Why I'm Loyal to HILTON - Diamond Status 2023
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Just wanted to shine some light as to why you may not be upgraded as someone who worked for a Hilton property.
(1) say you booked a double queen, and because you are a diamond you expect to be upgraded to a KSTD (King standard) or even an NXKA (King suite). Most of the time it will not happen (unless we know you personally) because they don't know if your traveling with family/friend and need that extra bed regardless if the booker selected 1 adult to stay in the room. The best thing to do is leave a “comment” when booking asking for an upgrade if available. Or at check in just ask.
Oh and don't book on third-party sites otherwise you're stuck with what you book 9/10 regardless if you added your Hilton status, you also don't earn points.
(2) we can see how many Hilton properties you've stayed at. If that number is a lot we upgrade those guests first. This also means we can see passed comments YOU are not able to see attached to your profile and if you're a rude/difficult guest, in which case you are at the very bottom of the daily list.
Thank you for the data points!!! Very nice to have some insider Information!!!!
Luke! I grew up in a 3 br 1100 sq foot house woth 1 bathroom! I've been blessed in this life and this game is just icing!
Well 3 br 800 sq ft apartment until we got the house at when i was age 11.
Yes sir! 1 bath room for 5 of us!!
I used my hilton diamond for 1-night at Doha Qatar (2-month old hotel), and I was automatically upgraded. The guest service check on me and received outstanding service. Now planning to use the $250 airline credit, $250 resorts credit, and free night stay soon. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing, I’d love to spend some time in Doha!!
I think it’s definitely easy to overlook Diamond status as not as exclusive, but I think all of your stories prove that if you know how to use it, Diamond status can get you so much value! Thanks for sharing Luke! Hoping to break into more Hilton redemptions this year!
Thanks Stan! Even the gold status from the business card should yield more than enough value to offset the annual fee.
@@LukesPointsandMiles if you drive to the property, don't forget, Diamond Members get preferred parking right in front too if you don't have to valet. Those spaces are almost never full, which let's me know that everyone isn't Diamond status 😉
I know exactly where you could come on a solo trip… Austin, Texas 👀😆 There are so many reasons to get the Aspire card and pledge loyalty to Hilton if that fits your travel habits. Hearing your first hand experience makes that even more so the case! Thanks for sharing Luke!
Austin would be great! Texas has a lot of offer! Maybe soon!
@@LukesPointsandMiles We'll have to meet up if so. Let me know man!
I have Hilton Gold thru the Amex Platinum. And about 90% of the time when traveling outside the US I been upgraded to a better room.
That’s awesome!! Anything great that you’d want to share?
@@LukesPointsandMiles Usually I will book the cheapest Hilton Honors room rate (free cancellation till the day before check in). Most of the time it’s a higher floor room. Since I travel to India and Dubai often it happens a lot there. I also been upgraded while in Greece.
@@Rolo555 I like your style !!
Couldn't agree more! This has been a game change for our family. We went to Iceland and with our Diamond Status from the card, we got breakfast free for 7 days for 6 people. That alone was a $1500 value! Add in the free night on any property, and it's a no brainer.
It is easy to be loyal to Hilton. I was treated incredibly well on a trip to Saint Augustine for a small vacation. I am a gold level member due to my Surpass card. This along with the AMEX Gold Card allowed me to amass a large number of points. I was upgraded from the standard room I had booked with points to a bayfront room with a balcony. This is over $700 of value for the points I used to book the room. The fact that I had gotten drenched on the trolley probably helped too. On top of this, I got $30 off per day with the food and beverage credit because my father was with me. At the end, I got late check out so that my father and I could do one last tour in the morning before leaving. Great trip. I am sold on Hilton.
Nice work!!
@@LukesPointsandMiles Thanks!!! Things just worked out great. The room upgrade was worth about $80 over both nights and then you add in the $60 for the food and beverage credit for both nights. That right there is $140. Far more than the $95 for the Surpass card annual fee. Maybe this place is like your Conrad in Fort Lauderdale. The room was more than covered by the free MR points on the gold card when they were converted to 2.6 honors points per MR point. I sill have tons of points to take another mini vacation to another location for a couple of days. Then I will leave my points to build up again.
Completely agree with what you said, great content, keep it up!
