Help calculating points.
May 1, 2019, 9:14 am
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Tampa
Programs: Hilton Gold
Posts: 155
Help calculating points.
Can someone help me please? If I spend $600 on a two night stay as a diamond in a Hilton property how many points will I earn?
is it 20 points for each dollar spent so 12,000? Plus double that with the new promo so 24,000?
I am new to this so sorry if it's a dumb question.
Thanks.
is it 20 points for each dollar spent so 12,000? Plus double that with the new promo so 24,000?
I am new to this so sorry if it's a dumb question.
Thanks.
May 1, 2019, 10:43 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,293
Can someone help me please? If I spend $600 on a two night stay as a diamond in a Hilton property how many points will I earn?
is it 20 points for each dollar spent so 12,000? Plus double that with the new promo so 24,000?
I am new to this so sorry if it's a dumb question.
Thanks.
is it 20 points for each dollar spent so 12,000? Plus double that with the new promo so 24,000?
I am new to this so sorry if it's a dumb question.
Thanks.
The promo depends on when your stay is. If it's now through May 4, you'd earn an additional 2,000 points for the stay. If it's May 6 - Sept. 8, you earn double points (30 points per dollar for Diamonds) beginning with the second stay.
You must register for the promos before staying (not before booking).
May 1, 2019, 11:12 am
#4
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Tampa
Programs: Hilton Gold
Posts: 155
As Diamond you earn 20 points per dollar (remember that excludes taxes). If it's a Home2 Suites by Hilton™ and Tru by Hilton™ hotels, you'd earn 10 points per dollar.
The promo depends on when your stay is. If it's now through May 4, you'd earn an additional 2,000 points for the stay. If it's May 6 - Sept. 8, you earn double points (30 points per dollar for Diamonds) beginning with the second stay.
You must register for the promos before staying (not before booking).
The promo depends on when your stay is. If it's now through May 4, you'd earn an additional 2,000 points for the stay. If it's May 6 - Sept. 8, you earn double points (30 points per dollar for Diamonds) beginning with the second stay.
You must register for the promos before staying (not before booking).
May 1, 2019, 11:30 am
#5
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Newcastle, UK
Posts: 2,379
The double points promotion applies to the base points only. Normal base points is 10 points per dollar. Double promotion points gets an additional 10 points per dollar. Diamond bonus points is an additional 10 points per dollar. This makes the 30 points per dollar for Diamond members under the new promotion starting 6 May, after the first stay.
May 1, 2019, 11:51 am
#6
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,293
No, regular members earn 10 base points per dollar; diamonds earn double the base points. That's 20 points per dollar. The promo doubles the base points if it's the second or later stay in the promotion period (another 10 points per dollar). So, 30 points per dollar if it's after the first stay.
Last edited by danpeake; May 1, 2019 at 11:59 am
May 1, 2019, 12:17 pm
#7
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
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If you signed up for the card you should know what it gets you... (and if you don't you should get a cashback card...)
May 1, 2019, 12:19 pm
#8
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: DCA
Posts: 7,769
Don't really understand the issue here...ostensibly, if someone signed up for the loyalty program (honors), they "should know what it gets [them]" (read the website and terms of the promotion, then use a calculator), but the OP asked for help and the subsequent poster raised a salient point.
May 1, 2019, 12:23 pm
#10
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,033
Don't really understand the issue here...ostensibly, if someone signed up for the loyalty program (honors), they "should know what it gets [them]" (read the website and terms of the promotion, then use a calculator), but the OP asked for help and the subsequent poster raised a salient point.
But not answering a question about double points but writing about yet another complicating factor... confusing instead of helpful. It's no wonder that people do what The Points Guy tells them, instead of reading FT threads.
May 2, 2019, 1:50 am
#11
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Tampa
Programs: Hilton Gold
Posts: 155
Double points is confusing to many. (what gets doubled?) Knowing that 5 Hyatt points per $ is worth more than 10 Hilton points per $ is confusing for many.
But not answering a question about double points but writing about yet another complicating factor... confusing instead of helpful. It's no wonder that people do what The Points Guy tells them, instead of reading FT threads.
But not answering a question about double points but writing about yet another complicating factor... confusing instead of helpful. It's no wonder that people do what The Points Guy tells them, instead of reading FT threads.
So I can qualify for the double points starting with the second stay. I don't think it's worth the money or the point spend to do that though. So will probably not bother.