10 Honors bonus points a minute for roaming T-Mobile - not for US residents
Jan 17, 2005, 11:26 pm
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10 Honors bonus points a minute for roaming T-Mobile - not for US residents
Introducing the Hilton HHonors Roaming Bonus
Switch to the T-Mobile network when you roam in the UK and the Netherlands and earn 10 HHonors bonus points for every minute of every call you make.
Register now for this service online at travellingconnect.com/hh. Alternatively, you can register by sending an SMS (text message) with your HHonors account number to +31 626 700 700 from the phone you will use abroad.
Then, each time you arrive in the UK or the Netherlands, use your mobile handset to select 'manual network' and then choose T-Mobile as your preferred network. For more information on how to manually select T-Mobile on your phone visit travellingconnect.com/hh.
From 1 February 2005, you will also be able earn HHonors bonus points when you roam in Austria with T-Mobile, watch out for more countries and networks joining the Hilton HHonors Roaming Bonus in the near future.
Terms and Conditions:
1. This offer is not available to residents of the USA.
2. Points cannot be earned on phones that have been rented in the destination country.
3. Points can only be earned when roaming abroad. UK residents cannot earn bonus points on calls made in the UK, residents of the Netherlands cannot earn bonus points on calls made in the Netherlands and residents of Austria cannot earn bonus points on calls made in Austria.
4. Visit travellingconnect.com/hh for full Terms and Conditions.
5. Hilton HHonors membership, earning of Points & Miles®, and redemption of points are subject to HHonors Terms and Conditions.
Switch to the T-Mobile network when you roam in the UK and the Netherlands and earn 10 HHonors bonus points for every minute of every call you make.
Register now for this service online at travellingconnect.com/hh. Alternatively, you can register by sending an SMS (text message) with your HHonors account number to +31 626 700 700 from the phone you will use abroad.
Then, each time you arrive in the UK or the Netherlands, use your mobile handset to select 'manual network' and then choose T-Mobile as your preferred network. For more information on how to manually select T-Mobile on your phone visit travellingconnect.com/hh.
From 1 February 2005, you will also be able earn HHonors bonus points when you roam in Austria with T-Mobile, watch out for more countries and networks joining the Hilton HHonors Roaming Bonus in the near future.
Terms and Conditions:
1. This offer is not available to residents of the USA.
2. Points cannot be earned on phones that have been rented in the destination country.
3. Points can only be earned when roaming abroad. UK residents cannot earn bonus points on calls made in the UK, residents of the Netherlands cannot earn bonus points on calls made in the Netherlands and residents of Austria cannot earn bonus points on calls made in Austria.
4. Visit travellingconnect.com/hh for full Terms and Conditions.
5. Hilton HHonors membership, earning of Points & Miles®, and redemption of points are subject to HHonors Terms and Conditions.
Jan 18, 2005, 11:25 am
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HHpoints with roaming with MOBISTAR in Belgium (also for US members)
http://www.mobistar.be/en/internatio...it/hilton.html
Hilton is the hospitality partner of our “International Bonus” programme. You earn Hilton HHonors bonus points every time you make a call using the Mobistar network. You will be able to exchange your points for a stay in the Hilton hotel of your choice anywhere in the world.
Hilton HHonors: http://www.hiltonhhonors.com
What do you have to do?
“International Bonus” is intended for all HHonors members visiting Belgium and who are clients of one of Mobistar's roaming partners.
To benefit from the advantages, you only have to register. Simply dial +32 2 745 96 96 or fill out this form. When using your mobile in Belgium, manually select the Mobistar network to earn bonus points. These points will be automatically credited to your HHonors account.
Mobistar in short
Mobistar is a major mobile provider in Belgium. Its powerful network covers 99% of the Belgian population and offers a wide range of services to visitors.
Your advantages
Here is an easy way to earn Hilton HHonors bonus points:
Bonus when: HHonors
Points
Registering using Internet/e-mail 500*1
Registering by phone 100*1
Birthday 50*1
1 Granted after the first call
The table below shows the number of points earned according to the length and destination of your call made from Belgium. You will be granted points from the first second of your call. Portions of points from different calls are added to make full points.
Destination Length of the call
(minutes) HHonors
Points
Belgium 2 1
Europe/USA/Canada 1 1
Rest of the world 1 2
Inmarsat (satellite network) 1 10
Concrete examples:
> a 20-minute call from Belgium to the USA = 20 HHonors Points
> a 16-minute call from Belgium to Brazil = 32 HHonors Points
Hilton is the hospitality partner of our “International Bonus” programme. You earn Hilton HHonors bonus points every time you make a call using the Mobistar network. You will be able to exchange your points for a stay in the Hilton hotel of your choice anywhere in the world.
Hilton HHonors: http://www.hiltonhhonors.com
What do you have to do?
“International Bonus” is intended for all HHonors members visiting Belgium and who are clients of one of Mobistar's roaming partners.
To benefit from the advantages, you only have to register. Simply dial +32 2 745 96 96 or fill out this form. When using your mobile in Belgium, manually select the Mobistar network to earn bonus points. These points will be automatically credited to your HHonors account.
Mobistar in short
Mobistar is a major mobile provider in Belgium. Its powerful network covers 99% of the Belgian population and offers a wide range of services to visitors.
Your advantages
Here is an easy way to earn Hilton HHonors bonus points:
Bonus when: HHonors
Points
Registering using Internet/e-mail 500*1
Registering by phone 100*1
Birthday 50*1
1 Granted after the first call
The table below shows the number of points earned according to the length and destination of your call made from Belgium. You will be granted points from the first second of your call. Portions of points from different calls are added to make full points.
