25,000 AAdvantage miles and Hilton HHonors Gold status
Oct 7, 2013, 10:22 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2010
Programs: AA ex-EXP (buh-bye!), HH Gold, SPG Gold, UM Go Blue
Posts: 543
25,000 AAdvantage miles and Hilton HHonors Gold status
I just received the following email. Looks good to me, I am going to have to move some nights over to Hilton:
Looks like I need to sign up with a new account. Does anyone know if it is possible to combine this with my existing account (also Gold through last year's tie-in)?
Hello Wollstonecraft,
Going somewhere? Get there faster with this special offer.
Your frequent travel has earned you a special offer from Hilton HHonorsTM. You can earn 25,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles plus instant HHonors Gold status when you sign up and stay with Hilton HHonors*:
Simply register to activate your HHonors account and receive instant HHonors Gold status until December 31, 2013
Complete three stays at any of the 4,000 hotels or resorts within the Hilton HHonors portfolio by December 31, 2013 to maintain your Gold status through March 2015
Complete five stays and you'll also receive 25,000 AAdvantage bonus miles — that's enough for a domestic round-trip MileSAAver® award (taxes and fees of up to $10 apply)
Sign up for HHonors today to simplify your travel and treat yourself to the getaway you deserve.
Going somewhere? Get there faster with this special offer.
Your frequent travel has earned you a special offer from Hilton HHonorsTM. You can earn 25,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles plus instant HHonors Gold status when you sign up and stay with Hilton HHonors*:
Simply register to activate your HHonors account and receive instant HHonors Gold status until December 31, 2013
Complete three stays at any of the 4,000 hotels or resorts within the Hilton HHonors portfolio by December 31, 2013 to maintain your Gold status through March 2015
Complete five stays and you'll also receive 25,000 AAdvantage bonus miles — that's enough for a domestic round-trip MileSAAver® award (taxes and fees of up to $10 apply)
Sign up for HHonors today to simplify your travel and treat yourself to the getaway you deserve.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:31 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: BOS
Programs: Recovering AA flyer, LT PLT 2.6 MM
Posts: 1,543
There are three Hilton properties at which I would stay: KL Central, Conrad Istanbul, Conrad Seoul, though it's been a while since I stayed at the first. The rest, only if I have no alternative. The only consistent thing about the brand across properties is the H on the door.
I used to carry diamond status, but no more. 25k miles aren't worth having to visit five of their hotels.
I used to carry diamond status, but no more. 25k miles aren't worth having to visit five of their hotels.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:40 am
#3
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 1,746
I will try later today and report back if no one else has (doubt that will be the case). Already signed up, but if it requires the new account and can't be applied to an old one then it's not really worth it. Not that I'm that attached to the few thousand points in my old one.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:40 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 3
In the offer page, it says "*Offer is valid for the recipient of this email only and is non-transferable. Offer valid for new Hilton HHonors members only; any person that has previously enrolled in HHonors is not eligible to participate in this offer. " I am not sure if you can combine with your existing account.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:42 am
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2010
Programs: AA ex-EXP (buh-bye!), HH Gold, SPG Gold, UM Go Blue
Posts: 543
In the offer page, it says "*Offer is valid for the recipient of this email only and is non-transferable. Offer valid for new Hilton HHonors members only; any person that has previously enrolled in HHonors is not eligible to participate in this offer. " I am not sure if you can combine with your existing account.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:44 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 1,746
In the offer page, it says "*Offer is valid for the recipient of this email only and is non-transferable. Offer valid for new Hilton HHonors members only; any person that has previously enrolled in HHonors is not eligible to participate in this offer. " I am not sure if you can combine with your existing account.
I will probably tell them to close it if they won't honor the gold status, and just keep using my old account. Definitely won't transfer any stays over. I plan on getting gold through the use of one of the credit cards next year anyway.
My fiancée didn't have an account, I don't think, so at least she gets it FWIW. I don't think she's going to stay at a Hilton property between now and the end of the year, so it's probably moot.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:45 am
#7
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 1,746
I'm only PLT, as is my fiancée, and we both got it. So it's not EXP only, possibly all AAdvantage members.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:47 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum, PC Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 321
PLT here as well.
I got the same email. Will open a new account and get 5 stays. Its an easy 25k AA miles.
I have gold on my main HH account through the address change trick
I got the same email. Will open a new account and get 5 stays. Its an easy 25k AA miles.
I have gold on my main HH account through the address change trick
Last edited by fandu; Oct 7, 2013 at 10:55 am
Oct 7, 2013, 10:48 am
#9
Join Date: May 2013
Programs: AA PLT, HH Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 282
PLT here and got the same offer.
Guess I'll shell out a few bucks for the 25k miles + gold. Doesn't seem like a bad offer.
Guess I'll shell out a few bucks for the 25k miles + gold. Doesn't seem like a bad offer.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:54 am
#10
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: AA EXP, AA LT Gold, SPG Plat 75
Posts: 890
My wife (no status) and I (EXP) both received this offer today.
Appears to be not so targeted.
Appears to be not so targeted.
Oct 7, 2013, 10:57 am
#11
Join Date: May 2013
Programs: AA PLT, HH Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 282
Just signed in to the HHonors portal and saw Gold status reflected with 0 nights/0 points.
Refreshing to see a system that is "real-time." Funny enough, I just finished reading a case study about HHonors and Hilton's On-Q CRM system.
Refreshing to see a system that is "real-time." Funny enough, I just finished reading a case study about HHonors and Hilton's On-Q CRM system.
Oct 7, 2013, 11:06 am
#12
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: AA PLT 3MM
Posts: 1,135
I haven't received this email but did get the one offering instant gold last year, even though I already had HHonors silver at the time. I could not sign-up online and when I called Hilton the first agent I spoke to was very rude and, having explained that the offer was only for non-members, openly accused me of trying to sign up with an email that someone else must have forwarded to me. I eventually asked to speak to a supervisor who had no problem giving me the status. I'm not sure if they screwed up the mailing but it worked eventually.
Oct 7, 2013, 11:41 am
#13
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: MKE
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, Club Carlson Gold,
Posts: 639
My 5 year old daughter got targeted. No status.
Oct 7, 2013, 12:00 pm
#14
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Programs: AS 100K, UA MM, AA MM, IC Plat Amb, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 3,146
I received this offer (as an EXP), too. Very disappointing to hear that it's not available to existing HHonors members. I was planning to stay the required 5 stays to extend my HH Gold + the 25K AA miles, but I suppose there's no reason to bother now.
The odd thing is, I currently double-dip with AA on my Hilton stays, so it's not as if AA doesn't already know that I have an HHonors account.
The odd thing is, I currently double-dip with AA on my Hilton stays, so it's not as if AA doesn't already know that I have an HHonors account.
Oct 7, 2013, 12:41 pm
#15
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: UA-Plat, AA - EXP, SPG-Gold
Posts: 164
How do you sign up for this? I received the email from American but currently do not have HHonors account. Do I sign up for one and then click on the link?