Barclaycard Hilton/Priority Club Cards

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Looking at applying for one/both of these cards in the next few months, mainly to benefit from the sign-up bonuses.

Not sure on Barclaycard's policy on holding multiple accounts though,has anyone had both of these cards at the same time?

planteria

not had both of those, but i have had up to 4 Barclaycards at the same time.
i had the Hilton card, until recently. good CS and the IFP is lengthy. but i wanted to clean up my file and to focus my spending on cashback.

guesswho2000

I've currently got a Barclaycard Freedom alongside the Hilton card. The sign up bonus is great, but the card is useless for actually posting the points to your hilton account and issuing the free night certificate. Slow doesn't begin to cover it!

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guesswho2000 wrote: »

I've currently got a Barclaycard Freedom alongside the Hilton card. The sign up bonus is great, but the card is useless for actually posting the points to your hilton account and issuing the free night certificate. Slow doesn't begin to cover it!

I've heard that which makes me concerned about actually being able to use the free night. It's got a six month lifespan so if they take too long to issue it then it might be a pain to make good use of it.

I generally don't stay at Hilton very often, I'm more IHG, Starwood or Carlson but I'd make the effort for the sake of a free night somewhere nice. I've no intention of keeping the card once I've bagged the free night but not sure what to do with the (small amount) of points I'll generate doing so. What's the minimum number of points you can transfer to an airline program, 1000?

The IHG card I'll probably keep longer term but I'll probably wait until the offer a fee waiver/higher bonus before signing up.

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Oh, one other thing, do they ask you for your HHonors number during the application?

It really annoys me when loyalty credit cards don't do this and you have to go to the hassle of having accounts merged if they create a new one on your behalf. Especially since I've currently got Hilton gold status without ever actually having credited a single night!

guesswho2000

Lazyloki wrote: »

I've heard that which makes me concerned about actually being able to use the free night. It's got a six month lifespan so if they take too long to issue it then it might be a pain to make good use of it.

I generally don't stay at Hilton very often, I'm more IHG, Starwood or Carlson but I'd make the effort for the sake of a free night somewhere nice. I've no intention of keeping the card once I've bagged the free night but not sure what to do with the (small amount) of points I'll generate doing so. What's the minimum number of points you can transfer to an airline program, 1000?

The IHG card I'll probably keep longer term but I'll probably wait until the offer a fee waiver/higher bonus before signing up.

Ill be doing the same! Airline mile transfers are poor value, 10,000 to 2,000 miles, min transfer 10k! I'll only have a couple of thousand, no idea what to use them for.

I'm waiting for the IHG Black to do a fee waiver, they did last year apparently, but I missed it!

I think they did ask for my Hhonors number during app - I'm the same, gold having never credited a single night! Prompted an email from Hilton offering 10k points (which haven't posted) on top of the free night voucher, so I thought I'd apply on that basis. I'll be chasing the points, waiting for them to get back to me currently.

Slightly OT, but MBNA didn't ask me for my AA number when I got that card (for the 35k bonus miles) - however the miles have posted every single month on the statement date, very impressed!

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Hmm....I think you and I may both read a certain blog... I had a right pain in the !!!! getting my MBNA and AA accounts to talk to each other when I opened that card. Staying off topic, is the £5k spend for that card based on the date of acceptance or the first six statements?

You're right though, I've no idea what I'd do with the hilton points... They'll be almost worthless but I hate to leave points just lying around unused!

guesswho2000

Lazyloki wrote: »

Hmm....I think you and I may both read a certain blog... I had a right pain in the !!!! getting my MBNA and AA accounts to talk to each other when I opened that card. Staying off topic, is the £5k spend for that card based on the date of acceptance or the first six statements?

You're right though, I've no idea what I'd do with the hilton points... They'll be almost worthless but I hate to leave points just lying around unused!

Indeed! Funnily enough I got an email from MBNA asking me to call them if points weren't being added, as there was an error with the application forms at the time. I'm not sure, I'm assuming its six months from the date the account is opened.

Yeah same, always seems a waste, I always take the points where available, even if I have no use for them, so they're all over the place. Hilton, I believe, has a 12 month expiry unless there's some activity, but whether the card's worth keeping until enough points are amassed to use them is debatable, unless earning them from somewhere else too.

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Other than the card (or actually staying there to gain points!) I don't think there are all that many opportunities to earn Hilton points in the UK... I might be wrong though.

It's not a program I've ever put any serious effort into and to be honest I don't see myself diverting many of my hotel stays their way just to build up enough points for another redemption. I find their lower level hotels to be overpriced and poor value and the amount of points needed for redemptions at their better properties are quite high. Don't know about you but I prefer to spend cheap/mid range and redeem at expensive places that I wouldn't normally be willing to pay cash for.

If I do go for the Hilton card I think I'll just cash in on the free night at somewhere swish (maybe combined with a paid night to make a weekend of it - I'd take airline miles rather than more hilton points for the paid element of the booking) and cut my losses with the rest of the points - unless they can maybe be redeemed in small amounts for extras at the hotel?

zerog

So the free night is going to encourage you to spend some real money in a night at the hilton, marketing genius.

Cnvert some virgin or amex points to hilton and then do a points and cash redemption, as recommended by our blogging friend

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Meh, I'm not totally against spending money at a nicer Hilton. If I was doing a weekend away somewhere then I'd probably be staying in a nice hotel anyway so I would use the certificate to effectively get a better hotel for what I would have been paying otherwise.