If you missed out on extending your Hilton Honors elite status for this year, you could still have a chance to do so with just one stay. Hilton has a “Tier Last Call 2023 Promotion”, giving select members the option to enjoy their elite status for one more year.
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Once you have reached a certain elite tier, you may keep your status for the calendar year in which the elite tier was earned and the subsequent calendar year. To make it easier to keep your elite tier status, reward stays count toward elite tier qualification.
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.
For most people, it probably won't be worth going very far out of your way to chase airline elite status. You can easily replicate many of the perks that a low- or even mid-tier elite traveler would enjoy by holding the right credit cards and buying the occasional upgrade to first class.
It's tough to argue anything other than, yes, Hilton Honors Gold status is absolutely worth it. In fact, no other major U.S. hotel chain offers as high a value of a mid-level status tier than what Hilton offers.
How long do you hold American Airlines elite status and how do you requalify? American Airlines AAdvantage members qualify for status based on the 12-month period starting on March 1 of each year. Then, status lasts through March 31 of the following year.
For example, you'll achieve lifetime Platinum elite status after 600 qualifying nights and 10 years of Platinum elite status or higher. However, Marriott does not currently offer lifetime Titanium status, so you must renew your Titanium status each year to continue receiving benefits.
Marriott's elite status is usually valid during the year in which you've earned it and the year afterward (though that has changed due to COVID-19 related status extensions). Generally though, if you earn Platinum status in June 2023, you'll have it for the remainder of 2023 and throughout all of 2024.
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. However, as you're going to see, there are some tricks you can use to squeeze more value out of these points.
With 2X points, members can expect to earn anywhere from 20 to 30 points per US$1, depending on their tier. 1 Hilton point is worth about 0.5 US cents, so you're looking at a rebate of 10% to 15%. 1,000 bonus points will be awarded for each stay at a different brand in the Hilton portfolio, namely: Canopy by Hilton.