Obsolete Program
As a members of the Hilton Honors program, we know you can earn Hilton Honors points when staying at a Hilton Resort. In fact, Hilton Honors members earn ten base points for every dollar spent on room rate and other eligible room charges and 5 bonus points per eligible US dollar spent on your room. But what if you are in the market for airline miles instead?
Well, as a Hilton Honors member, you can still earn 10 Honors Base Points and instead of the 5 bonus points, you can earn 1 mile per eligible US dollar spent on most stays. To earn miles instead of Honors bonus points, you need to “Select the Points & Miles Earning Style”. You then earn miles based on the amount you spend on each hotel stay. Read more about this option here.
The amount of miles you earn is unique to each airline. For example, with Delta, you earn 1 Delta mile per eligible US dollar spent at hotels and resorts within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio of brands. However with JetBlue, you earn 1 TrueBlue Point per 2 eligible US dollars spent at hotels and resorts within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio of brands, not as good of a deal! Click here to see the mileage earning potential on your Hilton stays.
I want to point out that this option would probably only be worth doing if you are really trying to accumulate airline miles on a certain airline. The five Hilton Honors bonus points per dollar spent if you opt for this will likely be many more than the airline miles you will earn on your stay!