Hilton members can match their elite status from at least five hotel loyalty programs: Marriott Bonvoy. “IHG Rewards Club” (which has been officially renamed as IHG One Rewards) World of Hyatt.
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Hyatt does not currently offer any opportunities to get elite status via status match from another hotel loyalty program. However, you can match from MGM Rewards and receive the corresponding World of Hyatt status.
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.
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.
Top-tier hotel elite status provides premium perks and unparalleled earning power to reward travelers for their loyalty. The highest elite status level within IHG One Rewards is Diamond Elite status. Members achieve IHG Diamond status based on their points earned, nightly stays or credit card spending each year.
Diamond Elite is the highest elite tier in the IHG One Rewards loyalty program. You can earn Diamond Elite status by staying 70 qualified nights or earning 120,000 qualified points in a calendar year.
The highest Hilton Honors status is Diamond. Diamond status will afford you benefits including space-available room upgrades, 100% points earning bonus on stays, elite status gifting and more.
Stay eight nights within your 90 day trial period and you'll keep Gold status through March 31, 2025. Stay 14 nights within your 90 day trial period and you'll be upgraded to Diamond status through March 31, 2025.
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.
Stay 5 nights (instead of 40) in 90 days and keep Platinum Elite status. Stay 2 nights (instead of 10) in 90 days and keep Gold Elite status. For business travel, book through your corporate travel channel, or for personal travel, book direct at IHG.com.
Once you earn IHG One Rewards elite status, you'll maintain that status through the end of the following calendar year. For example, if you earn Platinum Elite status in October 2023, it will be valid until Dec. 31, 2024.
Free breakfast. Diamond Elite members can choose as their welcome amenity a daily free breakfast for themself and one guest. The free breakfast benefit is available at full-service and select-service brands, like InterContinental, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn and Kimpton.
While Hilton Honors has three elite tiers — Silver, Gold, and Diamond — the program only offers lifetime Diamond status, meaning there's no way to earn lifetime Silver or Gold status. Lifetime status is still a relatively new concept to the Hilton Honors program, as it was only introduced back in 2015.
Hilton Diamond status is the highest elite status level you can achieve and offers additional perks like up to Suite-level space-available room upgrades, a 100% point bonus on stays, premium Wi-Fi access, a 48-hour room guarantee and even the ability to give Gold elite status to another Hilton Honors member.
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.