Hilton has a promotion for HHonors Gold status through 05/31/13 with a Visa Infinite card.
You’ll also get 40,000 points for making 4 stays by 05/31/12.
Fatal flaw? They only ask for the first 6 digits, which are generic…hello 411945.
The program is intended for residents of “Australia, Hong Kong, China, Korea Singapore, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Philippines” Still it worked just fine on my account.
Of course they’ll probably shut this down once they realize once they’ve done and may even revoke the Gold status of those that register, time will tell! Just don’t come whining to me when they do revoke your gold status as you’ve been warned…
Benefits themselves are meager with the main benefits being discounted award stays (which you get anyways for life with the permanent Silver status you get if you have the free Hilton Visa card)and free internet, but you may be able to use it to status match or challenge to other programs like Hyatt Diamond, where you get 4 free confirmed suite upgrades after matching and you get 2 free nights in a suite for applying for the Hyatt Visa Card as a diamond. Many Hyatt hotels will even give free kosher breakfasts and wine/champagne to diamonds. Then again Hyatt has gotten stricter about matching (especially after the last Hilton Gold debacle when they were bombarded with requests) and may require a minimum amount of stays in your Hilton account to match.
HT: Gary
hey i think im missing something here..the 6 digits are coming up as an invalid cc. Am i supposed to be on the hh sign up page first?
Anyone know if this still works? I am going to Paris is 2 weeks and would love to get hyatt diamond status and this seems to be the only way, when I went to the link it is asking for 16 numbers, does that mean that they fixed the glitch?
any other ideas???
Just worked for me using the original instructions.
I don’t get it.. I’m staying here at the Oriental Hotels in the Philippines. Is there any Hilton Visa Cards here? Even I’m not in Hyatt?
FYI, still works if you change your HHonors address to Russia first.
@never a problem:
where is 442394 from, which country?
Change the country of residence to match that of the Visa Infinite code. You can then change your address back in your HHonors account when Gold status is confirmed.
looks like they might have caught on… the codes are valid but I keep getting the message “Invalid Registration – Please contact the Hilton HHonors Service Center for assistance.” — anyone else run into this?
442394 works
I need another code becaus both of those are invalid
Got it worked and the Kingfisher also!
Thanks DAN!!!!!!
456598 worked for me too
456598 works
Is there another set of numbers that would work? 411945 comes up as invalid
Is there another set of numbers that would work? 411945 comes up as invalid.
DEAD
I did exactly as you said dan, and I stayed at the hilton in indianapolis and they gave me a free suite and free breakfast and the executive chef came over to me and said that if I ever come again to call before and he will arrange to have a kosher breakfast for me. He said I should do the same at any of their properties.
Does this still work? I tried it, but need to reserve a room. Anyone else have that problem? Or did I wait too long?
If hyatt agress to a 60 day status match. Do the suites need to b usd withn that period?
Account instantly switched from Blue to Gold!
Thanks Dan!
@Scott:
same thing
Instant Gold…
HOWEVER… I suppose this won´t work to status match to Hyatt within the next 72 hours and upgrade my 2 nights at the Park Hyatt Place Vendome in Paris to a suite. Wishful thinking! I´ll wait on the status match request until I´m looking at a Hyatt stay coming up later on.
Dan, the 411945 number is NOT generic. It is for Russia! Is Russia considered to be part of Central Europe??
@lol@13$:
Most people would give hilton points to have a value of around $.006-007 each.
@Postville:
If you are staying that much in hotels and there are starwood, hilton, or hyatt’s available you should switch in a heartbeat. Ramada (Wyndham rewards and BW’s programs are not even in the same ballpark. Starwood points are well known to be the most valuable. Run, don’t walk to one of those three programs. Plus, with that many stays you should probably pick two of the major programs and get top tier status in each.
The 40,000 pts will only post if you use a Visa Infinte card for the 4 stays. Hyatt and Starwood has gotten very strict on the status matches, they pretty much want some indication that you are going to be a continuing valuable customer.
so how much is 40k hhonors points actually worth?
