farnorthtrader

Officially, you would get breakfast because you are diamond, your parents would get breakfast because they are gold and your kids would get no breakfast. Unofficially, virtually every Hilton I have stayed in has given us breakfast for my wife and Me and all 4 kids. We always go down for breakfast together and I am always prepared to pay, but haven’t had to.

Kudosalert

Yikes, are we talking about 675,000 Amex MR points? If so, I would reconsider putting them to Hilton. There are lots of great sub offers for the Amex Hilton cards right now. You can rack up a ton of points quickly with them. I would transfer the MR points to airlines where you'll get better redemption value.

AirDream

I got Hilton Diamond status by having Amex Aspire.

If I cancel the Aspire, when do I lose the Diamond status? Immediately? Or at the end of calendar year?

momoflyingguy

Hi

I could not see a hilton newbie question thread.

The website seems to have changed since the last time i logged in. quite a while back. I now cannot find how to see my recent, and non-recent point activity. How do i see that?

beltway

The steps are

• log in
• click your username at top right & select “Account” from the drop-down menu
• on the Account page, click Activity at the top
• check the box(es) for the activity type(s) you want displayed

Stupidly, Hilton displays activity in chrono order, so the items most people want to see—recent activity—are at the very end. Click “Last” to see the latest entries. (No, there’s no way to force reverse-chrono display.)

momoflyingguy

Thank you.

I basically only earn HH points from the CC, and i used to be able to click 'all points activity' on the left. now i must click other activity instead./
Thank you.

cbc18

I just got Diamond via the Aspire and so far I am extremely underwhelmed. It seems like the only reason it matters is getting extra points. I'm never offered upgrades or even things like free water.

Do you have to ask for or demand your perks? Are there tricks to getting them? Or certain brands that are more likely to upgrade you?

Room upgrades sounded great but I've yet to get one...

FlyingHighlander

what countries are you staying in? Which.hilton brands? There's a lot of variables. In general though, I'd say it's pretty normal to NOT get upgrades. Many people proactively ask at checkin. I don't bother since upgades mean almost nothing to me as a solo business traveler.

cbc18

Thanks.

USA. So far Hampton Inn and Suites and Homewood Suites.

I'll try asking at check-in next time.

bman1002

Space available upgrades are not defined benefit at either brand, but some may be nice and give you an upgrade. Generally, upgrades are only a defined benefit when staying at more full service type properties - Hilton, Conrad, Waldorf, Curio etc. You can check the MyWay benefits section on your app for the specific benefits for each brand.

FlyingHighlander

Theres often no upgraded room types at these properties,, or if there is they are trivial. "Real" upgrades you'd need to be at DoubleTree or higher (Conrad, Hilton, etc)..

GratefulSmile

Not sure where to ask - but there isn't currently any Hilton promo right now, right?

jerry a. laska

See this thread for the 1Q 2021 promo:
2021 First Quarter Promotion, 1/1 to 5/2/2021. 2000 pts/stay; 5000 pts per 5 nights

abcx

So if I book a 7 night stay at a particular Homewood Suites, I pay around 30k HH/night. If I book a 5 night stay, it wants to charge me 60k HH/night. Any way to book the 7 night and shorten it to 5 nights and get the lower rate? Modifying the reservation on the website reprices the whole thing. I can't just drop 2 nights. The crazy thing is it's cheaper to book 7 nights and dump the last 2 nights instead of booking 5 nights. Idiotic.

Apologies if this is a noob question. I'm new to redeeming with Hilton.

Edited to add: Revenue rates show the same stupid behavior fwiw. The fine print says the rate is dynamic and can reprice based on length of stay which will be confirmed at check in, so I suppose you can't check out early even though it's a flexible rate. I don't know if the reward rate is supposed to function the same way?

FlyingHighlander

Never seen that happen. May not be a way to get the system to price under a week at the cheaper rate. Could try your luck calling but I presume this pricing is intentional, even if it appears illogical.
I'd book whatevers cheapest then just leave when you need to. At a Homewood suites leave room key card in the room and just walk out. No need to check out early / officially shorten stay.
Check out via the app on final day if you like.