Hilton launched an offer to buy Honors points with a doubled limit and 100% bonus that is soon ending. You must purchase by July 8, 2021.
Members can usually buy up to 80,000 points every calendar year before the bonus, although the limit is often doubled for select members (check the purchase page).
You can access Hilton’s web page for buying points here.
READ MORE: Hilton Honors Rate & Bonus Points And Miles Promotions
Note that you need to buy a minimum of 10,000 points to get a 100% bonus. The account that receives the points must have been open for a minimum of 90 days (without any other activity) or 30 days if there is a stay or other credit.
Note that the points are sold through partner points.com, and the purchase doesn’t qualify as Hilton one for those paying with affiliated credit cards.
Here’s the price at 100% bonus:
The cost of a purchased point under this offer is 0.5 cents each.
Hilton award charts:
Hilton has several hotels requiring just 5,000 or 10,000 points per night!
Hilton Honors 5,000 & 10,000 Points Per Night Hotels (May 2021)
Here are examples when buying points make good sense:
Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts
380,000 points would cost you $1,900 under his sale compares to paying more than 4,200 euros.
Conrad Bora Bora Nui
Conrad Bora Bora Nui is one of the hotels at which using points over paying cash, which makes a lot of sense. Fibe night stay would cost you more than $5,000 compared to $1,780 if you just buy the points.
Conclusion
The award availability tends to be good, and reward reservations are usually flexible in case of last-minute cancellations or modifications (always check the cancellation deadline!).
You have to keep in mind that Honors awards include all fees and taxes that sometimes can be an additional 30% on top of the initial rate displayed, and all elite members get the fifth night free when redeeming points.
The best use of Hilton Honors points is when and where the paid rates are through the roof, such as the Maldives or French Polynesia properties.
Here are the terms and conditions of this promotion:
Points purchased do not count towards elite tier qualification. Points.com and Hilton Honors reserve the right to terminate bonus promotions at any time. All purchases must be made through the Purchase page on HiltonHonors.com. The 100% Points bonus campaign is available for purchases of 15,000 or more Points made between May 18, 2021, at 12:01am ET and July 8, 2021, at 11:59pm ET. Through July 8, 2021 members may purchase a maximum of 160,000 points per calendar year. All purchases are non-refundable. Offer is subject to change. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Points will be posted to the recipients Hilton Honors account within 48 hours of the completed transaction. All Hilton Honors Terms and Conditions apply. Hilton HonorsTM membership, earning and redemption of Points are subject to Honors Terms and Conditions, available at HiltonHonors.com/Terms.
Price includes all applicable fees. GST/HST will be charged to Canadian residents. QST will be charged to Quebec residents. Points purchased are final and not refundable and are applicable towards all Honors Terms and Conditions. Email address is required and will only be used for transaction and marketing communications related to this purchase. Purchased points do not count towards Honors status upgrades.
The true cost of award stays should include the points you don’t get. Jogn’s example of Conrad Bora Bora Nui…
A Diamond guest using Aspire would get 50000 base points, diamond doubled for another 50000, plus aspire 70,000. there are a couple of other ones that are insignificant in this case, the guest would be giving up 170,000 points. If you do it now in the tripling special, that’s another 100,000 for a total 270,000.
John is still correct that points is cheaper, but the calculation is not quite as one-sided as it looks.
True. I always make my “points vs money” calculations and then I figure out what I would get if I paid for it. Unless I’m strapped for cash, sometimes it’s not worth it once you subtract the points that you’re not getting. It’s frustrating because the stays where you get the biggest bang for your buck as far as points vs cash is concerned are, by definition, the stays where you’d conceivably earn a lot of points if you paid for it.
The loss of the 5,000 point options in the Red Sea, infact the decimation of the 5,000 points hotel list in general has hurt the economics of this at the low-end properties.
I maxed out in January and they still haven’t raised my purchase limit and we’re into the second half of the year. Grrr…