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Now might be the perfect time to match your hotel elite status to Hilton Honors. Hilton just extended its status match for another year. Elite members of other hotel loyalty programs can match their elite status to Hilton Honors. After completing the challenge, you can keep your status through March 31, 2025, by staying as few as 8 nights in 90 days.
It's pretty standard for Hilton to offer a status match. While the requirements have been ever-so-slightly increased for this year, the requirements are still significantly lower than what's otherwise needed to reach elite status.
How To Match Your Elite Status to Hilton
You need to visit the Hilton Status Match page, log in to your Hilton Honors account, and supply the following information:
- The loyalty program you are matching from and your status level.
- Proof of status (image or screenshot of your card or account details).
- Proof of a recent stay within the last 24 months (image of a hotel receipt or activity on your account).
Once you have submitted your information, Hilton will match you for an initial period of 90 days. Allow 7 to 12 business days for Hilton to process your request. During the initial 90 days, you need to complete the following stays to retain your status through March 31, 2025:
- To retain Gold, you need to complete 8 stays.
- To retain Diamond, you need to complete 14 stays.
Unfortunately, those nights must be paid nights — not reward stays. Hilton addresses this directly in its terms and conditions:
Do Reward Stays count toward achieving the night requirements?
No, Reward Stays do not count toward achieving the Status Match requirements.
It's worth noting that you can only status match once per lifetime on your Hilton Honors account. Don't sign up if you think you won't meet the requirements. Save it for another time.
Which Programs You Can Match From
Hilton members can match their elite status from at least five hotel loyalty programs:
- Marriott Bonvoy
- “IHG Rewards Club” (which has been officially renamed as IHG One Rewards)
- World of Hyatt
- Best Western Rewards
- Choice Privileges
There's also an option for “Other”. So, if you have elite status with another hotel program, you can still try to match that status to Hilton.
Hilton Honors Diamond Status Benefits
There's a bunch of reasons to love Hilton's top-tier Diamond elite status. These include:
- 100% elite status bonus: Diamond elite members automatically receive a 100% bonus on the Honors base points earned from stays.
- 48-hour room guarantee: If you need a room at the last minute, Hilton will make it happen if you give at least a 48-hour heads up — with some exceptions
- Executive lounge access: Focus or unwind and enjoy exclusive amenities in our quiet retreat.
- 5th night free: Silver, Gold, and Diamond elite members will receive every 5th night free on Standard Room Reward stays of 5 nights or more.
- Space-available room upgrades: If there's a better room available, Diamond elite members will get it — up to a 1-bedroom suite.
4 Reasons to Utilize This Hilton Status Match
While the ability to get elite status for free is interesting, it's worth asking “why” — especially if you are not a Hilton regular. Here's why.
- For 2023, Hilton requires members to stay 60 nights to earn Hilton Honors Diamond status. That typically requires thousands of dollars to achieve. Instead, through this Hilton status match, you can stay just 14 nights to secure Diamond all the way through March 31, 2025.
- Hilton Honors offers some great perks, which we list below. A few of the highlights include receiving your 5th night free on award stays, getting a 48-hour room guarantee, and who doesn't love getting complimentary breakfast?
- If you are looking for a boost at collecting Hilton Honors points, the 100% elite status bonus significantly raises your points-earning ability for a better return on your spending.
- It costs nothing but your time.
More Options For Hilton Honors Status
If your travel plans don't line up, and you won't be able to complete the challenge, all is not lost. There are still some other options if you want Hilton Honors elite status. You can still receive complimentary Hilton status via credit card.
If you want to shoot straight to the top, the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card comes with complimentary Hilton Diamond status. And, Gold status is complimentary with the following credit cards:
- 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
Enrollment is required for select Amex benefits.
Our Take
Status matches can be a great way to easily get perks with another hotel or airline program. Leveraging status with one organization for elite status with another is one of the most efficient ways to get status. Even if you are not the biggest Hilton aficionado, this promotion is worth considering.
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If i have Hyatt globalist status, does that qualify for Hilton Diamond under this status match? When i called HH they tell me Globalist is only Gold level for HH, which to me doesn’t make much sense…
No, that doesn’t make much sense at all! Maybe try another agent. Globalist should surely match to Diamond — unless Hilton doesn’t understand Hyatt’s elite status tiers.
