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Hilton has opened registration for their next Points Unlimited promotion that starts on January 1, 2022 and runs for four full months. For anyone booking award stays during that period you’ll be happy, but anyone booking paid stays will be disappointed at the low level of bonus points you’ll earn.
The Deal
- Earn 2,500 bonus points per stay at Hilton Honors properties.
- Direct link to registration.
Key Terms
- Offer valid for stays completed between January 1, 2022 – May 1, 2022 (“Promotion Period”) at any hotel or resort within the Hilton Portfolio. Hilton Honors members must first register at HiltonHonors.com/PointsUnlimited prior to completing a stay within the Promotion Period.
- Registered Hilton Honors members checking in before January 1, 2022 will receive Bonus Points for their stay if the stay is completed on or after January 1, 2022 and prior to or on May 1, 2022.
- Registered Hilton Honors members will earn 2,500 Bonus Points per stay during the Promotion Period. There is no limit to the total amount of Bonus Points that may be earned during the Promotion Period with this offer. However, there are restrictions on the amount of Base Points that can be earned on a single stay at certain brands.
- Bonus Points do not count toward elite tier qualification.
- Please allow six to eight weeks from completion of your stay for Bonus Points to appear in your account.
- A ‘stay’ is defined as the total number of consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, whether or not a guest checks out and checks back in again.
- Offer is not valid for groups and cannot be combined with other select offers.
- Members will earn 2,500 Bonus Points per stay on paid & reward stays.
Quick Thoughts
This is a disappointing promotion from Hilton if you’ll be booking paid stays with them at the start of 2022, especially seeing as it’s running for four months. Hilton frequently runs promotions giving triple points on paid stays which works out to be an extra 20 points per dollar at most of their brands. That means that unless your paid stays from January 1 to May 1 cost $125 or less, you’ll earn fewer points under this new promotion than they would under their more common triple points promotion.
There are a couple of positive features about this promotion though. First, there’s no limit to the number of points you can earn from this promotion, hence its title as Points Unlimited.
Second, you’ll earn 2,500 bonus points even on award stays. While that’s not as generous as some past Hilton promotions where they offered 2,000 bonus points per night which was valid on both award and paid stays, it’s always good to see hotel promotions that offer bonus points even when you’re redeeming them as it reduces the net cost of your stay.
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Do you know of a good way to get the bonus for stays that start before May 1, but end after May 1? Sounds like checking out halfway through and checking back in wouldn’t trigger it 🙁