Hilton has a free points sharing feature, whereby you can transfer points instantly to another Hilton Honors member. You can transfer no more than 500,000 points to another member, and can receive no more than two million points per calendar year from others. That's the easiest and most foolproof way to go about this.
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Yes, Hilton Honors Members can gift Points directly from their account online.
Sign in to hiltonhonors.com.
Select Points from main menu.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Gift Points'
If you're short on time, here's the quick lowdown: Yes, you can book a Hilton stay for someone else by reserving under their name, providing their details, and communicating plans.
Points Transfer is a 1:1 transaction, while Points Pooling allows for combining Hilton Honors Points with up to 10 other people (11 including yourself).
How to book a hotel room for someone else: Most hotel chains and hotel websites will allow you to input separate billing and guest information when booking a room. But most will also require you to either prepay the reservation or fill out a credit card authorization form for the guest to bring to the hotel.
Honors Members can transfer points out of their account to another member's account at a 1:1 ratio up to six times per calendar year and also transfer via points pooling up to six times per calendar year.
Up today: how to spend a million Hilton Honors points. On paper, TPG values 1 million Hilton Honors points at $6,000, which is much lower than some other programs we've looked at in this series.
These double point packages make absolutely no sense for anyone else than for business travelers who can expense their stays. Unless it is your own company, this is likely unethical and could lead to termination if someone audits the stays and finds this out.
To qualify, you must complete 30 stays, stay 60 nights or earn 120,000 base points in a calendar year. However, primary cardholders of the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card (see rates and fees) enjoy complimentary Diamond status as a perk of their card.
How to book a hotel room for someone else: Most hotel chains and hotel websites will allow you to input separate billing and guest information when booking a room. But most will also require you to either prepay the reservation or fill out a credit card authorization form for the guest to bring to the hotel.
Event credit vouchersThese can be redeemed at any hotel within the Hilton Portfolio, including redemptions for future bookings or for spending at participating hotels. Event credit vouchers can be redeemed in the following increments: $50 for 25,000 points. $100 for 50,000 points.
Checking in & staying with Go Hilton RatesAuthorized family/friends can travel without the authorizing Team Member when staying under their own Family & Friends rates, but the family/friends do need to make their own reservations by signing into the Go Hilton booking site with their own Hilton Honors account.
That means that five nights would cost you 40,000 points, or an average of 8,000 points per night. That means that 100,000 points would get you 12 free nights at that hotel.
Hilton Honors points have a value of 0.6 cent each. Hilton Honors points are worth less than the average hotel point. According to NerdWallet's analysis, 10,000 Hilton points are worth about $60.
500 Honors points definitely isn't much to write home about — according to TPG's latest valuations they're only worth about $2.50. But, if you have several stays with Hilton planned, there's no reason not to book your stay through the app to claim these bonus points.