Do award nights count as stays?
Unfortunately not. I added a clarification to the article now. But Hilton addresses this directly: “Do Reward Stays count toward achieving the night requirements? No, Reward Stays do not count toward achieving the Status Match requirements.”
I was told I need to do 28 nights from Hilton between now and March 2023 not only 7. So….i’m confused.
Interesting! Did you go through that same status match page that we linked to? https://www.hiltonhonors.com/en_US/status-match/landing/ That landing page still shows 7 nights are required through that status match for Gold.
I am over trying to maintain Marriott Titanium.
I can easily do 6-10 nights a month. I’m ready to give that to a different program like Hilton or IHG or something.
Is Hilton Gold or Diamond as good.
I feel like i’m getting no real value with being Marriott Titanium at al.
I’m ready to drop Marriott and status match to Hilton (after Marriott canceled my reservation at check in and made no attempt to compensate me, so much for their “guarantee”).
How long does it take for Hilton to approve the status match? Thinking how to maximize the 90 days without getting too close to my next stay.
Totally understand on the frustration with Marriot. I had to fight *hard* for the Reservation Guarantee when one hotel failed to provide a room or alternative. Their only offer: free cancellation. Well duh.
Not sure on the timing to approve the status match though.
Hi! I see this was just updated this month but has anyone had any problems when it’s time to upload the proof for this status match challenge with Hilton? Tried both .jpeg and .png files and still ended up the same, directing me to an errors page. It’s very frustrating because I have to sign in again and do the bot security recaptcha test again to try whether it’s the browser or the file, etc. I hope anyone could give an insight! Thanks!
I wonder if free breakfast will ever come back for elites in the US.
I guess Hilton is competing hard for customers.
Hilton has offered the most customer friendly COVID elite extensions of the hotel programs I’m a member of. I have used them exclusively since business travel started back up. They have definitely earned a lot of future business from me.
Is it better to wait until my Hyatt status expires in 2023 to try to status match Hilton? Thinking of the future.
That all depends on your situation. Since Hyatt has a limited footprint, I could see an argument for augmenting your Hyatt status with Hilton if you don’t have elite status with another program. Or, if there’s a Hyatt wherever you want to go, you could just hold off!
Thank you for the article Sam!
Is there a date when this version of the status match (5 to gold and 9 nights to Diamond) expires? I suppose it would make sense to sign up before it snaps back to 10 and 18 or whatever it was before, but I’d want to hold out a little longer if possible 🙂
[Editor here] Totally understand the instinct to want to wait as long as possible before taking advantage of this offer! Unfortunately, there isn’t a stated end date to this offer. Hilton has offered some sort of status match/challenge for years and the terms sometimes change in May or June. But, this is no typical year! So, it’s really hard to say when it might change.
Very customer friendly. This will pay off for them in the future.
9 nights before end of March may be a little tough but could make for a nice staycation.
Does Marriott Titanium match to Hilton Gold or Hilton Diamond?
You’ll get Hilton Gold at first. But you’ll earn an upgrade to Diamond if you complete 9 nights.
I used my Choice Rewards Diamond account to match and was also only matched at Gold by Hilton… ☹️
I don’t see this offer very appealing. They should extend that courtesy to all members not only to diamond statuses
Excellent. Once I get my easy Hyatt Globalist status, I’m going to flip it to Hilton for the occasional stay in a location without a Hyatt. Thanks for posting!
Great Of Hilton to cut the requirements in half-Very welcome for people trying to earn status
I actually think Hilton Honors have relaxed the route to Gold or Diamond a little too much now, in my personal opinion
In normal times, I’d agree; the Gold and Diamond ranks would be swamped with tons of new folks. However, these aren’t normal times. I don’t believe enough folks are traveling again yet for you to be worried.
Not many people using hotels for business anymore, especially US domestic, so many companies are switching to virtual meetings, but eventually HH is going to be full of top level members and the lounges will be full and upgrades few and far between. Get em while the gettins good boys.
Easier to just get a premium credit card.
Spending 9 nights to achieve the diamond status… I am stunned.
This is certainly great to hear with such an easy way to qualify for diamond or gold on Hilton. Its just not the right time for this now with the pandemic getting worse at the moment. Hopefully when it dies down, this promo would still be available.