Recently, we did our anniversary trip to Hawaii and used it at the Hilton Hawaiian village resort with points. We took the basic room and used one night credit as well. They upgraded our whole 5 day stay to a junior suite worth about 1200 - 1500 a night! Which is for sure too good a value to pass up… icing on the cake they gave us a $36 daily credit for F&B…topping that our parking charge (which is exorbitant) was lightened by the $250 resort credit… so all in all I would say a wonderful experience… we have had a few such experiences and hence we are loving the card!
That’s awesome. We’re going to the same place in May !
@@LukesPointsandMiles I hope you have a wonderful stay!! It’s a beautiful property!!
I agree on the Diamond status. I have a trip to Thailand and the Philippines coming up and then going to Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium coming up as well this year. So I’ll be staying in some nice hotels
Can’t wait to hear about that!!!
@@LukesPointsandMiles I’ll definitely let you know how it goes.
Agree 💯! Hilton has the best credit cards. Ohhh and it's not even close 💪 I value Hilton points at least .7 of a cent and gotten .8 of a cent many times.
I am going to agree with you, sir!!
Great video Luke. I’m leaning on adding this card to my Amex portfolio. I’m a big Marriott guy and love the ambassador status I have but this also has good benefits and that $250 airline credit and free night helps too. Hopefully they don’t let it go up before then.
Yes sir!! Thanks for watching, Samuel!!
Great video Luke! I’ll be doing a lot of travel this year so the Aspire is definitely a card I have my eye on for this year. The credits pay the card off itself! The status is a huge bonus! Also to get a free night in a crazy resort is awesome. Great video as always Luke! Thank you for the knowledge you spread! 🙌🏻
Thank you! We also have Amex links in the description if you want to apply!
Great video! Got the Aspire on my horizon. Your upgrade strategy makes a lot of sense + will try that on my stays this year. Thanks for the info + video!
Thanks Jimmy!!
I JUST subscribed, loving your information and personality through the videos and Im also a new HH Aspire member and find your presentations quite valuable 👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you for the kind words, Lando!!!
Great video Luke! Just wanted to say, I just received diamond status for the first time last year and out of the five stays I was upgraded three times so it definitely does work!!
Love to hear it!!
Just took my daughter to NYC and stayed at the Conrad Midtown. Got free upgrade to a Park View 1bd suite. Four nights!
That sounds great!!
As usual awesome video bro. Also it was clear to me you were military just didn't know it was navy. I'm an Army guy myself.
Thank you for your service. My dad and grandpa were army!!
In the last 6 months we have had upgrades at Crockfords, Waldorf Astoria Chicago and Waldorf Trianon Palace. We value the food credits greatly!
Awesome!! I love the food credits!
Used my Free Night Certificate on Amex Aspire for LXR Zemi Beach house in Anguilla 🇦🇮
Got upgraded from Garden view to Ocean view guestroom which was $2,300 per day with taxes included. So insane!
Holy smokes that’s insane value! Great job.
I have to do that in Ft. Lauderdale. I have both the Plat and Aspire. I plan to use my free night and then book the second night with cash I will go through the Fine hotels page. We are going in November- wow!! thanks for that pro tip
Safe travels!!!
Banger! The food and beverage credits tip the scales for me! And the bonus points are nice to have too.
That is true. I didn’t even mention the fact that the cards are very good earners.
I was on the live Luke, and the music at the end was too cool👍🏾 First🙂
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the kind words!!
I NEVER thought diamond status mattered until we went to EGYPT 3 weeks ago... STATUS MATTERS!
I just canceled bonvoy brilliant card, they think too highly of themselves now....Been on fence about the Aspire card, appreciate your personal experiences....has convinced me to get the card!!! Thank you
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Great video Luke. I have gone the way of Hyatt Card with Chase and love it. The chart is really good and the valuation is less dynamic. IF I ever got the Aspire card, I would use it and work the system. I just feel like the points value is low and without that intro offer, you have to really work for the value. I might get around to it at somepoint.
A lot of folks think that way because so many report the points being worth half a cent. I think the hilton cards are great earners and I normally at least .8 cpp. For example, the no annual fee gets 5x at groceries, gas and dining. If i'm getting .8 cpp thats around 4% back with a no annual fee card on real multipliers that we use every day. I think the hilton cards are really underrated and hyatt points, well maybe they're overrated sometimes.
