Hotels want your business. Whether you’re traveling once per year or once per week, it’s in their best interest to make you a customer. One of the methods to draw you in is by providing perks to returning customers.

Hotel loyalty programs offer members the perks of elite status, including benefits such as room upgrades, late checkout, and daily food and beverage credits. Nowhere is this more evident than Hilton’s Diamond status, where top-tier members receive Hilton’s highest-end benefits.

Here's a look at what it means to be a Hilton lifetime Diamond member, the perks involved and whether it’s worth the effort to get it.

Hilton Diamond lifetime status

Hilton Honors has four levels of membership, from basic to three elite status levels — Silver, Gold and Diamond. The benefits you’ll receive vary according to your status.

As top-tier elites, Diamond members can expect the best of treatment at Hilton properties, including room upgrades up to a one-bedroom suite and a 100% bonus on points earned on stays.

Wondering how to earn lifetime Diamond status with Hilton? Hilton rewards its most loyal members with lifelong Diamond elite status, granting them permanent top-tier status once they’ve reached certain milestones:

Must earn Diamond status for 10 years (these do not need to be consecutive).AND

Complete stays totaling 1,000 paid and reward nights.OR

Earn 2 million base points.

Once you’ve become a lifetime Diamond member, you’ll hold the status without needing to requalify each year.