Leaked: New Hilton Diamond Reserve Tier Coming in 2026? [Update: Confirmed by Hilton]

[2025.11.8 Update]

The data leaked beneath is now confirmed by Hilton on its official Instagram account.

[2025.11.6 Original Post]

Person @倍多分 from our discussion board discovered this in Hilton’s supply code

Then person @haruka from our discussion board digged out this web page:

By taking part in some tips, we are able to additionally discover the UI beneath. It seems to be like all the present tier will preserve the established order advantages, Diamond Reserve could have further advantages on prime of that.

What we find out about up to now:

• Requires 80 nights per yr AND $18,000 in qualifying spend (considerably 80% of what Marriott requires for Ambassador)
• Identify: Diamond Reserve
• Theme coloration: Black (compared to Diamond Purple)
• Factors accural at 22x (10x base + 12x Diamond Reserve)
• To arrange for the brand new tier, all tier necessities are lower down 30% for 2026 (e.g. you solely want 42+ nights to get Diamond)
• There shall be a brand new milestone reward at 120 nights: select from [Confirmable Upgrade Reward] or [30,000 pts], plus the ten,000 pts you already get for every 10 nights
• No recognized information on different tier advantages but, however we’d think about much like what Marriott affords for Ambassador or Hyatt affords for Globalist

At current, Hilton Honors tiers embrace: Member (base), Silver, Gold, Diamond, and Lifetime Diamond. Amongst these, Diamond is the best non-lifetime tier and might be simply obtained just by holding the Amex Aspire card. In consequence, in North America, Hilton has maybe probably the most diluted elite ranks amongst main resort chains. The direct consequence has been profit devaluation — many inns obtain dozens and even lots of of Diamond members in a single day, making it laborious to ship significant recognition or upgrades.

Against this, Marriott’s highest card-based standing solely grants Platinum, above that are Titanium and Ambassador.

It appears Hilton has lastly realized the over-saturation of Diamonds from Aspire card within the U.S. The brand new tier’s advantages are nonetheless unknown, and it stays to be seen whether or not it can rival Marriott Ambassador.

There additionally seems to be a new hidden tier known as “Honor Society”, presumably reserved for resort homeowners or invitation-only members.

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