If you make it back to Amsterdam, there’s a Hilton there with the John and Yoko Suite where they created one of their famous works of art, if you like that part of history. The concierge was willing to give me a tour, but it got booked up last minute, so I’ll have to try again. Very new to redemptions. For me, this year is all about Hyatt and Choice in Scandinavia, but Aspire is on my list. Another good vid, thx!
I’d love to hear about choice in Scandinavia. Very interested in that!!
@@LukesPointsandMiles I hear (and will have first hand knowledge in July) that Choice hotels are classier shall we say in Scandinavia than here in the US. Citi gets you double points in the transfer 🎉 I’m taking mom to the fjords of Norway. Booked 61k business class from TRD to MSP with a one night stop in AMS, just enough time to get to that seafood restaurant I recommended to you a while back 🍤🦐🦞🦪😋😊 61k was not easy to find in July, and I just booked it yesterday. Some dates were well over 1M points, they crazy.
@@marcusyoung5440 nice work, sir!!
Fun one, Luke. I want high status in every program, and was very happy to get to the front of the Hilton line with the Aspire.
The Aspire’s uncapped free night certificates really puts it head and shoulders above the Brilliant. Even if the value of Hilton Points were to drop further, so long as those certificates remain uncapped you’ll still get (potentially) the full value of a year or two of your annual fee back with one stay at a high end Hilton property.
And FHR is definitely underrated. I recently had an FHR stay at the four seasons Hotel in Denver. My room was upgraded by two classes, and we received $80 per day in breakfast credits over six nights. Plus the $200 hotel credit and $100 towards the spa. Basically, if you’re fully value all of the credits and the cost of the room upgrade, that one FHR stay more than covered the annual fee of my platinum card for two years. Even if I only value all of it at 1/2, that one FHR stay, was worth as much as the annual fee of my platinum card, and that doesn’t count all of the other credits the platinum card gives me.
I will be using three free night certificates and another free night from points when I stay in London this summer. If I get my room, upgraded a step or two, just that one stay will cover the annual fee of my Hilton cards for at least two or three years. That is good value.
Looking forward to your next videos. Here’s hoping you can share some tricks, for jumping to the head of the line in other programs. :-)
Thanks Robert. I think I’ll have some more status videos in the future. I have a couple more videos to convince folks how great hotel status is!!
@@LukesPointsandMiles I think it’s one of those things we tend to under value when we’re younger. It is cheap or almost free to stay in a youth hostel or on a friends couch. You can save money on food by eating from street carts or splitting a pizza with your buddies. I did all of that when I was a kid, and it was fun. But I am old now, and I want a nice hotel room and a decent restaurant meal when I am on vacation. :-)
@@OakandIV that is 💯 truth! The older we get the more we appreciate a really nice room and some extras!!! Great point, Robert!!
Let’s go!!! Bummer that I’m on Amex no intro bonus list. I would love those Hilton points. Debating what to do. I will be traveling to Dubia this year and would love an upgrade at the Waldorf !
Yeah that would be a treat. I was treated really well there at the Ritz Carlton and the Atlantis.
Coming from Marriott for the last 25 years and recently joined the Hilton brand. Hilton is better hands down. Marriott slowly deteriorated over the years.
I love Marriott properties but I just always had trouble getting value from their program.
I have the Amex Platinum and Hilton Aspire and will be canceling one. I see major value in the Aspire but seeing less and less in the Platinum with the credits….
I can totally understand that. I’m constantly evaluating the platinum. The aspire is an easy keep.
The Bahia mar in Ft. Lauderdale is one of the nicest hotel experiences I ever had
Very cool property!
Been researching the hotel card space, still undecided on which brand to start. Hilton or Marriott for a family of 5 (young kids
I love Marriott properties but personally I’ve never been able to get a lot of value from Bonvoy points
Is the bed comfortable in Hilton hotels? I prefer spring mattresses to foam mattresses.
I normally love their beds
Watching your videos now at work. Great 👍🏻 Content ! As always !
Thanks Albert!
@@LukesPointsandMiles To get all those point looks like you put all you spend on them.
I have the surpass card for now. Son will put all my send on that one. Then later will do the upgrade.
@@LukesPointsandMiles Making sure now I am sign up for your channel
@@albertcastro409 I’m will have a Hilton video coming out today I think
I heard you say platinum American express allows you to add your Hilton number. Are there other portals that allow that? Or is it just an American express thing
Most travel portals do not. Amex allows it for the hotel collection and the FHR
The aspire is an awesome card! Rakuten is a game changer too 😁
Thanks for watching!!
