Originally Posted by
EDIflyer
Although beware if you have a Hilton card then once you close that, it's gone - you can't reapply. Not sure I want to lose that option for the sake of a bonus.
Exactly this. I don't think I could justify giving it up, it's free and if you go by the nominal values we tend to use then yes, the Avios is worth more than the 2x HH, but having HH points opens up opportunities that Avios doesn't, and it is possible to get outsize value, just as it is with Avios. And yeah, there's always the VS cards with the VS to HH transfer option, but it's not as good unless you have the paid card.