Hilton Honors: Double points in 2013 Q1
Jan 1, 2013, 4:47 pm
#121
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: YYZ
Programs: SPG Plat,MR Plat Spire Plat/IC Amb, Choice Plat, BW Plat
Posts: 1,320
Registered and looking forward to Q1....leaving PCR for HH Gold and yes, its not perfect but the grass seems greener from the other side of the fence. HH should be a reasonable alternative to PCR and once I get Gold maybe an asset for spending the 90K in HH points already banked for personal stays.
Jan 2, 2013, 7:09 am
#123
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: HH Diamond, SWA A-List, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 34
I see a lot of people indicating that they missed the message about the Q1 2013 promotion. Hilton does a horrible job of getting the email out in a timely manner. I haven't received my email yet nor have I seen any banner ads for this. They also don't educate the hotels very well. I just (five minutes ago) spoke with the front desk manager at the Doubletree Tucson (Arizona) Reid Park. She had no clue about any HH promotion.
Jan 2, 2013, 10:57 am
#124
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: AMS, BRU
Programs: Cathay Marco Polo, AF/KLM, HH Diamond, SPG Gold, others
Posts: 4,481
Jan 2, 2013, 5:13 pm
#126
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: Delta Gold Medallion, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1
I just got the email this afternoon. :/
Still trying to figure out which I should choose. Used 50,000 miles to book wife's ticket to our honeymoon in October and am already up to 21,000 miles.
I've got a 12 night stay coming next week, plus some others in the future.
Can anyone remind me if the miles is per day or per stay? Trying to figure out if going fixed or variable miles for this long stay (12 nights) would be more beneficial (at a Homewood Suites).
I received 1000 miles for a two night stay in December but thought that I would only get 500?
Edit: I got 500 for the Q4 Delta MQM promo I guess.
Still trying to figure out which I should choose. Used 50,000 miles to book wife's ticket to our honeymoon in October and am already up to 21,000 miles.
I've got a 12 night stay coming next week, plus some others in the future.
Can anyone remind me if the miles is per day or per stay? Trying to figure out if going fixed or variable miles for this long stay (12 nights) would be more beneficial (at a Homewood Suites).
I received 1000 miles for a two night stay in December but thought that I would only get 500?
Edit: I got 500 for the Q4 Delta MQM promo I guess.
Jan 2, 2013, 10:09 pm
#127
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DEN
Programs: DL DM/MM, UA 1K, AA Exp, HH Dia, WOH Glob, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold, NA EE, Hertz PC
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Jan 3, 2013, 6:58 am
#130
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 293
Now that the link is working again, when a OP is in need of both miles and points, which looks like the best choice for this Q1 13 promotion?
Virgin Atlantic (VS) told me today the double promo is over. DL is my preferred airline but I am starting from zero miles having used them up. Earning miles appears to be a long road since it is going to probably take a whole year to earn enough miles for one basic international ticket since i cannot use anything but a company credit card with no extra bonus points.
Virgin Atlantic (VS) told me today the double promo is over. DL is my preferred airline but I am starting from zero miles having used them up. Earning miles appears to be a long road since it is going to probably take a whole year to earn enough miles for one basic international ticket since i cannot use anything but a company credit card with no extra bonus points.
Jan 3, 2013, 11:02 am
#131
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW London
Programs: BAEC Silver; Hilton Diamond;a miscellany of other hotel non-statuses
Posts: 3,607
Did they mean the 'stepped' Q4-ish bonus is over?
The standard VS offer is still listed as 1000 miles at http://hhonors3.hilton.com/en/earn-u...ing/index.html so ought to double to 2000VS=4000HH, although I'm trying to weigh up whether the IB 750 standard Avios doubling to 1500 and flipping over to BAEC is the way I should go
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The standard VS offer is still listed as 1000 miles at http://hhonors3.hilton.com/en/earn-u...ing/index.html so ought to double to 2000VS=4000HH, although I'm trying to weigh up whether the IB 750 standard Avios doubling to 1500 and flipping over to BAEC is the way I should go
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Jan 3, 2013, 11:04 am
#132
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Signed up, glad to see the Hilton ORD I'll be at soon is not an ineligible property.
Incidentally, why does Iowa come alphabetically before Indiana and Illinois on their list? Someone over at HH need help understanding the alphabet?
Incidentally, why does Iowa come alphabetically before Indiana and Illinois on their list? Someone over at HH need help understanding the alphabet?
Jan 3, 2013, 12:12 pm
#133
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA,DLT,UA,Marriott-Plat, Hyatt- Dia, HH- Gold
Posts: 18
The orginal link would not work for me, but I found this one and it did work:
https://www.hiltonhhonors.com/double
https://www.hiltonhhonors.com/double
Jan 3, 2013, 4:45 pm
#134
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Cullman, Alabama
Programs: Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, IHG Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 648
The conversion rate is 1 to 2
I have been trying to decide if naming VS as my preferred airline was worth it because I have to transfer 10,000 miles initially and then in lots of 5000. Using Variable miles seems that it will take a long time to get 10,000 VS miles for my first transfer. If I name VS as my Fixed Miles partner, it's 1000 miles at say an HGI. This would double if I choose airline miles as my promo choice so in 5 one night stays, I have 10,000 VS miles.
Thoughts?
Last edited by SimpleManToo; Jan 3, 2013 at 5:25 pm Reason: Question
Jan 3, 2013, 4:52 pm
#135
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP, HH Diamond, Marriott PLT, National EE
Posts: 43
Virgin Atlantic
It shouldn't take long at all to get to the 10k you need for initial transfer.... You get 2k per stay if you pick double fixed miles. That's only 5 stays. No need to fly anywhere.