Hilton’s 3rd quarter promotion came to an end last week and we need to wait until November 1st for the next systemwide promotion for Hilton HHonors bonus points. In the meantime, you can take advantage of the four airline related promotions out there; Delta SkyMiles, Emirates Skywards, Lufthansa Miles & More and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Hilton HHonors will officially announce the new promo on October 17 and the promotion period will be from November 1 to December 31, 2012.
What I have learned from two independent sources is that the promotion is for 1000 bonus points per night for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights. You won’t earn any bonus points for Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Conclusion
Last year, Hilton run a fantastic promotion for a free night certificate for every four stays that I took fully advantage of. Thousand bonus points for Thursday to Monday stays is of course better than nothing, but is not enough for me to move any stays to Hilton that wouldn’t have happened in the first place.
This will be known as the “1000 reasons NOT to stay with Hilton this quarter” promo, considering what Radisson, Marriott and Priority Club are doing.
The 20K VS for 5 stays that you can transfer back to 40K HH is not bad at all. I will most likely do this.
http://loyaltylobby.com/2012/09/26/hilton-hhonors-virgin-atlantic-flying-club-bonus-offer-15k-bonus-miles-for-5-stays/
Second that. When combined with virgin atlantic’s airline miles promo, it’s actually a very good quarter. Problem is, most frequent travelers have more than five stays planned in one quarter alone.
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As a disappointed Diamond member, with airline double points avaiable now and all nights for the quarter but no HHonors point bonus, is the forth quarter bonus trying to show that Hilton wants my money for paid stays, but prefer when it comes to loyalty rewards that they prefer I fly somewhere using double airline points and stay in a non-Hilton family hotel.
At least for the month of October, you should take advantage of the Hilton/Virgin Atlantic promotion and credit four stays there. You can later move the miles back to HH for 40K Hilton points.