Destination Length of the call
(minutes) HHonors
Points
Belgium 2 1
Europe/USA/Canada 1 1
Rest of the world 1 2
Inmarsat (satellite network) 1 10
Concrete examples:
> a 20-minute call from Belgium to the USA = 20 HHonors Points
> a 16-minute call from Belgium to Brazil = 32 HHonors Points
Last edited by beepee; Jan 18, 2005 at 3:16 pm Reason: edited to add the * omitted ..
Jan 18, 2005, 11:31 am
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Can't believe the reason why US cell phones are not allowed to particpate is because "US phones do not allow the manual changing of a network" - what hogwash - most triband GSM phones that US carriers provide have the ability to manually select a network of choice! 
Jan 18, 2005, 12:34 pm
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Originally Posted by LondonBA
... most triband GSM phones that US carriers provide have the ability to manually select a network of choice!
Jan 18, 2005, 12:34 pm
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Originally Posted by sonofliberty
You can also earn American AAdvantage miles (which can be exchanged 2-to-1 for HHonors points) for T-Mobile service here in the U.S.
Last edited by Mormik; Jan 18, 2005 at 12:54 pm Reason: typo
Jan 18, 2005, 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Roger
Er, yes, but most US cellphones are CDMA, incompatible with GSM, and cannot be switched to an alternative network.
Those who are on T-Mobile or Cingular here should not be excluded becuase some cell phone subscribers choose to be on an obsolete technology used in the US. Its their choice to subscribe with Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile or Cingular.
Jan 18, 2005, 1:10 pm
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Originally Posted by beepee
http://www.mobistar.be/en/internatio...it/hilton.html
Your advantages
Here is an easy way to earn Hilton HHonors bonus points:
Bonus when: HHonors
Points
Registering using Internet/e-mail 500*1
Registering by phone 100*1
Birthday 50*1
1 Granted after the first call
Your advantages
Here is an easy way to earn Hilton HHonors bonus points:
Bonus when: HHonors
Points
Registering using Internet/e-mail 500*1
Registering by phone 100*1
Birthday 50*1
1 Granted after the first call
Jan 18, 2005, 1:16 pm
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LondonBA: we're saying the same thing but only one of us is getting uptight 
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I imagine the marketing people have had a think and decided that the minority of US cellphone users on GSM are simply not worth bothering about.
Now when will mobile users roaming in the rest of Europe (100% on GSM be able to earn points?. The Netherlands, Belgium and Austria are a start. What about Germany, Switzerland, France and the rest? When can we expect the rollout?
.I imagine the marketing people have had a think and decided that the minority of US cellphone users on GSM are simply not worth bothering about.
Now when will mobile users roaming in the rest of Europe (100% on GSM
be able to earn points?. The Netherlands, Belgium and Austria are a start. What about Germany, Switzerland, France and the rest? When can we expect the rollout?
Jan 18, 2005, 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Roger
LondonBA: we're saying the same thing but only one of us is getting uptight .
I imagine the marketing people have had a think and decided that the minority of US cellphone users on GSM are simply not worth bothering about.
Now when will mobile users roaming in the rest of Europe (100% on GSM be able to earn points?. The Netherlands, Belgium and Austria are a start. What about Germany, Switzerland, France and the rest? When can we expect the rollout?
.I imagine the marketing people have had a think and decided that the minority of US cellphone users on GSM are simply not worth bothering about.
Now when will mobile users roaming in the rest of Europe (100% on GSM
be able to earn points?. The Netherlands, Belgium and Austria are a start. What about Germany, Switzerland, France and the rest? When can we expect the rollout?Also, its not just a negligible "minority" using GSM in the US - carriers such as T-Mobile and Cingular have a growing number of users that will easily match and surpass CDMA users:
from a July 2003 analyst:
"ABI says that there are 73 million CDMA handsets in use in the US, that amounts to a 44 percent market share, versus 58 million GSM handsets, or a 35 percent share. The GSM number is a dramatic increase from 11 percent last year (2002), thanks to AT&T Wireless moving from TDMA to GSM/GPRS.
According to the analyst company, GSM will draw level next year (2004), with 45 to 44 percent, and nudge ahead in 2005. The share of others, which includes Nextel's iDEN will fall to 8 percent. For the rest of the period for which ABI has made forecasts, GSM and CDMA technologies duke it out with scarcely a per centage point of difference between them.
In addition, ABI sees plenty of growth yet in the US market. It suggests subscriber numbers will grow from 165 million this year to 204 million in 2008. "
source: http://www.intermediaries.net/C951235236/E793053553/
Jan 18, 2005, 1:29 pm
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Originally Posted by LondonBA
not uptight
and the in yiur messages!It is good to know that the US is slowly catching up with Europe when it comes to mobiles - does that also apply to Japan, Mexico and the other areas where our GSM phones find it difficult to operate?
Jan 18, 2005, 1:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Roger
OK, I was misled by the and the in yiur messages!
It is good to know that the US is slowly catching up with Europe when it comes to mobiles - does that also apply to Japan, Mexico and the other areas where our GSM phones find it difficult to operate?
and the in yiur messages!It is good to know that the US is slowly catching up with Europe when it comes to mobiles - does that also apply to Japan, Mexico and the other areas where our GSM phones find it difficult to operate?
i don't know about Japan or Mexico. I know Canada is following the same route as the US with more and more carriers switching to GSM.
Its one of the things (in addition to Dubya) that is really a downer about living in the US - poor mobile phone service!! Not to mention only a minority use text messaging here.... but I digress from the topic
Hilton should reconsider its promo in light of the evidence put forth!
Jan 18, 2005, 1:47 pm
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Originally Posted by sonofliberty
You can also earn American AAdvantage miles (which can be exchanged 2-to-1 for HHonors points) for T-Mobile service here in the U.S.
Mike
