Is there anything higher than diamond for Hilton Honors?
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.
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However, unlike Marriott, which offers lifetime status for each of its elite tiers, Hilton only offers lifetime status for Diamond, its highest level.
The Hilton Honors program's top tier is Diamond status, typically earned after 30 stays or 60 nights or by earning 120,000 base points in a calendar year (which equates to $12,000 in spending).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Another key difference between Diamond and Gold status is that Diamond members are guaranteed Executive Lounge access at applicable properties, even when you aren't upgraded to an Executive Level room.
Hilton has a massive portfolio of hotel brands that stretch across several tiers: luxury, upper upscale, upscale, upper midscale, midscale, and timeshare.