Visa Signature Cardholders Get Hilton Elite Perks

Unlike with airline-affiliated credit cards—just a few of which award a very limited number of elite-qualifying miles—hotel-linked credit cards often come bundled not just with elite-qualifying points but with full-fledged elite status.

You may have already known that. What you probably didn’t know is that you can, for a limited time, get Gold status in Hilton’s HHonors program with any Visa Signature credit card.

Offer Details

Through August 31, HHonors members who register their U.S.-issued Visa Signature credit card here will be granted Gold elite status and enjoy elite benefits during any Hitlon stays for the period.

And if they stay three times between now and August 31, and charge those stays to a Visa Signature card, the Gold elite status will be extended through March 31, 2013.

Normally Gold status is earned after completing 16 stays or 36 nights, or earning 60,000 Base points during a calendar year.

Gold elite perks include: a 25 percent points bonus; complimentary Internet access; and, depending on the Hilton brand, a choice of other benefits including room upgrades, bonus points, and complimentary breakfast.

Deal or No Deal

If you’re not already an elite member of HHonors, have a Visa Signature card in your wallet, and plan a Hilton stay by August 31, it’s well worth the two minutes required to register your card to get instant status.

And if three Hilton stays are in your summer plans, the ability to easily extend that status through the first quarter of 2013 makes a good deal a great one.

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Elite status, anyone?

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