sergio

Call honors and ask them to loan you the extra points. Any good business will do this. Many simply give it to you. Only a lame company like Delta Airlines will refuse. If not, pay for it and take your business elsewhere after they refuse. Companies who refuse will usually cost you more money in the future when they find something in the fine print of their own contracts in which to deny you with.

linsj

I was a few hundred points short for an award cert and called to buy the points before booking the award over the phone. The CS rep comped them to me instead. I was silver or gold at the time; not sure if that makes any difference.

toutoute

As I am just the plain blue ordinary member, I was not given the 264 missing points.
The survey is not available for european members.
Any advice and help most welcome.

kipper

Relocating temporarily is an option in order to receive the 500 My Way points.

pdhenry

Aren't we talking about 8 or 10 Euros here? I'd just buy the points if I was within 1000 of an award.

Actually last summer I transferred 3000 Amex Membership Rewards points when I was about 3000 points short of a couple of nights in london.

toutoute

Thanks. Maybe a little tricky, but it worked just fine...

Fly2005

This probably belongs here--

Earn 15,000 bonus points with your very first purchase*
Earn an additional 10,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points - that's 2,500 Hilton HHonors bonus points for each of your first four stays at any Hilton Family Hotel
Get 5 Hilton HHonors® bonus points for each eligible dollar spent on stays at over 2,700 Hilton Family hotels worldwide and for eligible purchases at supermarkets, drugstores, gas stations, dining establishments, the U.S. Postal Service, and for wireless phone bills
Get 3 HHonors bonus points for every eligible dollar you spend on purchases
Double Dip® and earn both hotel points and airline miles for the same stay
at HHonors hotels

https://www66.americanexpress.com/ca...=EzI%2Ap8oPimU

Fly2005

http://citi-creditcards.bridgetrack....or_program.htm

# You'll receive 15,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points the very first time you use your card, no matter how big or small your purchase.* These 15,000 bonus points are enough for two night's stays at participating Hilton Family hotels.*

# You'll receive three HHonors bonus points for every dollar spent using the card at Hilton Family hotels, plus two HHonors bonus points for each dollar spent on net purchases (that's purchases less returns).

# You'll be able to Double Dip® and receive both Hilton HHonors points and airline miles for the same stay at over 2,500 hotels and more than 55 participating airlines.

# Complimentary Silver VIP membership for first year of cardmembership.

# You'll enjoy a special 2.99% introductory APR** on purchases and balance transfers for six months from account open date.

# Unlike other rewards cards, there's no annual fee.

imm2b

Thanks Fly2005! I just applied and got the Amex Hilton Card.

singlemalt

Does anyone here really go this route? 1,000 MR points = 1,000 HA miles = 2,000 HH points.

BigLar

Just to keep things up to date: with the Hilton Platinum AMEX card, you can now get five points/$ at supermarkets, gas stations, drug stores, and when paying for wireless phone bills.

I got my Hilton AMEX a little over a year ago, and got a second one (free) for my wife, since she does most of the grocery shopping. I run a lot of stuff through that card, and I think I've netted about 100,000 points with ordinary spending since I've received it. Not bad at all.

In addition, if you spend $20K/year or more through the card, you get an automatic Hilton Gold elite status for the next year. The rumor is that if you spend $50K, you get Diamond, but I've yet to see that confirmed.

Nancy D

Blindfaith, I can't find this offer - have gone to my points and registered, then to Overstocks - where is the link to this deal (or is it gone)

Thanks for your help!

patrickATX

Are you talking about the deal posted for LAST YEAR's Christmas season? I guess the thread is a bit out of date.

uastarflyer

From the HH website:

Simple (I hope) question: If I have to book Hilton via AMEX Travel's website (itn.net) for business reasons...do I get points for the stay (10 pts/$$)? From the above it would seem to be ZERO.

brentski

I highly doubt that Hhonors, who's had a longstanding partnership with AMEX in various ways, would dare not give you points for booking through the AMEX travel website,especially for business purposes.
This is how they get a vast amount of their business, doing business with AMEX.

Now if you booked your stay on cheapscatedeals.com, then they might give you a hard time about getting your hhonors points.

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