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Fun fact: just put in the reservation you have two guests, even if you don’t. Why? Because you get more free food credits. They don’t care, even if they know it’s just you!

Free water comes in clutch in the middle of the night when you get thirsty

What usually works for me when trying to get a free upgrade is to call the front desk the evening before the reservation and if you're lucky you'll get the on duty manager and I inquire about my reservation and if they'll have an upgrade available. Works about half the time. I got a free upgrade to a suite in the George V hotel in Paris like that! We had a suite with a balcony that had a view of the Eiffel Tower! Will forever be my best hotel experience!

The Surpass is practically free and a no-brainer. The $50 per quarter can be earned easily by staying at a Hilton brand or buying a gift card. The Aspire and Diamond are great for international travel. If you have Conrad stays on your list, the Aspire is great. I have both of them, but thinking of downgrading my Aspire to a second surpass getting me the same 2 free nights for a $30K spend with an effective $0 AF.

🥞 Just got the Hilton Surpass card and love that I’m a gold member already and the perks that come with it. Looking forward to the 50.00 credit every quarter for a quick weekend trip or simply just purchasing gift cards and saving them for future stays. Thanks for all you do Sebby!!!!!

With Dimond's guarantee, when it's actually available, the price is usually astronomical. For instance, I wanted to book a Hilton in Fort Worth, Texas, which usually is about $210, but with the diamond guarantee, it was $560. that's insane. Holding a room for me at more than double the price is not a perk.

1. Enjoyed the executive lounge access at Conrad St. James in London. 2. Cannot believe I did not think of the Hilton Aspire downgrade to score a 15k free night then upgrade back to get the 30k free night. Thanks Sebby!!

My +1 got the Hilton Aspire for our trip to Japan. We used it to book some of our hotels, especially for Tokyo Dland as it's a partner hotel at the resort and at a monorail station. Main floor lounge for breakfast and happy hour, so it was well worth a stay for those going to Tokyo Dland. 👍

Great video Sebby 🥞 1) I have all 3 personal Hilton cards and was able to get SUB's on them last year. Leaning towards getting the Business card for the SUB and hoping there is an FNC attached to it like during their Summer 2023 promo. 2) My experience has been pretty good with Hilton overall. Last year I got upgraded on a 2-night stay (paid with 2 FNCs) from a standard room to a Junior Suite at the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas which had amazing strip views. Was upgraded at every Hilton I stayed at during my most recent trip to Italy. Hilton Florence Metropole from standard room to Executive Floor room, Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri from a standard room to a Premium room with Rome view and they gave me a bottle of prosecco as a welcome gift, DoubleTree Rome Monti upgraded me as well from a standard room to a king deluxe (basically a bigger room). 3) Honestly I wish Hilton just gave us the option of choosing either the breakfast or credit at check-in. I mean there are times where the credit can work out if someone is not a breakfast person but I highly value having breakfast. Its one less meal I need to expense if traveling for work or one less meal I need to budget for when traveling for fun.

1. Aspire + Surpass + Business 2. No upgrades in the US, including at a convention Hilton that was 90% empty for Christmas. 3. Prefer credits over 🥞, I don't always eat breakfast.

I've only stayed at Hilton internationally and I've been happy with the upgrades with Gold status. One time I was upgraded from the lowest room to an executive room. Great video explaining everything about Hilton status!

Just got the Hilton honors card… I’m moving up the ladder for all the sign up bonuses.

🥞Have the Aspire card. Stayed at the lower end Hilton properties to save points. Even these lower properties were quite a pleasant experience. In Doha I loved the breakfast and the stay was great while saving points

🥞 Great video.I am more of a Marriott guy. Any chance you can do the same for Marriott.Did a quick search and do not see a recent video on that topic. As always, your content is top-notch. Thank you. 🙏

I got the buissnes and surpass, wife has the same, every year we get 6 free nights at Waldorf Astoria;)❤

10 years of holding my aspire is easy but 2million base points is crazy

The Hilton trifecta is the infinity stones and even allows me to vacation passed the ice wall at secret continents!

My understanding is that points earned from credit cards no longer count for lifetime diamond status. Starting 1/1/24.

Aspire, so far so good!, breakfast has been a godsend for day after.

🥞 Does anyone know if you can return Dell products to get store credit to be able to use Dell Business Platinum credit all at once? The new Bose headphones are $299.

🥞 I've always been a Marriott guy, but my wife's company's office that she visits often is in an adjoining building with a Hilton, so she has been racking up the Hilton points. We got her a Hilton Honors card, even though there is not yet family language, we figured it was inevtiable, so we wanted to maximize SUBs . She'll be going to the next level soon. As always, great job!

