Can Hilton Corporate Rates really save you money on your hotel booking?

 

What are Hilton Corporate Rates?

Corporate travelers can often benefit from cheaper stays with select hotel brands and this includes Hilton Hotels & Resorts. Corporate discounts work by negotiating a discount - if a company has a large footprint in the area of the hotel the discount is likely bigger. The reverse is also true. If you travel for business, it's possible to get a lower rate by booking your Hilton stay in advance online using a particular code. Not all corporate codes work with all properties or dates; for example, for one code we tried for a test booking, only 13 out of 28 hotel matches in Miami let us use it: Corporate rates are usually stated as strictly only for corporate use by employees, so they are to be used at your own risk, especially as you may need relevant ID when checking in.

How do I use Hilton Corporate Rates?

If your company has a corporate account with Hilton, you can easily add the code to your online reservation by selecting the Advanced Search on the homepage, choosing to 'Add a Special Rate Code' and then adding the number to the 'Corporate Account' box: For our tests, we chose the Hampton Inn & Suites Miami/Brickell-Downtown on March 6th, 2017. It comes out at $259 plus tax for the Flexible Rate or $251 plus tax for the Hilton HHonors member rate: Most of the codes we tried for our test booking worked to give us a discount off the member rate:

• 0232757100 3M $220 - save 12% ($31)
• 0560001833 Accenture $220 - save 12% ($31)
• 0303136100 BASF $220 - save 12% ($31)
• 0052754100 Nestlé $220 - save 12% ($31)
• 0051782100 Oracle $220 - save 12% ($31)
• 0052097100 Wells Fargo $220 - save 12% ($31)
• 0322768100 AT&T $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 0002732227 Blackstone Marketplace $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 2728493 BP $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 0102780100 Coca-Cola $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 222798100 Ford $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 0352837100 Procter & Gamble $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 432843100 Shell $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 72856100 UPS $227 - save 9% ($24)
• 550000678 Fruit of the Loom $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 0222801100 General Motors $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 0052752100 Bank of America $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 550000553 Berkshire Hathaway $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 0222777100 Chrysler Fiat $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 560025757 Dairy Queen $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 550000750 Dell $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 0422795100 FedEx $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 301509100 Home Depot $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 0002666284 IBM $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 560007270 Kohl's $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 0132813100 McDonald's $233 - save 7% ($18)
• 560023557 Volvo $238 - save 5% ($13)
• 433327100 JC Penney $243 - save 3% ($8)
• 0560006709 Honda $243 - save 3% ($8)
• 550000273 Harley Davidson $243 - save 3% ($8)
• 0132842100 Sears $243 - save 3% ($8)
• 560010423 Disney $248 - save 1% ($3)

However, the corporate rate was not available for our test booking with these codes:

• 560014086 Bayer
• 315000125 Bosch
• 0072799100 General Electric
• 9122532 HP
• 43773 Microsoft
• 0002709212 Sixt
• 0072803100 Verizon

This corporate account code came up as invalid:

• 50000728 Target

It's interesting to note that the cheapest rate we found using a corporate code for the test booking was $220 before tax, which was the same price as the Advance Purchase rate.

What else do I need to know about Hilton Corporate Rates?

It's always useful to compare the corporate rate you're using with other rates on the Hilton website, so you can see exactly how much of a discount you're getting. In this instance, it pays to be a 3M, Accenture, BASF, Nestlé, Oracle or Wells Fargo employee to get the biggest discount of 12%, although you may well get a much better saving when searching other dates or properties. This Hotel Corporate Codes post and this one are both useful for various Hilton corporate codes, but you could also find one for your company with a Google search. If your business isn't listed on any of the sites that you check, you could ask HR if there is a corporate code that you can use or contact Hilton. Keep in mind that many hotel brands are extremely vigilant about codes being abused and if you try to check in without proof that you are entitled to use a corporate code, you could lose your place to stay or end up having to pay the rack rate instead! Can Hyatt Corporate Rates really save you money on your hotel booking? Can Starwood Corporate Rates really save you money on your hotel booking? Can IHG Corporate Rates really save you money on your hotel booking?