Hilton HHonors has a special bonus offer for Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members. You can receive up to 15000 bonus miles for five stays between September 26 and December 31, 2012. Registration prior to your stay is required to be eligible for this offer and you need to choose Virgin Atlantic as your Double Dip partner.
Bonus miles per stay
1. Stay 1 – 1000 bonus miles
2. Stay 2 – 2000 bonus miles
3. Stay 3 – 3000 bonus miles
4. Stay 4 – 4000 bonus miles
5. Stay 5 – 5000 bonus miles
6. Stay 6+ – no bonus miles
Variable or fixed miles?
You can choose between variable or fixed miles when Virgin Atlantic is your double dip partner.
Variable miles are easy to understand. You will receive two Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles per USD spend.
Fixed miles are different. You will receive a set number of miles 1000, 200, or 100 depending of the Hilton brand you are staying at:
At full service hotels you should choose fixed miles option as long as your folio amount is less than $500. If you folio amount is in excess of $500, the variable miles is better option.
You can transfer Virgin Atlantic miles back to Hilton HHonors points
I have written a piece about a strategy of choosing Virgin Atlantic as your double dip partner, even when you don’t really want to collect their miles, and later transferring the miles back to Hilton HHonors points.
If you earn the maximum number of bonus miles under this offer (15000) and the base fixed miles (5000) for five stays, you can then transfer these 20000 miles to 40000 Hilton HHonors points. You cannot do these transfers over the phone, but you have to call the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Conclusion
This is a nice offer whether you collect Virgin Atlantic miles or Hilton HHonors points. If your preference is Hilton points, you would earn and additional 6K Hilton HHonors points per stays by going the Virgin route and moving them back to Hilton.
Here are the terms and conditions of this offer:
1. To participate in the offer, you must be a Hilton HHonors™ member and register at http://www.hhonors.com/FCstaymore. Membership is free. You must have Virgin Atlantic Airways selected in your HHonors profile as your preferred airline, prior to booking your Hilton Worldwide stay. In order to earn bonus miles, HHonors members must select from two Double Dip® Earnings Style options: HHonors Points and Variable Miles or HHonors Points and Fixed Miles.
2. Only stays completed after registration will be eligible for Flying Club miles award. Points cannot be retrospectively applied.
3. HHonors members choosing HHonors Points and Fixed Miles award will earn 10 HHonors Base Points per eligible U.S. dollar spent plus 1000 or 200 or 100 miles (as applicable) per stay. Please visithttp://hhonors1.hilton.com/en_US/hh/points/earningmiles.door ask at the time of booking for details of the fixed points awarded at your chosen hotel. Members will also be awarded the following bonus Flying Club miles per stay:
• 1st stay: 1,000 bonus miles
• 2nd stay: 2,000 bonus miles
• 3rd stay: 3,000 bonus miles
• 4th stay: 4,000 bonus miles
• 5th stay: 5,000 bonus miles
• From 6 stays and more – members will be awarded the standard stay miles only.4. HHonors members choosing HHonors Points and Variable Miles award, will earn 10 HHonors Base Points plus 2 Flying Club base miles per 1 USD spent, plus the following bonus Flying Club miles per stay:
• 1st stay: 1,000 bonus miles
• 2nd stay: 2,000 bonus miles
• 3rd stay: 3,000 bonus miles
• 4th stay: 4,000 bonus miles
• 5th stay: 5,000 bonus miles
• From 6 stays and more – members will be awarded the standard stay Points and Miles only.5. Up to a maximum of 15,000 Flying Club bonus miles can be claimed during this promotional period of 26 September September and 31 December 2012.
6. Flying Club Miles accrued and awards issued are subject to Flying Club Terms and Conditions
7. Offer is subject to availability at participating Hilton Worldwide Hotels & Resorts for stays completed between 26 September and
