Hilton has brought on their partner Small Luxury Hotels of the World which has been a bit more exciting than we expected it would be. In today’s Frequent Miler on the Air episode we’ll discuss more.
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Main Event: Hilton delivers luxury through SLH
Mailbag
(01:07) – a note about the alliteration in “pop-up prison” vs “pop-up jail” (Mail Bag)
Card Talk
(02:56) – IHG Premier 60K certs (Card Talk)
Read more about the IHG Premier 60K cert offer here: https://frequentmiler.com/chase-ihg-premier-card-best-ever-offer-5-60k-free-night-certificates/
Crazy Thing
(08:37) – Greg booked AA to fly to London and it didn’t go very smoothly…
Read about Greg’s recent AAdventures (or misadventures) here: https://frequentmiler.com/my-aadventures-aatempting-to-fly-aa-to-london/
Award Talk
(21:38) – Escape lounge on arrival (Award Talk)
(26:19) – Digging in to fare class info when booking via Chase (Award Talk)
Main Event: Hilton delivers luxury through SLH
(32:28) – Overview: ~400 SLH hotels bookable through Hilton
(38:09) – Some SLH hotels have suites defined as standard rooms
(39:30) – Gold and Diamond members: space-available room upgrades and continental breakfast for up to two guests.
(42:01) – Excellent Hilton point value possible through SLH
(44:19) – Free night certs & 5th Night Free awards apply to SLH
(47:21) – How to get points
(1:01:50) – How to get free night certs
Read more about the Hilton Aspire card here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxHiltonAspire/
(1:04:25) – Read more about the Hilton Surpass card here: https://frequentmiler.com/hilton-honors-american-express-surpass-card/
(1:09:08) – How to find SLH award availability
(1:12:21) – Visit Rooms.aero here: https://rooms.aero/
Question of the week
(1:20:59) – Does the Chase Freedom Unlimited card double offer calculate even points that were transferred out? (Question of the week)
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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You can book Hilton FNCs online using the chat feature without calling in. Helpful when using P2’s account!
I booked The Wentworth Mansion in Charleston, SC when still available on Hyatt points. Believe it was 40,000 Hyatt points per night. Most likely my first and last SLH point redemption. Hilton points can be difficult to accumulate.
I just booked it last night for June 2025 using a FNC. That was the only time there was a Saturday night available
I booked 3 nights when still bookable with Hyatt points. Circa 1886 excellent restaurant on property. Breakfast was included in the room rate served in the same restaurant. You will enjoy your 1 night. And WOW having to book a year in advance.
Nick!
That is a fantastic tip about fare classes and the Chase portal. We saw that too, esp. compared to the Capital One portal. TY.
BTW, we stayed at two 5* SLH hotels in Europe this past time, booked through Hyatt before that ended. Was amazing value.
Concerning the Amex Platinum guests for lounges, can a guest come in the Delta lounges when flying Delta?
Not for free, no
@Greg did you claim any reimbursement from American/credit cards for delayed and canceled flights?
No. I probably should have but I was just laser focused on how to get there in time
I think you still can get compensated and from my knowledge get all of the AA miles back.
Thanks. I’ll have to look into that!