O programa de fidelidade hoteleira Hilton Honors (HH) voltou a oferecer equiparações (status match) e desafios (status challenge) de suas categorias Gold e Diamond.

Uma vez aprovado, o status match é garantido por 90 dias; e o challenge, uma vez completados os desafios de hospedagem, dentro de um intervalo de 90 dias, vale até março de 2020.

Para requerer os status, é preciso enviar cópias da prova do status e prova de estadias nos programas concorrentes. Quem tem status Gold no Le Club Accor pode pedir o desafio pro Gold no HH, que é muito bom em termos de benefícios, pois oferece café da manhã gratuito, late checkout etc.

Termos & Condições

By providing your information and participating in this promotion, you acknowledge and agree to our Global Privacy Statement and upon request at the Front Desk). You also acknowledge and agree that the personal information you provide will be used for the purposes detailed in our Global Privacy Statement, and this may include: providing services and transactions, better understanding customer needs, and sending special offers, promotions, surveys and other marketing information be email, post or telesales. In addition, you acknowledge that your information will be entered into our database controlled by Hilton at its headquarters in the U.S.

You further agree that all Hilton companies, owners and operators of our franchised and managed hotels, and service providers, may receive and use this data for any of the purposes listed above and access it globally, including from countries where data protection laws may differ from those of your home country. For your security, the data protections provisions of the Global Privacy Statement shall apply to all data processing, and you may request rights of access, correction, and objection as described therein.

Once enrolled in Hilton Honors, you can manage your communications preferences online by going to the Email Subscriptions section of your Hilton Honors Profile. If you do not wish to receive marketing information from Hilton you may unsubscribe at any time.

Relembrando: compra de pontos com 100% de bônus

Além disso, vale lembrar que termina amanhã a promoção de compra de pontos com 100% de bônus, sobre a qual falamos em abril (post aqui).

Nesse caso, 160 mil pontos podem ser comprados ao custo de USD 800.

Termos & Condições

Points purchased do not count towards elite tier qualification. Points.com and Hilton Honors reserve the right to terminate bonus promotions at any time. All purchases must be made through the Purchase page on HiltonHonors.com. The 100% Points bonus with a minimum 5,000 Points purchase is available for purchases made between April 20, 2018, at 12:01am ET and June 7, 2018, at 11:59pm ET. Members may purchase a maximum of 80,000 points per calendar year. All purchases are non-refundable. Offer is subject to change. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Points will be posted to the recipients Hilton Honors account within 24 hours of the completed transaction. All Hilton Honors program Terms and Conditions apply. Hilton HonorsTM membership, earning of Points are subject to Hilton HonorsTM Terms and Conditions, available at HiltonHonors.com/terms.

Price includes all applicable fees. GST/HST will be charged to Canadian residents. Email address is required and will only be used for transaction and marketing communications related to this purchase. Purchased points do not count towards Honors status upgrades.

Conclusão

Para quem visa destinos contemplados com hotéis da rede Hilton, essas promoções podem valer a pena, dependendo da utilidade dos benefícios de hotéis para seus gostos e suas necessidades.

O Carlos costuma sempre lembrar que, combinando os benefícios das categorias elite (especialmente a quinta noite grátis no resgate de prêmios), com as compras de pontos, dá pra fazer arbitragem em alguns hotéis da categoria mais alta do HH (ou seja, gastando menos com pontos do que se fosse pagar em dinheiro as diárias), normalmente em hotéis das marcas Conrad (Bangkok, Maldivas, Tóquio etc.).

Vale lembrar, contudo, especialmente no caso da compra de pontos, que o dólar no atual momento desencoraja aumento de gastos em moeda estrangeira (o dólar do cartão de crédito voltou ao patamar dos quatro reais). Portanto, avalie bem suas necessidades antes de efetuar os gastos.