I can't wait until I'm able to finally get my Amex Hilton Aspire card!

🥞 Hilton Honors. Gold from points. Maximized our stays by doing the 2x points offer and my main gas card. I like both and sometimes I get comped breakfast for my kid.

🥞 I have the Amex platinum, never gotten upgraded in the US, I prefer breakfast

I have Diamond and find the marginal difference from Gold worthless. I think hotel operators train the front desk people to never give upgrades. Breakfast is only benefit worth anything.

🥞 My wife and I have one of each personal cards. We prefer the credits, which work well towards breakfast or drinks depending on our schedule. Toss-up on getting an upgrade with Diamond status. How many Aspires is too many? Contemplating upgrading some of the cards.

Just got my welcome offer with the Hilton Business Card, wondering where to spend these 150k points! :) Seems like points and free upgrades go ALOT further here in Europe and no resort fees, woohoo!

🥞 I have the Surpass coming up on year 1 next month. Don't see the value yet upgrading to Aspire. Most of the time we are traveling with kids, and the free breakfast is fine if offered. Staying at a Hilton Garden Inn next month, so credit it is.

🥞 I have the Hilton Aspire. In the US, upgrades and service is not as good. In Europe much better.

Great video Sebby! Would love to see this level of detail around Marriott status.

Unrelated but who made your website? Im looking for a website and I like how smooth and organized everything is

Hi Sebby, could you please make a video that discusses Marriott statuses? Thanks! 🥞

If I use my FHR and stay at Conrad or Waldorf Astoria, will I be able to still use my status?

Nice. Thanks for the info. 🥞🥞

🥞 Great video. I have the Hilton Honors card which I acquired for the bonus points. I was actually thinking of getting a better hotel/travel card since I have The Sapphire Preferred. A lot of videos compare the Amex Platinum vs Chase Reserve. I was actually trying to compare the Hilton Aspire vs the Reserve, especially since the Aspire gets good benefits and $0 cost to add an authorized user, my wife, to take advantage of the usage and points for Hilton. What are your thoughts?

🥞Good to know is the US dining credit applies to anything which includes to overpriced convince stores at places like the garden inn. I prefer this when breakfast is something I'm already planning at a specific place or tired of the hotel one. You can always grab some water, candy, a bottle of wine or some gummy bears for free.

Does Aspire year count toward the 10 Lifetime years? Thanks!

Always fire guys. Safe travels 🥃🥃🥃😊

🥞 I have the aspire card right now and looking to possibly switch over to the Bonvoy Brilliant. I’ve been upgraded once at the WA in Chicago, most of the time I get the run around. I much rather prefer breakfast than credits. I’ve had a few stays where it was 2 people staying and only received credit for 1 person.

Anyone has been upgraded to suite at Waldorf Astoria? I've been to two Waldorf Astorias, one in Europe and one in Asia, both times I was told suites were excluded from upgrades, even though I'm a diamond member

“Bank shot” i see what you did there

🥞good video! Thanks 🙏

Does these cards make sense if you have Amex Platinum?

you often mention how airlines credits are easy to use if you know what you're doing. I get why you wouldn't share, but can I please get a pancake emoji if there's a better way to use them in SF other than United travel bank?

How do you cash out the $200 credit by annually?

Excellent video!

im about to get hired as a lifeguard i hope and what are the usual hotel discounts

I see what you did there with the disguise 😉

What kind of limits do they give for 800 scores

🥞 I have the amex platinum but I haven’t been able to get Hilton to match my name so I get get Gold status. Is Hilton your main hotel chain to get status? Do you have any other chains we should consider?

Sounds like Hilton overpromises and then fails to deliver the perks or even worse makes up lies to get out of offering those perks.

🥞 do you just ask for the breakfast credits because I’m gold and they never say anything about it to me.

It didn't say free water bottles, it said free bottled water.

Tim Duncan FTW

Diamond through Aspire but Im a Hilton loyalist so I get tremendous value from the card. Hilton is by far the best hotel chain out there especially overseas so the card is invaluable to me.

Resort World Las Vegas Conrad is pretty subpar. They will lie and tell you no upgrades. Their employees are not trained either. Very bad exp.

hi sebby!

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"might be a gift card in disguise"

I don’t like the new card designs.

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🥞 Hi Sebby, what strategies would you recommend two players (wife and I) on the Aspire card? What month would be best to apply to double dip the benefits for 2? We started looking into Hilton portfolio as a novice traveler to maximize the Aspire benefits. Thanks

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