Tnx! it worked for me!
How i ask Hayatt to enroll me in their Diamond program?
I have Gold Status with BestWestern, i stay about twice a week on a Ramada & 4 times a month in a BestWestern. its better to get their points, the Hayatt or Hilton? ( i dont have any of their CC)
Tnx
just did it and it worked!! Thanks Dan!!
On the HHonors statement that gets emailed to you monthly, does status read “Gold” or “Gold VIP”?
Worked 4 me thanks
Worked for me! Awesome. free gold status 🙂
Just did it. Worked.
No clue yet how any of this status match stuff works and if this is even worth anything to me…
I applied for a status match in the first week of August and they gave me 90 days to complete the offer.
@ND:
They stopped doing full year matches.
However the 60 day match is long enough to get the 4 free suite upgrades and to apply for the Hyatt Visa card and get 2 free nights in a suite at any Hyatt in the world.
I called to get status match and the only thing they offered was a trial for 60 days and to keep it I would have to stay 15 nights. Is there a way to get matched for a year?
@Yong:
Methinks you thinks wrong:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=12555.msg161032#msg161032
worked the 2nd time. Thanks
An error came up when I tried to do it. Possibly dead?
just got it…thanks
Just wanted to comment that Hyatt Diamond status is the equivalent of Hilton Diamond status, not Gold, so I don’t think you’d be able to status match to Hyatt that way. If anything, they’d just give you Hyatt Platinum status, which normally requires 5 stays or 15 nights to attain.
Got gold, thanks Dan!!
How do you Status match?
anyone tried in last hour seems dead to me i tried alredy with 3 browsers
Worked for me! Thanks Dan
Just tried it, used the generic 6 digits entered my HH logon info and done. I have a question with 4 stays, I am planning 2 stays of 2 nights each, Should I book one night and then rebook after the first night for each of my stays so that it seems like it was 4 stays?
Thanks
S
Still worked for me now, Friday morning!
Do I ask the status match to hyatt diamond during the cc application or after being approved i need to call csr? Got it btw – thx dan
worked like a charm, just signed up for hhonors then followed link, and boom instant gold.
Zev XXXXX
HHonors #: 33XXX23XX
HHonors Gold
0 TOTAL POINTS
Qualifying Summary what’s this?
Stays Completed: 0
Nights Completed: 0
Base Points: 0
got it!
The internet access is only if I have a room in the hotel, right? (not sitting in the lobby?)
Got Gold! Thanks.
Used chrome and put in a relatives Australian address.
Then added a USA address and requested a card to it.
Thanks! After a number of tries it worked
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@joeb1: But do u still get the 40,000 points if u don’t stay?
@Nd: u dont need a reservation
Wow instant upgrade to gold what happens if I cancel my reservation do I lose gold?
not working on both ff and chrome.
Yah, it worked for me in chrome
Didn’t work on FF, or Chrome the first time, but worked the second time on Chrome
I have 100,000 points whats good to redeem for?
Can you explain what matching means? Im pretty new to this
Thanks
Thanks Dan, just signed up for the program, this is what it shows on my account
#: 3313******
HHonors Gold
0 TOTAL POINTS
Qualifying Summary  what’s this?
Stays Completed: 0
Nights Completed: 0
Base Points: 0
Worked with Chrome. Not FF.
whoops, made a mistake. Now i got it Thanks dan!!
Can this be matched for Hyatt diamond?
@joeb1: yes immediate
By completing four qualifying stays at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio by 31 May 2012 —and paying with their Visa Infinite card—-, all registered HHonors Members will also earn a one-time additional bonus of 40,000
@moo:
do it again
Worked…..for now.
thanks got it!
error. boooo
im in..u get gold status immediately?
Now it’s working.
Thanks Dan!
Got it. For some reason only worked in Chrome and not FF.
Not working by me. Wats infinite visa?
Got it. Ty !
got it thanks!!
Already getting an error when I try it… Might be DOA.