Hilton Honors tier qualification in 2023 returns to the pre-pandemic levels: Silver: 10 nights, 4 stays or 25,000 Base Points. Gold: 40 Nights, 20 stays, or 75,000 Base Points. Diamond: 60 nights, 30 stays, or 120,000 Base Points.
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Will members still be able to give the gift of status to a friend or family member in 2023? Yes – gifting status will remain an Elite member benefit. Once reaching 60 nights in 2023, a member will be able to gift Gold status; upgrading that status to Diamond will be achieved once they stay 100 nights in the year.
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.
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 Hilton Honors card welcome offer of 100,000 Hilton Honors points can go a long way and can get you luxury stays at hotels such as the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (95,000 points per night) or the 80,000-point-per-night London Hilton Park Lane.
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.
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.