookings since "acquiring" the new status, and in both cases the booking system was a nightmare, so i ditched it and went back to normal.... so as a marketing tool it worked, but the sales follow up to it was a flop.:(

Then i remembered that this was the special partnership link with bmi and thought that my new Gold number got put to a SPECIAL software booking service that would make us feel at home :confused:

Is there a Hilton promo code for the BD compl. HH Gold status? I'm going to call Hilton about this.