lsquare

I thought I have to do that if I want to know my nights.

What's the best way to verify that my lifetime base points are accurately calculated by Hilton?

smmrfld

Compare your number to theirs, assuming you’ve been tracking since your first stay.

hotscot

After 25 years of travel, some years busy some not, this is where I am. It would be nice to have Lifetime Diamond, but I don't think there's any shortcuts while I'm still young enough to travel...I dunno...500 nights over the next 10 years 50 nights a year. I don't think I can do that. Of course I am aware that regular Diamond isn't too difficult.
Any other strategies?.

"Upon further review, our records show that you have completed the following toward Lifetime Diamond:

10 of 10 Years In Diamond
471 of 1,000 Nights
804,746 of 2,000,000 Base Points

Please note, future Diamond status, even if already earned, does not count towards Lifetime Diamond status until that year is completed."

smmrfld

Likely not. Maybe diversify and go with other properties/brands that interest you. Took me about 25 years to hit it..can’t imagine being at that point and only halfway there. Lots of other good stuff out there.

MBS MillionMiler

I had a WONDERFUL stay at the Virgin Las Vegas. Suite upgrade, great breakfast and friendly staff; albeit nothing directly related to my 1,000th night threshold. I was there for work, so not super enjoyable or relaxing, nor did I have much time to indulge in anything.

Side note, my LT Diamond kit just arrived on Friday!

DELee

Congrats again! If you want to encourage others to pursue LT Diamond, would welcome any photos of the kit you'd wish to share.

David

lsquare

I haven't. Where do I start now?

craigthemif

Anybody in the US who wants to be "lifetime Diamond" already has the credit card.

There really is no point being loyal for 10+ years and 1,000 nights to be in roughly the same situation as somebody spending $450 a year on a credit card (and getting more value than that in credits, free nights. etc...)

Keep staying with Hilton if that works for you. Otherwise try something new. "Lifetime" is only about attracting wallet-share today, not guaranteeing certain benefits forever. (just look at free breakfast going away...)

ceebee100

Before the pandemic started, I was 184 nights shy of Lifetime Diamond. Since Hilton started cutting back on breakfasts etc here in the US, I've only stayed with them an additional 6 nights. I have 6 more nights booked in Italy this summer and that's it.
I've been focusing all my stays on Hyatt and even though I won't make Lifetime Globalist in my lifetime, I will enjoy the lavish breakfasts that Globalist brings at most full service Hyatt hotels.

I already have HH Gold via Amex Plat and that should be sufficient for breakfast at overseas properties when needed, if there is no Hyatt.

WVmike

I agree with you. Even though I have been lifetime diamond for at least five years, I book Hyatt whenever it makes sense. Like you, I will never make LT Globalist but I am making sure to maintain Globalist each year. Hyatt Globalist is so much better than Hilton diamond. Room upgrades, the breakfast, and the concierge service puts Hilton to shame. Unfortunately, Hyatt's property bandwidth is not on par with Hilton.

smmrfld

Check your stay details on the app post-stay and see points align with your expectations. I don’t think I’ve ever had a discrepancy in base points, so I don’t bother. Promo points are another story.

MBS MillionMiler

Agree 100% and it does upset me that those who pay a few hundred bucks a year get the same 'treatment' as a 1,000-night road warrior. However, I had to spend those nights somewhere over these 20+ years, and when Hilton worked, I stayed there. When Marriott made more sense, I stayed there. Same with IHG. But I also hit LT Plat with Marriott not too long before I hit it with Hilton. My aforementioned stay that took me over the 1,000 nights was MONTHS in the making. I'd always liked the Marriott properties in the specific places I've been going lately--and probably had 20-30 nights with them while still sitting at 999 LT Hilton nights. Sure, there were times in years past where I was sitting at maybe 55 HH nights for the year--in those cases, I'd have been crazy not to reattain Diamond (not from a mattress run perspective, but just directing my stays there when perhaps another property was more convenient).

