How to protect your Hilton Honors points while you are alive

There is no way to name a beneficiary on a Hilton Honors account; a deceased Member's points move only to a named living Hilton Honors Member.¹

Members can transfer points to another Hilton Honors Member through Points Pooling or a 1-to-1 transfer, in increments of 1,000 points and up to 500,000 points, with up to six transfers to other member accounts per calendar year.¹

Each Member can send no more than 500,000 points and receive no more than 2,000,000 points per calendar year through Pooling and transfers combined. Points beyond these limits are not posted, and the limits are at Hilton's sole discretion and subject to change.¹

Each Member can make up to six Points Pooling transactions per calendar year, within the same annual point limits as transfers; invitations to join a pool are not counted as transactions.¹

A new Member can pool, transfer or receive points 30 days after enrollment if the account has activity, and 90 days after enrollment regardless of activity.¹

A total of 11 Members can pool points together, with one Member initiating the pool and up to 10 others contributing. There is no fee, pooling uses existing accounts rather than a new pooled account, and pool members need not be family.²

Pooled points are available at the time of transfer, though they can take up to 24 hours to display.²

The legacy Hilton Honors Mutual Fund, which let a legally married couple combine earnings under one account number, has been closed to new enrollment since April 1, 2004; existing accounts continue to receive Mutual Fund benefits.¹

Members without eligible activity in any 24 consecutive month period are subject to forfeiture of all accumulated points, and forfeited points cannot be retrieved.¹

Eligible activity is a stay at a participating hotel, earning points through Hilton or a third party source including a Hilton co-branded credit card, purchasing points, or donating points through the Hilton Honors Giving Back Program.¹