[Expired] Buy 5,000+ HHonors Points, Get an 80% Bonus

The Offer

No direct link; log in to your HHonors account and head to the buy points screen.

• Buy 5,000+ HHonors points thru February 17, 2017 and get an 80% bonus.
• A maximum of 80,000 HHonors points can be purchased per year, so the maximum bonus is +64,000 HHonors points (144,000 total points, $800).

note: if you got an e-mail about this offer, you may have noticed the fine print states this promotion runs from January 12 to February 10, instead of January 19 to February 17. The latter dates are the correct ones.

Our Verdict

You’re buying points for 0.555 cpp, although if this worked with a cashback portal, you might be able to reduce your costs further. I can’t say what would happen since you have to buy points on the Hilton.com purchase page, but it is through Points.com. If you have DPs, please comment below!

If you don’t have the American Express Hilton cards, it would be much more efficient to nab the signup bonus on those two cards. We have a referral thread that will nab you 100k HHonors points for the Hilton HHonors Surpass and 75k HHonors points for the Hilton HHonors.

If you have a card that earns HHonors points, you can more efficiently generate the points through MS. The Citi Hilton HHonors earns 3x points on drugstores, gas, and grocery (and the Hilton HHonors Reserve earns 3x on all purchases), which would require $48,000 of spend to get to 144,000 points. The American Express Hilton HHonors earns 5x at on gas, groceries, and restaurants while the HHonors Surpass earns 6x, requiring $28,800 and $24,000 in spend, respectively. Less spend is required for lower point values.

For everyone else with a firm redemption in mind that will beat 0.555 cpp, this is actually a pretty good deal—especially if you have status and the boost lets you reserve 5 nights, so that you get the 5th night free.

The math works out as follows: if you get 0.6 cpp, you’ve saved $64, and every +0.1 cpp thereafter saves you $144. it’s difficult to get that good of a value out of Hilton redemptions, which is why you need a plan before it makes sense to buy them.

Questions? Drop them below.