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The Hilton Honors™ status match to Gold — and fast track to top-tier Diamond — is back for another year! With the latest offer, matching and extending your status past the trial period means you'll lock in Hilton Honors elite status through March 31, 2027.
Here's everything you need to know about how to match your hotel elite status to Hilton Honors, keep your status past the three-month trial period, and why it's worth matching.
Hilton Honors Status Match and Challenge Offer
From bonus points to complimentary breakfast (or a food and beverage credit), plus a lot more, there are several reasons to consider picking up status in the Hilton Honors program — especially if you stay at any of the brand's properties regularly.
Even better, status matching provides a way to earn status in the program without meeting the traditional requirements for staying a certain number of nights at Hilton properties, completing a specified amount of stays, or earning requisite base points.
Related: All Hotel Elite Status Match & Fast Track Opportunities
How to match your hotel elite status to Hilton Honors
Matching to Hilton Honors™ Gold elite status requires visiting the status match landing page, logging into your Hilton account — or creating one if you're not already a member.
To make your request, click the dropdown menu to select the hotel elite status you currently hold with one of five brands, such as World of Hyatt or Marriott Bonvoy. Note that while Hilton provides an “other” option, the terms also state the following:
“Only elite statuses from another hotel loyalty program that are listed in the status dropdown menu are eligible for status matching.”
Hilton will have you upload a screenshot to prove your current status tier and a photo showing evidence of a “recent stay.” Hilton doesn't clarify what counts as recent for this. After submitting your request, Hilton notes that it can take 7-12 business days for processing.
Remember, Hilton only allows one status match per lifetime. So, if you've been approved before for a match, you won't be approved again.
How to retain Hilton Honors™ Gold or upgrade to Diamond
Assuming Hilton approves your status match request, your account will reflect Gold status for 90 days. During the trial period, you must complete eight (8) paid stays — reward stays don't count — to extend your Gold status through March 31, 2027.
Alternatively, you can upgrade to Hilton Honors™ Diamond status by completing 14 paid stays within the trial period. And like with Gold status, completing the challenge means you'll remain a Diamond until March 31, 2027.
There's no “end date” to this promotion, but matching sooner rather than later and completing the requirements to extend your status means you'll get to enjoy it for longer.
Hilton Honors™ Gold and Diamond elite status benefits
In our opinion, Hilton Honors ™ Gold is Hilton's elite status sweet spot. That's because of Gold's fantastic array of perks, such as access to MyWay benefits, 80% bonus points on stays, space-available room upgrades, resort fee-free reward stays (when paid wholly with points), and more. Compared to lower-level Hilton Honors™ Silver, Gold is where Hilton's best perks begin to shine.
Diamond elite status is one step above Gold, and the perks reflect that. As a Hilton Diamond member, you're entitled to 100% bonus points on stays, Executive Lounge access, space-available room upgrades, MyWay benefits, and more. As a top-tier member, you'll earn a healthy number of points on stays, which will translate quickly into free nights.
Related: 9 Things We Love About the Hilton Honors Rewards Program
Other Ways To Earn Hilton Elite Status
Whether you're ineligible for the match, or just want to enjoy Hilton Honors elite status without the hassle of completing requirements, there's an alternative to matching. Four American Express credit cards offer complimentary Hilton Honors™ Gold status as long as you carry the card.
That means you can retain Gold status for as little as $150 per year without meeting the traditional requirements of staying 40 nights at a Hilton property, completing 20 stays, or earning 75,000 base points.
Here are the cards that offer complimentary Hilton Gold status (Enrollment is required for select Amex benefits.):
- Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card
- The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card
- The Platinum Card® from American Express
- The Business Platinum Card® from American Express
(Terms Apply)
- 12X bonus points for each dollar of eligible purchases charged on your card directly with a hotel or resort within the Hilton portfolio
- 6X bonus points for each dollar of eligible purchases on your card at U.S. restaurants, U.S. supermarkets, and U.S. gas stations
- 4X bonus points on U.S online retail purchases
- 3X bonus points for all other eligible purchases on your card
(Terms apply)
- 12X Hilton Honors points on eligible purchases made directly with hotels and resorts in the Hilton portfolio
- 5X Hilton Honors points on the first $100,000 spent per calendar year on other eligible purchases; 3X thereafter
(Terms apply)
- Earn 5X points for flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel® (up to $500,000 in purchases per calendar year).
- Earn 5X points on prepaid hotels booked with American Express Travel®.
Alternatively, if you've decided Diamond offers more of the perks you're after, the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card offers complimentary top-tier status for as long as you pay the $550 annual fee. This might be the most true “fast track” to Diamond.
- 14X Hilton Honors Bonus Points for each dollar of eligible purchases charged on your Card directly with a hotel or resort within the Hilton Portfolio
- 7X Hilton Honors Bonus Points on flights booked directly with airlines or amextravel.com, car rentals booked directly through select rental companies, and at U.S. restaurants
- 3X Hilton Honors Bonus Points for all other eligible purchases on your Card
Related: Which Hilton Honors Credit Card Is Right for You?
Our Take
Status matches can be a great way to quickly and easily get perks with another hotel or airline program. Plus, leveraging status with one organization for elite status with another is one of the most efficient ways to get status.
Whether you're looking for a new hotel brand of choice or just want to make your future Hilton stays more rewarding, taking advantage of this status match and challenge is a great way to do so.
For rates and fees of the cards mentioned in this post, please visit the following links: Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card (Rates & Fees), The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card (Rates & Fees), and The Platinum Card® from American Express (Rates & Fees)
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