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Old Aug 25, 2012, 9:32 am
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25 Million Point Giveaway [Facebook]

Hilton giving away 1 million points each to 25 winners + other prizes up for grabs..

Here's the facebook link.. Or just search for Hilton HHonors on facebook.

Only eligible for US/Canada/UK... Guess I can't take part..
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Old Aug 25, 2012, 9:37 am
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Yet another reason to be frustrated with the HHonors website. It won't let me register, saying that accounts created with a P.O. box as the address aren't eligible and that I need to update my address information in my profile. Of course, my profile has been updated for three years and hasn't shown a PO Box in that long.

Our apologies, but Hilton HHonors accounts created using P.O. boxes are not eligible for this promotion. Please update your Hilton HHonors account with your home address before proceeding. Click here to update your information.
Moreover, even if I do update my profile, it will always be the case that my account was indeed created with a P.O. Box. Updating my profile won't change that historical fact.

For the heck of it, I did update my profile, adding a third address (no PO boxes anywhere) and it still won't let me register. Sigh.

Using social media is a great idea, Hilton. Making it impossible for people to respond is not.

I've emailed Hilton's Social Media Specialist.

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Old Aug 25, 2012, 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by cblaisd
Yet another reason to be frustrated with the HHonors website. It won't let me register, saying that accounts created with a P.O. box as the address aren't eligible and that I need to update my address information in my profile. Of course, my profile has been updated for three years and hasn't shown a PO Box in that long.



Moreover, even if I do update my profile, it will always be the case that my account was indeed created with a P.O. Box. Updating my profile won't change that historical fact.

For the heck of it, I did update my profile, adding a third address (no PO boxes anywhere) and it still won't let me register. Sigh.

Using social media is a great idea, Hilton. Making it impossible for people to respond is not.

I've emailed Hilton's Social Media Specialist.
It would not let me use my user name and password. When I did - it said the same error about the P.O. box. I had to use my account number and pin - and it went right through.

I would also like to add that this is an app on Facebook, so I did a custom setting where I could only see what the app posts on my timeline. I don't need my entire friends list getting spam from Hilton.

Last edited by DJTim; Aug 25, 2012 at 10:05 am Reason: Added information.
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Old Aug 25, 2012, 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by DJTim
It would not let me use my user name and password. When I did - it said the same error about the P.O. box. I had to use my account number and pin - and it went right through.
I was using my account # and PIN.

I would also like to add that this is an app on Facebook, so I did a custom setting where I could only see what the app posts on my timeline. I don't need my entire friends list getting spam from Hilton.
Good point. I have ALL "platform apps" turned off. Platform apps are evil. If HHonors is demanding as a condition for registering that I use their "platform app" then I guess I'll not be winning any points.
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Old Aug 25, 2012, 10:30 am
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I had the same issue initially, but using hhonors#/pin worked.
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Old Aug 25, 2012, 10:43 am
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Originally Posted by Abidjan
I had the same issue initially, but using hhonors#/pin worked.
Same, and we (it's a mutual account) have never had a post office box.
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Old Aug 25, 2012, 10:49 am
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worked fine with HH number,
took me to Hilton Page,
no instant win for me today !
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Old Aug 25, 2012, 9:40 pm
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...and the link in the fine print of the email that is supposed to tell you the T&C's and how to enter without a hotel stay...is a dead link.

I had trouble logging in as well when I did a cut and paste of my HH number, but was able to type the number and it worked.

Am I the only one that dislikes having to "Like" a FB page to be eligible for a promo?
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Old Aug 25, 2012, 10:59 pm
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Originally Posted by quickcanuck
Am I the only one that dislikes having to "Like" a FB page to be eligible for a promo?
No. I "unlike" anything a short while later.

After midnight, I now went back in, liked,
won nothing and unliked again !

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Old Aug 25, 2012, 11:59 pm
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The app won't even allow me to sign in using my HH# and pin. I just keep getting an "invalid password" message when I try to sign in, as well as the P.O. Box message.

The thing is, I know that my pin is correct as I simultaneously signed into the HH website, and my account was never created using a P.O. Box!
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Old Aug 26, 2012, 7:40 am
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Yesterday I entered my email and it took me to another page asking for HH # and PIN. I entered those and it worked. Today I just entered my email and it went thru. I don't know if they fixed it or because they remember my HH # and PIN.

Got "Try Again" both days.
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Old Aug 27, 2012, 12:06 am
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Did anyone win anything yet? Wonder what other vouchers they are giving out other than the 1mil points
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Old Aug 27, 2012, 10:33 am
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Originally Posted by quickcanuck
...and the link in the fine print of the email that is supposed to tell you the T&C's and how to enter without a hotel stay...is a dead link.

Am I the only one that dislikes having to "Like" a FB page to be eligible for a promo?
The link continues to be dead. This ePrize company running the promotion is a real "winner."

On the topic of liking them on FB: I think it's very presumptuous on their part. When I receive an email invitation from someone I do business with to participate in their contest, and then I find out I can only participate by giving my personal information to another company (by joining FB), they've gone over the line. No problem -- I don't need their contest, and I also don't need to give them my business. I have choices.
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Old Sep 14, 2012, 11:53 am
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Anyone win anything yet?

I've been trying the instant win more or less everyday but nothing yet.
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Old Sep 14, 2012, 12:46 pm
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I've been entering most every day as well, and so far I haven't been an instant winner, either.
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