Hilton HHonors Triple points promotion

Hilton is planning a promotion for the next quarter (Q3) of 2013, and it is the TRIPLE MILES PROMOTION.

The promotion

What you get is essentially
- triple points on weekends (Friday through Sunday nights)
- double points on weekdays (Monday through Thursday nights)

This is valid for stays between 9 July and 30 September. This is quite the same promotion they ran in 2012 - no major changes expected. Note, that not all properties have signed up for this, so expect to see some properties that don't offer this promotion. The registration link should be available at hhonors.com/triple. They haven't got their page up and running as yet (the image you see is from last year) - this is the error message you get as of now:

We're Sorry,

We are unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for this inconvenience. You may contact the Hilton Reservations and Customer Care nearest you for assistance, or call 1-800-HONORS.

Once it is up and running, You are now able to register for this promotion. In fact, you need not register up front, as long as you do at any time prior to check-out. At least that's the way it was in 2012. I had a few trips at the time, and I remember getting a good deal out of this. But just get the registration done with, now!

The math

Going by the terms & conditions of the 2012 promotion, "Triple points" means you will receive a bonus equal to twice the number of base points earned on the average nightly folio. Average nightly folio is calculated by taking the total net folio of your stay during the promotion period, divided by the total number of nights of the stay. 

To explain with an example: If you have a net folio valued at the equivalent of US$ 1000 total for 7 days (an entire week), then:

- base points = 10,000 (US$ 1000 @ 10 point per eligible $ spent)

- average base points per night = total base points / number of nights = 10,000 / 7 = 1428 (decimal ignored)

Bonus points calculated as:

- for weekend stays - 2,856 bonus points a night x number of weekend nights (Fri, Sat, Sun)

- for weekday stays - 1,428 bonus points a night x number of weeknights (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu)

To total points = 10,000 base points + 8,568 (2,856*3) + 5,712 (1,428*4) = 24,820 points.

A bit complicated, but not unsurmountable!