Hilton is offering
Free Silver Status through April 29, 2024 when you sign in to your Hilton Honors account.
Plus, if you stay 8 nights by April 29, 2024, you'll earn Gold Status through March 2026.
Thanks to community member
aznassassin78687 for finding this deal.
Silver Status Perks:
- 20% Points earning Bonus on stays
- Get two free bottles of water when you arrive (at select hotels).
- Your fifth night is free when you book a standard room stay with 100% Points.
- Roll over extra nights for a head start on earning next year's status.
- Indulge in 15% off at an All-Inclusive spa within the Hilton portfolio of brands.
Gold Status Perks:
- 80% Points earning Bonus on Stays
- Space-available room upgrades up to Executive Floor room types.
- Daily Food and Beverage Credit or Continental Breakfast (varies by brand and region)
- As part of your MyWay benefits, you'll receive a Daily Food & Beverage Credit at select brands in the U.S., and Motto by Hilton globally, and complimentary Continental Breakfast at select brands outside the U.S. (excluding Motto by Hilton). Either the Credit or Continental Breakfast will be given to you and up to one additional guest registered to the same room each night of your stay. Diamond and Gold members provided breakfast in the Executive Lounge will not receive the Daily F&B Credit.
- Earn 10,000 Bonus Points every 10 nights after you've stayed 40 nights in a calendar year.
- Full member benefits here
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Generally, rewards programs aside, I think Hilton excels at the lower levels (Hamptons, Homewoods, etc) versus Marriott and Hyatt. Their brands are really consistent, hotels are generally well kept, etc. At the higher levels, think LXR, Curio, Conrad, etc... Hilton almost always disappoints me. The hotels in this range are either really tired, have borderline service, or are new-ish with impressive lobbies but cheap-o rooms that were slapped together.
I went to Hyatt and I haven't looked back. Totally get that doesn't work for everyone given their footprint, but it has worked for me.
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Unless you like suites, then the lowerend Marriott properties are nice. So status is not really that important as they already come with breakfast. The lounges have some limited value. But, for me, not enough to offset the higher room rates.
Most important to me is the value of points and how fast one can earn them. IMO, Marriott wins easily this category. Probably need 1.5x or more in Hilton points for a similar Marriott redemption. Also, Marriott always seem to have more redemption options for an area.
I think Hilton silver is pretty much worthless. Would never split loyalty just because of silver status.
I should add value of status depends upon what cities you are planning to stay at the most. In some citites, i.e. NYC, upgrades are almost impossible to get. In more rural areas, few hotels have lounges or suites. Status have limited value. More useful is probably the late checkout (depending upon status) that Marriott grants you. Sometimes it is nice to check out as late as 4.
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Generally, rewards programs aside, I think Hilton excels at the lower levels (Hamptons, Homewoods, etc) versus Marriott and Hyatt. Their brands are really consistent, hotels are generally well kept, etc. At the higher levels, think LXR, Curio, Conrad, etc... Hilton almost always disappoints me. The hotels in this range are either really tired, have borderline service, or are new-ish with impressive lobbies but cheap-o rooms that were slapped together.
I went to Hyatt and I haven't looked back. Totally get that doesn't work for everyone given their footprint, but it has worked for me.
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- Marriott has more total properties so statistically you're more likely to find an open Marriott in any given location than a Hilton (or other chain) although in my travels I typically find that I can do Marriott or Hilton without much travel difference.
I try to concentrate stays at a given chain, as I don't travel enough for work that I'd qualify for high tiers on multiple systems. Silver on Marriott is basically like just being a regular "member" years ago before the tiers were downgraded (e.g. Silver was once what Gold is now, Gold was once what Platinum is now, etc).
I've been the highest tiers @ Hilton, IHG and Marriott but my mainstay is Marriott just for the sake of concentrating points and benefits to where they are useful. All of these programs have declined in usefulness over the years; in an effort to gain customers, each of the hotel chains started dishing out points and nights with/as credit card bonuses, then devalued points and tiers. Just about anything one could say about Hilton could also be applied to Marriott or IHG (I don't participate in any of the lower programs like Quality, etc)
I agree the Hilton status and points are trash in the US. Overseas though, it's a totally different story.
We just went through 5 different Hilton properties in Japan and we got upgraded to a suite every single time.
The free full breakfast and executive lounge with free booze are still fully active.
I am sticking with Hilton since they seems to have better properties in the cities where I usually go.
I'll echo for Marriott. In the US, unless I stay in a an actual Marriott or higher (e.g. not Fairfield, Courtyard, etc), status doesn't get you much, and you usually have to ask (e.g. I've never been offered a free upgrade just by virtue of being Pt, but on asking they usually oblige). Outside the country, particularly Asia, it's a different story. You're treated like royalty, staff know your name and will greet you walking in the halls, and that isn't even at a top tier like a JW/Marriott. I was in Shanghai once at a Courtyard for 2 weeks and peeking behind the desk, they had photos along with names of each customer Pt and above, with the intent I guess that staff would know your name to greet you. [plus foreign hotels tend to have executive lounges with free booze and such in my experience]
That translates to personal travel as well - since I have a bazillion Marriott points and status might mean something, although I DO care what I spend when it's coming out of my own pocket.
That translates to personal travel as well - since I have a bazillion Marriott points and status might mean something, although I DO care what I spend when it's coming out of my own pocket.
How? Hilton earnings with status are higher than Marriots... and you can get much higher earnings on Hilton branded credit cards than with Marriot branded ones.
I agree 1 Hilton point is worth less than 1 Marriott point- but since it's easier to earn more Hilton points with the same spend as Marriot this mostly comes out in the wash.
Instead someone doing ~60 nights a year would want to focus on things like:
Which places I tend to go those nights are more likely to have nicer places and/or a worthwhile lounge?
Am I a breakfast person (Marriott wins here as they give free breakfast at more properties) or not (Hilton wins here since they give F&B credits usable at other times at some brands)
Am I going to hold a Marriott credit card? Because if so 60 nights stayed plus the card bonus nights gets you to titanium, where you can get an extra FNC (40k cert) and that's significant value- but if not and you're only Plat that just gets you 5 suite nights which are increasingly harder to get any use out of at all...
How important is a guaranteed 4pm checkout (Marriott)? (for me usually if I'm not leaving in the morning it's because I'll be out doing things that day locally- in which case the late checkout is no help- I'm prob. not gonna be back by 4 either so I just leave bag(s) at front desk either way- but YMMV)
Personally I've found a bit better luck with Hilton than Marriott on "free" just ask for it upgrades at check in, but it's pretty hit and miss both places.
One other big one if you plan to be redeeming points for stays--- Hilton waives resort fees for award stays. Marriott does not
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I travel mostly for business. As I said, I couldn't care less about the cost, and travel is a part of the job (within reason), so if it means I drive another 20 minutes so I get Marriott points, that's what I am going to do.
For personal use though, cost and convenience play a role, but if I have a bazillion points with Marriott and can get the stay for free, that weighs heavily on the decision. It's a case by case basis. Generally for me, on vacation a hotel is basically just a place to sleep. If it has a free (usually crappy by adult standards) breakfast, that's cool, and it's probably convenient for it to be close to the sights (if it's that kind of vacation), but otherwise it's just a place to crash at the end of the day.
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