As a Platinum Card Member you are eligible to enrol in complimentary Hilton Honors Gold status. Offer available only to Platinum Card Members and is not transferable.
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As a Platinum Card Member you are eligible to enrol in complimentary Hilton Honors Gold status. Offer available only to Platinum Card Members and is not transferable. Full details of Gold status can be found at HiltonHonors.com/MemberBenefits and is subject to change by Hilton.
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.
To earn Hilton Diamond status, you'd normally need to book 42 nights or 21 stays, or earn 84,000 bonus points. With the Hilton Honors Aspire Card from American Express, however, you'll automatically earn Diamond status — the highest loyalty tier of the Hilton Honors program — once you've enrolled.
The easiest way to get Hilton Honors Gold status could be bysimply applying for any of the American Express credit cards that offer Hilton Honors Gold status automatically. Among the most popular cards with automatic Hilton Gold status as a benefit is The Platinum Card® from American Express.
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.
Before applying for the Amex Platinum, we recommend that your annual income be at least $50,000. The Amex Business Platinum card gives you more wiggle room because you can still qualify for an Amex small business card even if you have a low business income or are just starting.
Your other option is the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card. Charging just a $150 annual fee, the card gives you complimentary Gold elite status. However, you can also opt to spend $40,000 on the card in a calendar year, which will give you Diamond elite status.
No, the Hilton Honors American Express Card is not easy to get. In addition to enough income for monthly bill payments, the Hilton Credit Card requires you to have good credit or better to qualify, which means you will need a 700+ credit score for good approval odds.
Number of Diamonds out thereIn the Oct. 18 edition of Business Travel News, Adam Burke is quoted as saying of 6.5 million active Hilton HHonors members, 9 percent are gold, while 2.5 percent are diamond.
Credit limits for the Hilton Honors American Express Card vary and can range from $1,000 to over $20,000. When American Express approves your application, it sets a credit limit based on your income, credit profile, and other financial information.