Hilton Honors Status Match Challenge: Gain Gold or Diamond Tier Until March 2027 (Free Breakfast & More)

Hilton Hotels‘ reward program Hilton Honors is offering a Status Match Challenge. If you participate, you’ll be upgraded to Hilton Honors Gold for 90 days. If you gather 8 qualifying nights by the end of the 90-day trial period, you will be upgraded permanently through March 31, 2027. By gathering 14 or more nights within the 90-day trial period, you will even be upgraded to Hilton Honors Diamond Status for almost two years.

Hilton Honors Gold is quite worth it: It includes free breakfast (outside the USA) and, depending on availability, an upgrade in Conrad, Hilton, Doubletree and Curio Hotels! Additional benefits of Hilton Honors Diamond include Executive Lounge access and free premium Wi-Fi.

Procedure

To take part in this status match challenge, you’ll need photographic proof of your membership in a competing reward program. A picture of your membership card or a screenshot will be enough. Further, you’ll need to prove that you stayed at one of this chain’s hotels over the past 24 months. Again, a screenshot of your reservation or a copy of your receipt will suffice.

You’ll upload these documents on the landing page. Within two weeks, you should receive an answer.

Confirmed Matches

These programs are confirmed to be eligible for a status match:

• Marriott Bonvoy
• IHG One Rewards
• World of Hyatt
• Best Western Rewards
• Choice Privileges
• ALL (Accor)
• Radisson Rewards
• Wyndham Rewards
• Fiesta Rewards

Please note that an instant match to Diamond is no longer possible. You have to earn your way up from Gold to Diamond by staying 14 nights within the trial period.

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Advantages

Members of HHonors enjoy the following benefits:

By simply registering to Hilton Honors, your status will be Blue, granting you:

• Digital Check-in
• Complimentary Wi-Fi in your room and lobby
• Late-Check-Out (based on availability)
• Express check-out
• Complimentary stay for a second guest (in the same room)

In addition, Silver adds the following benefits:

• 20% Elite Bonus
• 5 Reward Nights at the price of 4
• Free Access to Fitness Centers and Health Clubs
• Two complimentary bottles of water per stay

Starting with Hilton Honors Gold, things get really interesting:

• 80% Elite Bonus
• Upgrade to a superior room based on availability
  Possible upgrades to Executive Floor Room with lounge access in Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts and Curio
• Free breakfast or 1,000 points at Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, Hilton, Doubletree, Garden Inn and Curio Hotels & Resorts (excl. in the US, where you’ll get an F&B voucher)
• + additional points or other minor benefits in smaller hotels

Diamond members enjoy the following additional benefits:

• 100% Elite Bonus
• Executive Lounge access without an Executive Floor room in Conrad, Hilton, DoubleTree and Curio Hotels and wherever lounges are available.
• 48 hours room guarantee (although at the highest available rate)
• Complimentary Premium-WiFi
• + additional points or other minor benefits in smaller hotels

While these are generally great benefits, participating hotels may find reasons to deny you some of them. Finding the corresponding regulations in Hilton’s terms of service can be a challenge itself.

Important: Only Stays Booked Directly at Hilton Count

The booked rate has to be eligible to earn points and nights towards the promotion. Bookings made via travel agencies (like Expedia) are not! You need to have booked directly on hilton.com. Feel free to use our Go2 tool to book your next stay:

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