Originally Posted by
ratechaser
That's fine... my no.1 primary objective (excuse the tautology) is to get a qualifying booking for double TPs, so Hhonors points are just a nice to have. I did toy with the idea of a flight+car package with the hotel separately but it's a fair bit more and I don't want the car anyway!
Quite a number of years ago, Hilton changed their terms and conditions to provide that you only receive points, stay and night credit, and stay benefits if booking through a direct channel. A direct channel obviously includes hilton.com but also includes a number of other methods including traditional travel agents and most corporate travel agent bookings (concur is an example).
From the HitlonHonors terms and conditions:
On-property benefits are not awarded in the following circumstances: Reservations booked through a non-Hilton-direct booking channel or a non-designated GDS, third party website or any other channel; Rates available on "opaque" websites where the hotel brand and specific hotel are not known until the booking is made, or Third party hotel packages or travel packages not booked through one of the eligible channels; Booking ineligible stays, (as defined in the Accrual of Points section) unless hotel contract has specific benefits included.
The terms and conditions also provide that various types of ineligible stays do not earn points and stay and night credit.
https://www.hilton.com/en/hilton-hon...rual-of-points
BAH bookings seem to be ineligible as either a 3rd party website booking or a package booking through a non-eligible channel. Unless a mistake is made it is doubtful that you will receive points or stay credit. Since on-property benefits are up to the property, some properties do seem to provide status benefits such a breakfast if you show your card when checking and ask nicely even though they are not required to provide benefits.
See these threads (among others):
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...atus-t-cs.html
Gold Benefits Booking Through BA
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...-holidays.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...y-schemes.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...-benefits.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ght-hotel.html