Hilton made changes to its Honors guest loyalty program in 2018 (read more here), which also introduced the ability to gift Gold and Diamond tiers based on the number of nights consumed within the calendar year.
Hilton lowered the gifting requirements during the pandemic, but they have been back to the usual levels for the past two years.
You can access this offer on Hilton’s website here and page to gift Gold here and Diamond here.
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The gifted Gold or Diamond status is valor 365 days from the date the Honors members accept it.
A member who has reached 60 nights in 2024 can gift Gold status and Diamond status at 100 nights (all nights count except those that rolled over from the previous year). You don’t need to gift these to the same member.
Please note that, according to the T&Cs in the email I received, the deadline for gifting the status for the 2024 activity is January 31, 2025. The gifted status is valid for 365 days.
Hilton Honors Gold & Diamond gifting requirements:
- Gold: 60 nights
- Diamond: 100 nights (usually 100)
Hilton just sent me the email to gift Gold:
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Contact Hilton customer service if you reached 60 or 100 nights in 2024, excluding rollovers, and haven’t received the code to gift the status. I received mine a couple of weeks after I reached the 60 nights for the year.
It is nice that Hilton allows Honors members to gift Gold at 60 and Diamond at 100 nights.
Terms and conditions of this offer:
Members who achieve 60 eligible nights within a calendar year will be able to gift Gold status to another member of their choice. If a member achieves 100 eligible nights within a calendar year then they will be able to gift Diamond status to a member of their choice.
Members who reach gifting qualifications by the end of the calendar year will be able to elect which member will receive that gift of status and must make that election by the following January. The member who is gifting the status must elect which other member will receive the gifted status by 11:59pm EST on January 31st of each calendar year.
The gifted status will start immediately after gifted and lasts 365 days from the date gifted. After 365 days, the gifted member’s status will change to the tier status that they would have earned without the gifted status in the previous calendar year.
Members who qualify to gift status the following year can gift to the same member. Members will have to re-elect that specific member to gift the status each year, as the gift will not automatically carry over. Once a status has been gifted to another member, no change can be made during the same year to remove or change that status.
The member who will be receiving the gifted status must be enrolled as a Hilton Honors member and this gift cannot be provided to someone who does not have a Hilton Honors account.
Qualifying nights for paid and reward stays (including Points & Money Rewards™ stays) count as full qualifying nights and are eligible toward achieving Gifting Status. Any elite qualifying nights earned through a promotional offer (i.e. double night credit) are also eligible and will be added to the total amount of eligible nights achieved to use Elite Gifting Status. Elite Rollover Nights do not count toward achieving Gifting Status.
