The Definitive “How To Earn Hilton Honors Points” Thread
May 2, 2003, 12:02 pm
#62
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Always Travel Ready:
TQ,
Do you have a MyPoints account? ..
Keep in mind that Mypoints transfers points into Hilton on Thursdays, so if you request the transfer on Thursday they will show up in your account on Friday. The transfer rate is one Hilton Point for every MyPoint.
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TQ,
Do you have a MyPoints account? ..
Keep in mind that Mypoints transfers points into Hilton on Thursdays, so if you request the transfer on Thursday they will show up in your account on Friday. The transfer rate is one Hilton Point for every MyPoint.
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May 2, 2003, 1:48 pm
#63
Join Date: May 2001
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by welookgood.com:
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MyPoints transfers points over to Hilton on Thursday evenings. You should be able to view them in you account sometime during the afternoon on Friday.
May 2, 2003, 6:08 pm
#64
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Kamuela, Hawaii
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I've heard rumors that Hilton has reinstated the 1,000 pt bonus for updating your profile. If true, that just requires you to go in and change something like bed preference.
May 6, 2003, 9:14 am
#66
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: West Michigan
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I hope that MyPoints is quicker about posting their HH rewards to your account quicker than they are about sending out other rewards and/or for posting points for purchases on their website. Are you a member of e-rewards? I, and others, have noted that those transfers are virtually instantatneous.
Jul 22, 2003, 12:43 am
#67
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: SF Bay Area, CA. Starwood Gold, United Premier
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Need help topping points off for GLON
Hi everyone,
Need your help here. I've got a big 6-day NY trip coming up next month, from 8/2-8/8. I would really like to use the GLON award to pay for this trip, but am a little short on points. I currently have around 123k points, still about 27k short of the 150k needed for the GLON award.
If any of you can advise how to get a hold of 27k points quickly, in around a week's time frame, it would be tremendously appreciated. Granted, one of the way is to somehow obtain 7k, and buy the remaining 20k for $250. It may still be a better alternative than paying average of $200 * 6 ~ $1400 after tax for thet trip.
Much thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Need your help here. I've got a big 6-day NY trip coming up next month, from 8/2-8/8. I would really like to use the GLON award to pay for this trip, but am a little short on points. I currently have around 123k points, still about 27k short of the 150k needed for the GLON award.
If any of you can advise how to get a hold of 27k points quickly, in around a week's time frame, it would be tremendously appreciated. Granted, one of the way is to somehow obtain 7k, and buy the remaining 20k for $250. It may still be a better alternative than paying average of $200 * 6 ~ $1400 after tax for thet trip.
Much thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Jul 22, 2003, 10:16 am
#69
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Location: Baltimore/Washington, USA
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To clarify.... GLON no longer exists.
Guessing you mean GLON2
http://www.hilton.com/en/hhonors/rewards/vip.jhtml
Guessing you mean GLON2
http://www.hilton.com/en/hhonors/rewards/vip.jhtml
Jul 22, 2003, 10:31 am
#70
Join Date: May 2003
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Using 10,000 miles from AA or CO, though the CO transfers take forever. Also, only good for orphan miles as the miles are worth more, IMHO, than the HH points, except at certain properties, i.e. Cannes Hilton, Rome, Waldorf, where the room rates are usually high. Of course, these are the places that are difficult to get award nights.
Jul 22, 2003, 10:51 am
#71
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: SF Bay Area, CA. Starwood Gold, United Premier
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That's right, you got me 
I meant GLON2
Jabez, do you mean Hilton may offer a GLON type reward even though I may be some what short?
Does United Mileage transfer into Hilton? I have a lot of those spare.
Thanks.
I meant GLON2Jabez, do you mean Hilton may offer a GLON type reward even though I may be some what short?
Does United Mileage transfer into Hilton? I have a lot of those spare.
Thanks.
Jul 22, 2003, 1:00 pm
#72
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Plat, Marriott Gold,HH Gold
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MyPoints.com transfers 1 to 1 with HH if you already have a account and balance with them. UA no longer converts to HH. I have transferred around 10K mypoints to HH in the last 6 months. The transfer is pretty quick. There is also Erewards.com. Then just buy the rest. Your time frame is a bit short though. Good luck and have fun. A previous poster asked if you had already checked for availability for the reward. That is a good idea before you go through all the trouble gathering points.
Jul 29, 2003, 10:19 pm
#74
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Transfer Amex MR points to HH or try CO->Amtrak->HH
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Jul 30, 2003, 11:57 am
#75
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
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1,000 Hilton points here (but you may have less than 48 hours to get them as there has been talk of this offer expiring July 31):
http://www.gmacinsurance.com/hhonors/
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http://www.gmacinsurance.com/hhonors/
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