Earning points as normal when you stay at a Hilton – or not earning points at all? You're doing it wrong. Hilton almost always has an ongoing promotion to earn double (or more) points on hotel stays. And its upcoming rendition is an easy one to double your points.
Hilton Honors recently announced a new “Double Up & Explore” promotion, which is good for all Hilton hotel stays from Jan. 1 through April 30. . You can register now, then earn double points on all Hilton stays in the first four months of 2023.
Beyond that, you can also earn an extra 1,000 bonus points for each different Hilton brand you stay with from January through April 2023. So if you stay at a standard Hilton, a Conrad, and a Hilton Garden Inn in that span, you'd earn another 3,000 Hilton Honors points on top of the double points based on your nightly rate. There are no minimum-stay requirements for this promotion.
Have a Hilton stay through the end of the year? It's not too late to register for Hilton's current “Double Your Stay” promo!
These promos can massively accelerate how many Hilton Honors points you earn on paid hotel stays. That helps offset Hilton's fairly lackluster points program – Hilton's unpredictable and often sky-high award rates mean cashing in your Hilton Honors points won't get you as far as other Hotel programs.
You can register now for this upcoming promo – and you should. Whether you've already got a Hilton stay on the books from January through April or not, it's a no-brainer to register since you won't earn these bonus points if you don't sign up for the promo beforehand.
How this Hilton Honors Promo Adds Up
Let's put this Hilton Honors promo in action with a handful of examples to show you just how much this promo can help you pile up extra Hilton Honors points.
Let's say you're just an everyday Hilton Honors member with a two-night stay at a Hilton property in Chicago in the New Year, paying $150 per night, checking in Monday and checking out Wednesday. Without this promo, that stay would earn you 3,000 Hilton Honors Points.
So long as you registered before your stay (but not necessarily before you book), that same stay would earn:
- Base points: 10 points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 3,000 Hilton Honors Points
- Promo bonus: 10 points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 3,000 Hilton Honors Points
- Brand bonus: 1,000 points for your first stay at a Hilton during the promo period
- 7,000 points total
But maybe you've got Hilton Honors Gold Status – one of our favorites among the big hotel chains – from racking up previous Hilton stays or carrying the The Platinum Card® from American Express. On that same two-night stay in Chicago, you would earn:
- Base points: 10 points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 3,000 Hilton Honors Points
- Promo bonus: 10 points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 3,000 Hilton Honors Points
- Status bonus: 8 bonus points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 2,400 Hilton Honors Points
- Brand bonus: 1,000 points for your first stay at a Hilton during the promo period
- 9,400 points total
But the best is reserved for top-tier Hilton members who pay with a Hilton co-branded credit card, as that gets triple points through this promo. So booking that exact same Chicago trip using a Hilton Honors Aspire Card – which unlocks instant Hilton Diamond Status – you would earn:
- Base points: 10 points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 3,000 Hilton Honors Points
- Promo bonus: 10 points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 3,000 Hilton Honors Points
- Status bonus: 10 bonus points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 3,000 Hilton Honors Points
- Credit card bonus: 14 points per dollar X $150 X 2 nights = 4,200 Hilton Honors Points
- Brand bonus: 1,000 points for your first stay at a Hilton during the promo period
- 14,200 points total
That is a ton of points for a simple two-night stay. At the very top end, you're earning a whopping 47x points by maxing out this promo. And keep in mind that you'd also earn additional bonus points for each and every different Hilton hotel brand you stay with throughout the course of the promotion.
No matter how far you can get, it's worth registering to earn double Hilton points (at the very minimum) from January through April of next year.
Bottom Line
Depending on your status and what's in your wallet, this new Hilton Honors promo can be incredibly lucrative. But no matter what's in your travel plans for 2023, it's easy to register for this promo to rack up Hilton points faster on any hotel stays starting Jan. 1 through April 30.