How to get Diamond in UK?

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Feb 28, 2019, 9:23 am

#16

Schweden

Join Date: Oct 2013

Location: Montreal

Posts: 586

1. Status match and enjoy the status for 3 months. Do 8 stays, and enjoy status for another year. If you don't stay in hotels much then 30 stays a year might be tricky. I wouldn't go out of my way more than one or two stays to retain Hilton Diamond if I were short.
2. Search how to get a US credit card and use Amex's Global Transfer program to get the Hilton Aspire card. Not that hard for Canadians, might be a bit more complex for those living in the UK.

Feb 28, 2019, 4:58 pm

#17

Land-of-Miles

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Join Date: Dec 2003

Location: MAN and LON

Programs: Mucci, BAEC LT Gold, HH Dia, MR LT Plat, IHG Diamond Amb, Amex Plat

Posts: 13,775

Amex Centurion and BA GGL both offer you Hilton Diamond as a benefit.

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Feb 28, 2019, 5:55 pm

#18

mini2

Join Date: Apr 2018

Posts: 14

I am guessing you've already got an Amex. Initiate a Global Transfer through Amex to get the US based Hilton co-branded cards.

Mar 1, 2019, 4:39 pm

#19

robandjojo423

Join Date: Apr 2008

Programs: HHonors diamond, Virgin Atlantic Gold, Goldpoints gold elite

Posts: 158

Ffs

maybe stay in a few Hilton’s.

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Mar 2, 2019, 6:52 am

#20

mickeyjaw

Join Date: Jan 2016

Programs: BAEC Silver, Avis Preferred, Hilton Gold

Posts: 521

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Originally Posted by mickeyjaw

What about matching to some other scheme then matching back? Maybe Best Western ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickeyjaw

Actually, I'm going to try this and report back. According to statusmatcher, Best Western should match Hilton Gold to Best Western Diamond, and Hilton should match Best Western Diamond to Hilton Diamond.

Fingers crossed!

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Originally Posted by yurtripper

Yep, that's the usual way! It's also just about the only reason for having BW Diamond.

Well, I definitely got matched to BW diamond. The only fly in the ointment is that I now actually have to stay at a BW before I can try to match back to Hilton. Oh well, I guess I'll have to grin and bear it.

The irony in all this is that Hilton's loyalty scheme is actually forcing me to divert spend to a competitor LOL.