Marriot Bonvoy program is also top notch!
Hilton has a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee!
Right now the Hotel credit is limited to the 300 Hilton resorts. Is there a way to buy gift cards to save them up and use later?
I have to heard of anything. It seems like there are a lot of properties to choose from.
Hey Luke what’s up buddy quick question I have Amex gold & platinum which automatically gives me gold status at Hilton do you think I really need to get aspire card
That’s a crazy question. You only need the aspire card if you 1) stay at Hiltons and 2) want unreal value.
question, can i get two cards, the business one and a personal card to double dip on the points? for example, i got two southwest credit cards and earned 60k points after spending 3k the first month, then like 40k points spending 3k the first 3 months. once combined, i had enough points to earn my companion pass, qualifying me to add my spouse to fly free w/ me on reservations. can i do something like this w/ the hilton credit cards?
Yes you can get all the Hilton cards.
Great info.
@@jonkaufmann344 thanks for watching
How does the food and beverage credit work at an all inclusive resort?
That’s a great question. I would think it wouldn’t apply at all or if it did, maybe it would count towards the upsells like the premium liquor 🍹 or something like that
Do points earned from using Hilton Honors linked reward partners on Lyft count towards earning lifetime status (not using a Hilton credit card)?
I’m not sure. That’s honestly something I’ve never thought about but I would guess no. They aren’t categorized as base points.
I watch u from puertorico !always learning
Borique 4 Life!
@@LukesPointsandMiles yessir💪💪💪
@@LukesPointsandMiles i have both the amex plat and the hilton aspire amex!just took advantage and booked at the venitian palazzo with the FHR💪
@@retromaniapr strong redemption. I like that.
Also, the Hilton Aspire is on my radar... just need the usecase to justify it - hopefully soon
I’m a big fan, obviously.
I always get a upgrade when I can & love it
Nice moves!!
Shout out again to you for the great content!
Thanks, Rob!!!
Right now all three Hilton cards giving you a $100 statement credit you could use on any purchase
That’s awesome!
Are Hilton award bookings cancellable? You get your points back to your Hilton honors account? Any fees?
There are several options. Most of the rewards bookings I make are cancelable. Most are up to 1 to 3 days before the date. But I’ve had to cancel the same day before.
I've been upgraded many times as a diamond member
I have the Amex Platinum. Would you get the Hilton over the Gold?
Me? I have the Platinum, the gold and 3 Hilton cards.
What would you personally pick between the two? I plan on getting one, but I don’t want both. Keeping track and using credits from several cards would give me a headache.
@@Txcowboy80 if you spend a lot on dining and groceries than I think the gold card is a no brainer
Love Hilton, and my 3 Aspire cards
I consistently get upgrades too
3 Aspires!!! Nice work.
I don’t see a food credit on the card website? I’m looking at getting card but I don’t see that perk?
The food credit isn’t a card perk. It’s a status perk. Check the Hilton honors website and it’s listed in the status perks for gold and diamond status members.
@@LukesPointsandMiles it dosent look like this credit works for embassy suites or homewood suites
@@johnchappell4762 yea there are some property specific diversions. I normally stick with Hilton, Conrad, Waldorf and double tree.
@@LukesPointsandMiles awesome! Thank you for the response. I have my sons baseball season coming up where we will be staying at hotels 25-30 nights this summer and I’ve done a lot of research and I feel like this is the best card to go with. I gave you a follow. Thank you again for your responses
@@johnchappell4762 have
Fun!!!
Which are the nicest hotels out of Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt?
This is just my opinion. Nicest Hotels: Marriott, Best Loyalty program at the high end: Hyatt, Best credit cards: Hilton. I get the most value from Hilton out of the 3.
Love the card Luke!
Thank you, sir!!
If I apply Aspire the second time, would I get the bonus ? thanks
No. You’re not eligible for the bonus if you had the card in the past. One technique would be to apply for the surpass then after a year upgrade it to the aspire. Assuming your eligible for the bonus on the surpass
@@LukesPointsandMilesthank u you for the tip ❤
Let's go Vietnam and check out the Hanoi Hilton 🤣. Screw the super bowl I would have gone to Amsterdam.
Let’s go! Yeah I don’t care too much about the superbowl but the boy sure does and that’s dad life!!!!
