Consolidated "Points Pooling" Thread
Apr 25, 2017, 5:13 pm
#1
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Consolidated "Points Pooling" Thread
New update in the master thread. Please follow new developments there.
Hi all,
As promised, sharing the latest news around our newest benefit Points Pooling, which officially launches April 26. I'll share the link (once available) to learn more about how you can combine your Points with family and friends. Again, there’s no fee involved with transferring, and you can pool Points with up to ten other people to get closer to your next hotel stay. You can also redeem your Points for other items, including experiences on the Hilton Honors Auction site or later this year on Amazon.com when our Shop with Points program launches.
Let me know if you have any questions or need more info. Happy pooling!
Thank you!
Lauren
PS – T&Cs will also be updated to reflect the update of Points Pooling.
As promised, sharing the latest news around our newest benefit Points Pooling, which officially launches April 26. I'll share the link (once available) to learn more about how you can combine your Points with family and friends. Again, there’s no fee involved with transferring, and you can pool Points with up to ten other people to get closer to your next hotel stay. You can also redeem your Points for other items, including experiences on the Hilton Honors Auction site or later this year on Amazon.com when our Shop with Points program launches.
Let me know if you have any questions or need more info. Happy pooling!
Thank you!
Lauren
PS – T&Cs will also be updated to reflect the update of Points Pooling.
Apr 25, 2017, 7:31 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Currently on the Hilton page for transferring points. No indication of a fee, though I did not proceed through the process. The below are the terms noted below the form to transfer:
Members may transfer a maximum of 500,000, and receive a maximum of 2,000,000 points per calendar year. A maximum of six free transactions may be performed per calendar year. Transferred points are applicable towards all Hilton Honors awards. Points transferred using this option will post within 24 hours. Transferred points do not count towards Hilton Honors status upgrades. All standard Hilton Honors program rules and conditions apply.
Members may transfer a maximum of 500,000, and receive a maximum of 2,000,000 points per calendar year. A maximum of six free transactions may be performed per calendar year. Transferred points are applicable towards all Hilton Honors awards. Points transferred using this option will post within 24 hours. Transferred points do not count towards Hilton Honors status upgrades. All standard Hilton Honors program rules and conditions apply.
Apr 25, 2017, 7:53 pm
#3
Join Date: Mar 2015
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This feature certainly makes it easier to "gift" stays to friends and families and avoid situations at check-ins when the booking was not done through the helpdesk. Want to treat your parents to a vacation? Transfer up to 500,000 points for their dream stay. Want to reward your children on their graduation trip? 500,000 points for that penthouse suite. And in the other spectrum, a death in the family now means the hard earned points can easily be dealt with (assuming access to account is available) by transferring the points out. This is a great and true enhancement. Thanks!
Apr 26, 2017, 4:01 am
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This feature certainly makes it easier to "gift" stays to friends and families and avoid situations at check-ins when the booking was not done through the helpdesk. Want to treat your parents to a vacation? Transfer up to 500,000 points for their dream stay. Want to reward your children on their graduation trip? 500,000 points for that penthouse suite. And in the other spectrum, a death in the family now means the hard earned points can easily be dealt with (assuming access to account is available) by transferring the points out. This is a great and true enhancement. Thanks!
Agree with this - a definite enhancement. The limits seem to be fairly generous as well. Slightly surprised they didn't go with a Starwood-esque model that requires the same household address for 30 days etc but certainly not complaining.
Apr 26, 2017, 4:32 am
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T&C
https://points-static.s3.amazonaws.c...rms/terms.html
What does this mean in practice? :
"In order to participate in a purchase or transfer transaction, you must have a positive account balance and have been active within the Hilton Honors program within the past 30 days."
Active as in earned points last 30 days? This will severely limit the use.
Note also:
Each Hilton Honors Member is limited to six (6) Transfer and six (6) Points Pooling transactions per calendar year. Any points beyond these limits will not be posted to any Member's account.
Whats the big deal with up to 11 people if you can only receive 6 poolings?
https://points-static.s3.amazonaws.c...rms/terms.html
What does this mean in practice? :
"In order to participate in a purchase or transfer transaction, you must have a positive account balance and have been active within the Hilton Honors program within the past 30 days."
Active as in earned points last 30 days? This will severely limit the use.
Note also:
Each Hilton Honors Member is limited to six (6) Transfer and six (6) Points Pooling transactions per calendar year. Any points beyond these limits will not be posted to any Member's account.
Whats the big deal with up to 11 people if you can only receive 6 poolings?
Apr 26, 2017, 5:59 am
#6
Join Date: Sep 2012
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Are there particular qualifications you must meet to be able to pool Points?
To use Points Pooling, you must be an active Member, be in the program for 30 days, and have a minimum Points balance of 1,000 Points.
To use Points Pooling, you must be an active Member, be in the program for 30 days, and have a minimum Points balance of 1,000 Points.
I don't know if it would have worked the other way, but the point (for me at least) is to move points from my family members who rarely stay in hotels to my account
Apr 26, 2017, 11:40 am
#7
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: DCA
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So I did a reciprocal pooling request with my SO and it just linked us each to the transfer points page. For fun we transferred a modest sum of points to see if it worked. It did, and instantly. Oops, I guess that was one of our six chances for the year. But overall I am still wondering if this is really what they intended, or maybe just a big go-live error? Especially now if they've pulled the functionality back.
Apr 26, 2017, 11:44 am
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So I did a reciprocal pooling request with my SO and it just linked us each to the transfer points page. For fun we transferred a modest sum of points to see if it worked. It did, and instantly. Oops, I guess that was one of our six chances for the year. But overall I am still wondering if this is really what they intended, or maybe just a big go-live error? Especially now if they've pulled the functionality back.
Apr 26, 2017, 11:54 am
#9
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That definitely wasn't what I saw earlier! But that also sounds a lot more like what they originally described...
Apr 26, 2017, 12:08 pm
#10
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I didn't 'pool' until we know a bit more about what that means. But I did transfer 280k from husbands account to mine. I got the confirmation email so we'll see when they actually post.
Apr 26, 2017, 1:10 pm
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Same here (except a lot fewer points). Don't really have a need to pool anything, I think, if I can just transfer my wife's points to my account for joint usage.
Apr 26, 2017, 2:23 pm
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Apr 26, 2017, 2:23 pm
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