Hilton Hhonors Qualifying Rates

[tuapekastar]

Not sure if this is the right place to post it but here goes.

I may be missing something obvious (not for the first time ), but the following quote lifted from Hhonors website seems to indicate that any booking made via any website other than Hilton does not qualify for point earning.

Eligible Rate stays are stays at all rates except wholesale/tour operator packages, contracted airline crew rates, travel agency discount rates, packages exclusively for Las Vegas Hilton casino player card holders, Team Member Travel rates, Hilton Family Travel Rates, Reward Stays, stays secured utilizing Hilton Grand Vacations Club and Hilton Club timeshare programs, Hilton Grand Vacations marketing packages with a sales presentation requirement, complimentary or barter rooms, stays on NET Group, Series Group or IT Group rates, contracted Entertainment or Encore rates and stays using airline percent-off award certificates. Stays that are booked via third party websites are not Eligible Stays irrespective of rate paid, for the purpose of earning points, miles or stay credit toward Elite tier status. Stays booked via "opaque" channels where the brand is unknown at the time of purchase are not Eligible Stays for the purpose of earning points, miles or stay credit toward Elite tier status, or the receipt of Elite tier benefits such as upgraded accommodations / amenities or access to health clubs. No point or stay credit, airline frequent flyer mileage credit or credit toward tier status will be awarded for "no show" situations when a member has made a reservation guaranteed with a credit card but then does not check in to the hotel — irrespective of whether or not the member's credit card is charged for any portion of the reserved stay per the hotel's "no show" policy.

Now I think I'm missing something but not sure what. Are stays booked through say Expedia, Agoda, or Hotels.com ineligible to earn points? Can anybody clarify things/reassure me?

Thanks

 

[cove]

You get dust if you book Hilton rooms through Expedia.....so no points from HH nor your favourite airline.
The double dip only comes from booking direct with Hilton as it eliminates the third party commissions.
Did that reassure you??

 

[drron]

And even sometimes on hilton.com.One HGI in the DC area insisted the booking I made through the Hilton website was an entertainers rate so not eligible.eventually had to escalate to hilton corporate to get it resolved when the usual channels couldn't get the hotel to resolve it.

 

[OverrideServlet]

I saw this when I originally signed up for HHonors and have never been game enough to try booking through somewhere else.

 

[tuapekastar]

Thanks.

And yes cove, I'm reassured, but perhaps not in the way I want to be. :shock:

I've had a couple of earning stays in the past and for some reason thought I had booked at least one of them through a third party but I guess I didn't.