How to pay at Ticketmaster with your Hilton Honors hotel points

Hilton Honors has a little known feature called ‘Tickets with Points’.

We’ve only mentioned it once since it launched so I thought it was worth a reminder.

‘Tickets with Points’ allows you to use your Hilton Honors points to purchase tickets to sporting events, concerts, comedy shows and theatre productions from Ticketmaster.

You don’t need to have enough Hilton points to pay for your entire ticket. You can use as few as 5 Hilton Honors points which makes this a good way of using up a small Hilton balance if you have one.

The big question, of course, is what value do you get? The answer is ‘not great’. 500 Hilton Honors points gets you $1 equivalent off your purchase so 0.2 cents per point.

This compares very badly with our valuation of Hilton Honors points of 0.33p (0.4c) per point. You should also be able to beat our valuation if you’re smart or selective about when you redeem.

Unfortunately the deal does not work in reverse. There is no way of earning Hilton Honors points when purchase event tickets from Ticketmaster, which I think is a missed opportunity.

If you’re interested, you can get started by linking your Hilton and ticketmaster.co.uk accounts here.

PS. The image above is of Raye playing at the most recent Hilton ‘Secret Socials’ concert at Hilton Park Lane. These concerts allow you to redeem Hilton Honors points for an exclusive private gig – with the catch being that you won’t know in advance who is playing. We always let you know about upcoming ticket drops on HfP.

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How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (June 2024)

There are various ways of earning Hilton Honors points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

Do you know that holders of The Platinum Card from American Express receive FREE Hilton Honors Gold status for as long as they hold the card?  It also comes with Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Premium and MeliaRewards Gold status.  We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here and you can apply here.

Did you know that the Virgin Atlantic credit cards are a great way of earning Hilton Honors points? Two Virgin Points can be converted into three Hilton Honors points. The Virgin Atlantic cards are the only Visa or Mastercard products in the UK which can indirectly earn Hilton Honors points and they come with generous sign-up bonuses. You can apply here.

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:

• American Express Gold (20,000 bonus Amex points)
• American Express Rewards Credit Card (10,000 bonus Amex points)

and for small business owners:

• American Express Business Gold (20,000 bonus Amex points)
• American Express Business Platinum (40,000 bonus Amex points)

The conversion rate from American Express to Hilton points is 1:2.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 16th July 2024, the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card (which is FREE for the first year) is increased to 30,000 Membership Rewards points. These convert to 30,000 Avios, 30,000 Virgin Points, 60,000 Hilton Honors points or many other options. Our full review is here. Click here to apply.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which can be used to earn Hilton Honors points. 

(Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)