Good luck with the Bengals. They should at least deal with the Ravens.
would it be worth it to upgrade from a gold status ?
That’s something you would have to decide. It’s 💯 worth it for me.
So you have all those points million points. Does that expire or a cap ?
Or you can keep it
They don’t expire but I don’t hold them either. I use them. I used 560,000 this summer in Hawaii and I’m currently planning a vacation for summer 2024 that I’ll use a lot. Currently I’m sitting at over 700k.
@@LukesPointsandMiles That’s awesome. You can do that. Enjoy that time away in Hawaii and whatever other places you go. 👍🏻
Would like to do Hawaii one day.
SORRY for the unrelated and off topic question. But what brand are your tshirts?
Gildan (cheap from amazing)
@@LukesPointsandMiles Any specific Gildan model? I like the looks and they look comfortable. Where do you usually buy them? Again sorry for the random unrelated question.
@@oliverk9896 ah that last reply was supposed to say “Amazon” but I think you can buy gildan from the cheaper super stores as well. I don’t the model, I think it’s just the cheap plain black t shirts
@@LukesPointsandMiles thank so much for taking the time to answer my off topic question. I have a similar body build as yours and I really like how the t-shirts sit and look on the videos..
@@oliverk9896 thank you, sir!
Did not know about the AMEX benefit
Which one?
@@LukesPointsandMiles using your Hilton Honors number with AMEX Fine Hotels for more perks!
How much spend did you have to do for 1m points?
It’s not always about actual spend. There are several ways to acquire points such as card bonuses, referrals, points earned from stays, promotions and even points that are purchased.
2br 1Ba 845 SF talk that truth bro 🐐
Yes sir!!!
Ramses HILTON in Cairo, EGYPT
My old boss has 4.3 million HH points she will never even use.
Ha! Thats crazy.
Luke have you been to Dubai? Which Hilton property do you think would be best?
I have. I only stayed at the Hilton called Al Seef I think. I would say the Waldorf is probably the best, second Would be the one on the beach.
@@LukesPointsandMiles is that the hilton on jumeriah beach (jbr) or the hilton palm juneriah on west beach (center of palm)?
@@father7875 I looked at both of them and whichever is closer to the beach was cooler. I didn’t trust at either though.
Awesome 😎😎😎😎😎 video
Thank you, Marites!!
We need an updated 2024 video 😂
I’ll make one as soon as I figure out if I’m going to be loyal!!!! Haha
Got the Surpass and Aspire card recently for the SUB so I just wanted to see thank you for pushing out this content. Really helped me make this easy decision!
@@eduardocaudillo6025 my pleasure!!
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When everyone is Dimond, nobody is Dimond. Sorry for my stupidity
No matter how many diamonds are at the hotel, I’m still getting $50 a day to stay there!!
@@LukesPointsandMiles thank you sir for your response ❤
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Stop putting your fingers together. Very weird.
I have no idea what that means, you’re weird.
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Great video Luke! I don't have loyalty to any business but the Hilton is my preferred Hotel and has been for over a decade. I had Gold Status for a very long time before finally getting the Aspire card and getting Diamond status. Even with Gold, I was 10/10 on upgrades last year and to start off 2023, I got an upgrade on my first booking at a Curio property... The Ritz-Carlton is still my favorite Luxury Hotel at the moment though 🫡
The Ritz is awesome. I just haven’t had great experiences dealing with Marriott
@@LukesPointsandMiles I can understand that! I've only stayed at 3 Marriott properties in the last decade or longer and they were 2 Ritz Carltons and. J.W Marriott. Believe it or not, one of the best rooms that I've ever had was a Best Western Premier. It had an up and downstairs and the price was great
@@SledgeIncTeam man, folks sleep on best western. I’ve seen some nice ones.
Hey sir, can I book Hilton hotel using Capital one Venture X and still get an upgrade room if I have Hilton Aspire card?
Yes. Holding the aspire card gives you diamond status. It doesn’t matter what card you use to book the room. You’ll still have diamond status.
@@LukesPointsandMiles How do you recommend me to use my cards and what to spend? I have aspire hilton and venture X?
@@societychange229 that’s not something I do really. I’m not able to do one on one consulting right now.
Being a Diamond member really does make a difference. 🫶 even if there are tons and tons of other diamond members out there. These little experiences really add up!
Totally agree and that’s why it’s been so hard to make the switch to Hyatt where I no longer have any status at all.