I know that with Hilton, you can transfer miles from airlines to Hilton Points. Can you do this with any other hotels?? I have so many Airline miles I dont know what to do with them. But I dont have that many hotel points.

As far as I know, Hilton Honors is the only programs which allow this.

Some airline programs will let you redeem airline miles for hotel stays (I have done this with British Airways).

I believe you can earn hotel points instead of airline miles at the Hyatt based on your choice.
It also seems that the Reniassance Hotel I stayed at last week-part of Marriot??-had the same deal.
That, of course does not help immediately, Only other way I have done it is through American Express/Diners programs.

At Hyatt you request at checkin whether you want hotel points for Gold Passport or miles.

It's similar to Holiday Inn's Priority Club.


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I think the original question is about: transferring existing airline-miles into hotel-points - isn't it neyoisles?

and than - to my knowledge - pgupta011 is right: we know only the HHonors program (and may be the just announced Diners 3-months-promotion: UA to Diners to Hilton or others? I don't know the details of the US-Diners-program).

Have a look under the Diners-topic.

[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 03-01-99).]

Rudi...my question was about which hotel programs will allow you to convert airline miles into hotel points. I need more hotel points to pay for some vacations. While I like the hiltons, they only have 3 properties in Hawaii and very few properties in the Carribean. I also have Hilton points up the wazoo and am trying to figure out a way to get miles into my starwood account.

Thanks for all the replies.

Rudi, I think it would be better to transfer UA to Hilton directly, than to involve Diners Club as a conduit.

I agree - myself I transfer everything into flight-miles on my 3 airline-accounts with UA, LH and SR - I concentrate and head for the airline miles with any program (Marriott, Hilton, Starwoods, Interconti, Holiday Inns, Diners, SR-Eurocard/Mastercard, VISA, Hertz, AVIS).

I am aware, that I miss some exceptional hotel/vacation deals/possibilities - but that way I always have a high enough balance of flightmiles to maximise their flight-value, either as:

* upgrades for me or my family;
* high-prized "last"minute inner-european flights for me or my family, that would credit anyway just a few miles if paid;
* luxury gifts to family members (transatlantic-award-tickets in Firstclass on three class aircrafts);
* airline-auction-participation for "out of the normal - once in a lifetime-events".

I pay directly (vacation 100%) or indirectly (business = 33%) out of my own pocket for all my travels & hotel-stays (on business or privat, most times a combination of both - ... at least taxwise ...).