A new Hilton status match offer is now available. If you have status in another hotel loyalty program and would like to leverage it to get status with Hilton, now might be the time to do it.

If approved, you will enjoy the benefits of your new status for 90 days and a fairly easy pathway to extending it all the way to March 2024.

Hotel Programs eligible for status match

You must hold Gold or higher status in one of these programs to be able to request the status match, namely :

• Marriott Bonvoy
• IHG One Rewards
• World of Hyatt
• Best Western Rewards
• Choice Privileges

If you have status in a hotel loyalty program outside of the one’s mentioned above, you are still able to request a match, however it is at Hilton’s discretion whether or not they consider that eligible for this promotion.

Needless to say, you must also have an account with Hilton Honors to participate in this promotion. If you don’t, you can create one via this link. There is no cost for creating a new account.

Match to Hilton Gold Status

Upon approval, your initial status will be valid for 90 days. However, if you are able to clock just 7 additional nights with Hilton during the trial period, you will keep your status until March 2024.

Ordinarily, you need to stay 40 nights with Hilton to earn Gold, so in that sense this is a very good deal.

Benefits of Hilton Gold Status

Hiton Gold is possibly the most valuable mid-tier status of any hotel loyalty programs. As a Gold elite, you can expect the following benefits when staying at participating Hilton properties:

Free Continental breakfast or Daily Food & Beverage Credit

Hilton Gold members receive free continental breakfast for up to 2 Guests, except at U.S. properties where they receive Daily Food & Beverage Credit of up to USD 50 per day.

Hilton Gold elites receive complimentary continental breakfast

The monetary value of the benefit depends on the type of property and location, with premium properties in high cost locations such as San Francisco eligible for the highest credit. You can find more details of this benefit over here.

Complimentary space-available room upgrades

The complimentary upgrade is generally in the form of a room allocated at a higher floor or a corner room. If you score an upgrade to an Executive room, you will also receive access to the Executive Lounge.

These lounges typically offer complimentary breakfast in the morning and drinks and canapes in the evening. Besides the food and drinks benefit, the lounges can sometimes also provide an excellent working space which many business travellers will appreciate.

80% bonus points on stays

All Hilton Honors members earn 10 Hilton points per USD. As a Gold elite, you receive an 80% earnings boost and earn 18 Hilton points per USD. This does not include any bonus points that you may earn from Hilton’s frequently offered quarterly promotions.

Fifth night free on Award Stays

This is a benefit available to all Hilton Honors elite, including those with the entry level Hilton Silver status. The way this works is that if you redeem points for 5 consecutive nights, you will only be charged for 4 nights with Hilton picking up the tab for the fifth night.

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Furthermore, you are not required to pay any fees or taxes on award stays making this a genuinely exceptional deal.

Free Water and possible late check-out

All Hilton elites including Silver elites receive 2 complimentary bottles of water. Gold elites may also be able to get a late check-out if available. However, this is not a guaranteed benefit and it is entirely up to the hotel whether they grant it to you.

Match to Hilton Diamond Status

Hilton Diamond is Hilton’s top tier elite status, and while you can earn Diamond merely by opening a Hilton Credit Card in some countries such as the United States, unfortunately for most Australian’s, this wouldn’t be possible. This is where the status match can come handy.

If you are approved for a status match to Hilton Honors Diamond, this will be good for 90 days. However, if you are able to stay another 12 nights with Hilton during the trial period, you will keep your Diamond status until March 2024. Ordinarily, you need to stay 60 nights with Hilton to earn Diamond, making this an outstanding deal.

Benefits of Hilton Diamond Status

While some of the benefits you receive as a Diamond elite overlap with Gold, there are other more meaningful benefits exclusive to Diamond members. As a Diamond elite, you can expect the following benefits at participating Hilton properties:

Guaranteed Executive Lounge Access

All Hilton Diamond members receive access to the hotel’s Executive lounge regardless of the category of room they book. This is a significant upgrade from the Gold elite status where lounge access is conditional upon you either booking or receiving an upgrade into an Executive level room.

Hilton Diamond elites receive guaranteed lounge access

Free Continental breakfast or Daily Food & Beverage Credit

Free Continental breakfast in the hotel restaurant for 2 people at properties without an executive lounge.

Again this benefit applies everywhere except at U.S. properties where you will receive Daily Food & Beverage Credit of up to USD 50 per day, this is the same as the benefit extended to Gold elites.

Complimentary space-available room upgrade

As a Diamond elite, you are eligible for complimentary room upgrade. While this is mostly in the form of a room allocated at a higher floor or a corner room, occasionally though you may receive an upgrade to the level of the standard suite.

Hilton Diamond members may receive an upgrade into Standard Suite

This is less common at Hilton properties in Australia or North America but is much more likely in Asia.

100% bonus points on stays

All Hilton Honors members earn 10 Hilton points per USD. As a Diamond elite, you receive a 100% earnings boost and earn 20 Hilton points per USD. This does not include any bonus points that you may earn from Hilton’s frequently offered quarterly promotions.

Fifth night free on award stays

This is the same benefit as the one available to Hilton Gold elites.

Free Water and possible late check-out

You will receive 2 complimentary bottles of water, which all Hilton elites receive. In terms of late check-out, although there is an expectation that Hilton Diamond elites receive a more favourable treatment than Gold elites, in practice, that rarely happens.

Since the late check-out is not a guaranteed benefit, individual properties hold sway and there isn’t really a way to leverage your status in a more definitive manner.

Do you wish to take advantage of the status match offer? Leave a comment below.