Hilton has added the ability to pool your Hilton points (click here to pool points). Official F.A.Q is found here. Things to know:
- No fee for pooling points
- Total of 11 Hilton Honors Members can pool their Points together.
- One Member initiates the pooling and up to 10 other Members can contribute.
- Can pool a minimum of 1,000 points and a maximum of 500,000 points per calendar year
- Each member can receive a maximum of 2,000,000 points per calendar year
- You must pool in increments of 1,000
- You cannot pool status
- To pool points you must meet these requirements:
- Active member
- Have been a member for 30 days
- Have a minimum of 1,000 points
- Allow up to 24 hours for the points to show up
This might make the following offers more appealing for some people:
- 100,000 Hilton Honors Surpass Upgrade Link, No Once in a Lifetime Language
- Share Your American Express Hilton Referral Links Here (100k + Free Night/80k)
Hat tip to /r/churning
I know it is an old thread.. but may be somebody knows the answer.
Apparently Hilton has both “points pooling” and “1-to- transfer”. Any benefits for one over another?
In case of points pooling do they (points) still have any link to the “old” (pooled from) account, and hence may expire with that old account, or they are practically transferred to the “new” one?
Thank you in advance big time!
Transfer was instantaneous. Great tip here — thanks Will!
Hope this isn’t another omen that points are about to get devalued. Maybe best to use them sooner than later?
Always best to use sooner rather than later IMO.
One thing that wasn’t clear to me…
Points pooling is done in multiples of 1,000 also. So there is no getting rid of your leftover 587 points in your account.
587 points is literally like $3.60 in value, so I wouldn’t sweat anything less than 1000 that stays in your account.
I have tried this on different browsers throughout the day and after I click on the Pool link, the website errors out.
I actually think it’s “worth” a little less than $3.60 personally (I value HH at ~0.4cpp). BUT points at the margin, i.e. close to an award category are “worth” a lot more.
If I had 39,400 points I don’t have enough for a 40k/nt award, so my points are not worth that much too me. If my SO had 600 pts left in her account (AND pts could be transferred in ANY denomination), those 600 points are “worth” a lot more than $3.60.
Good point, that’s a shame.
So if a family member signs up for the 80K or 100K cards and earns the bonus, can they transfer their points to me and then let their account expire?
Believe so, yes.
That is my question as well. Mom has points in her account, so if I pool them with mine and she has no activity, will those points now not expire as long as I have activity?
This part is a little confusing:
“Can pool a minimum of 1,000 points and a maximum of 500,000 points per calendar year.
Each member can receive a maximum of 2,000,000 points per calendar year.”
…but if I’m understanding it correctly, it basically means that I can send 500,000 per year from my account, but I can receive 2,000,000 from others. Seems odd but hey, they are finally letting you pool points for free. Something I wish everyone else would do… I’m looking at you, Southwest!
Correct, don’t think it’s that odd.
Just transferred my wifes points into my account (I have Diamond status) and process took 5min. Points already posted to my account. Awesome feature!
One thing the FAQ doesn’t address is point expiration. As I recall, as long as the account remains active, then the points should remain active. I wonder if pooling would be considered activity, and keep the points active.
Doubtful but don’t know for sure.