But my LT Diamond status is indeed having the opposite effect. No future stays booked with HH at the moment and only stay when all things aren't otherwise equal. And while I do have LT Platinum with Marriott, I hope to keep my Titanium status with them--so I have been leaning heavier on Bonvoy lately. I've stayed at IHG properties I may have overlooked before, but Hyatt just does not work for me--as appealing as the program is in a lot of aspects.

lincolnjkc

None. Actually, I'm not sure I've been upgraded-by-status once since hitting LTD -- but I'm also not sure I've stayed in any properties where UGs are a published benefit (an Embassy Suites in IL kicked me over to a suite for 1 of 4 stays last month -- but that's because the room I had booked had a lock with a dead battery so neither app nor keycard would let me in, not because of status but that's the only upgrade of note in CONUS since the pandemic started)

MBS MillionMiler

Well, alright then!








You can see a little booklet in the 2nd pic that says "your Hilton Honors travel journey"...I was hoping for a little more detail in it, but they listed my very first stay, then I have NO IDEA why they chose Rockford--funny, but it's honestly one city I just DO NOT REMEMBER visiting (sorry Rockfordites, no offense). I mean, Las Vegas--okay. But I've stayed in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Maui, Maldives, New York--but the computer randomly picked Rockford.

I just realized, thanks to the pamphlet, that my first night was in Las Vegas (at my old standby Las Vegas Hilton--now the Westgate), and my 1,000th (and last) stay was in Las Vegas (as mentioned before, the Virgin LV). ...And technically the hotel name is incorrect on the right side--It was unmistakably the "Las Vegas Hilton"...The new property at Resorts World is also called this--perhaps now they retroactively call the former property the Hilton LV to avoid confusion? Anyway, I'm being pedantic...

The booklet is an AWESOME idea, and would have been my true prize from the swag box if it had more info. I'd have loved to have known where I spent the most nights, maybe how many were in the US versus abroad, which brands I frequented the most, etc. But if anyone is curious, my pure guesses at some of these would be: Probably 300-400 of those nights were in China/Hong Kong, and therefore ~1/2 or more of my 1,000 were abroad. I'd bet (see what I did there?) Vegas was my most frequent city visited--the old LV Hilton (now Westgate) was probably my most visited in terms of nights...In the late 90's through the time it unbranded, I'd stay there for 6-8 nights/year X 3 times--as my company exhibits at several trade shows there throughout the year. Therefore, I'd guess my most frequent brand is Hilton Hotels itself--the LV Hilton, Hilton Guangzhou (Tianhe and Baiyun) and a smattering of others around the world, with Doubletree coming in second and probably Hampton 3rd.

Headphones, not sure if I'm going to open them or give them away. I like my $30 earbuds I'm currently rocking well enough. That's a leather-like b(r)ag tag that says "Lifetime Diamond" on the side you see, and simply "Hilton Honors" on the obverse. The LTD card is a thick black metal and is rather minimalist...Do I now carry this around and whip it out like a DYKWIA jackass at every Hampton Inn I check into?!?!?!?!? (Sarcasm) .

Final thought...I'm a part of the HH focus group "I Can Make It Better". Around the end of 2021 or so, I got a survey about LTD and what gift I'd prefer (I do not believe this was customized for me, it read like a general survey that went to all participants). They asked if I preferred something like 200,000 points or 2 universal free night certs, or a 'gift like Bose headphones or Tumi luggage' (something like that, specifics escape me 4 months later). Anyway, was surely hoping for the points or the global night certs...But I can't complain either way. Marriott didn't send me anything when I hit LT Plat back in fall 2021. Thanks for the great effort, Hilton Honors!

escape4

Unless I hear contradicting reports, I will continue to de-prioritize Hilton in favor of other chains for the moment. Diamond status is already less valuable in terms of upgrades than Hyatt or Marriott at the top, if LTD is not any better than regular Diamond then there is no point making efforts to reach LTD sooner rather than later.

I was hopeful starting in November 2021 that the new upgrade system would give more value to LTD over the overly numerous Diamonds. I does not look like it's off to a good start however.