However, unlike Marriott, which offers lifetime status for each of its elite tiers, Hilton only offers lifetime status for Diamond, its highest level.
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If you are an Hilton Honors guest with Diamond status, you and up to one additional registered guest in the same room will always enjoy complimentary access to the Executive Floor Lounge, even if your stay is not booked on or upgraded to the Executive Floor.
If you have the Hilton Surpass card or the Hilton Business Amex card, you can spend $40,000 in a calendar year to get Diamond status. You can also book 60 nights, 30 stays, or earn 120,000 base points (in 2022, the requirements are either 42 nights, 21 stays, or 84,000 base points).
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.
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.
Within Hilton Honors, there are different tiers of status that allow you to enjoy benefits when staying at Hilton properties worldwide — the highest of these is called Diamond. One of the biggest reasons to stick to Hilton Honors is that it's much, much easier than other hotel chains to enjoy top-tier elite status.
Hilton Diamond status comes with a host of benefits including space-available room upgrades (up to a one-bedroom suite), access to Executive Lounges at participating hotels, 100% bonus points on all stays and elite gifting status.
The highest tier, Hilton Diamond status, comes with the most benefits, including space-available room upgrades, a daily food and beverage credit, and elite gifting status.
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.
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.
Dine 11 times at participating restaurants before the end of the year to become a VIP member of Hilton Honors Dining. As a VIP member: You earn 8 Bonus Points per $1 spent at participating restaurants. Earn at even more restaurants than non-VIP members, with locations exclusively for VIP members.
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.