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Limited time card offers:
- Hilton Honors Card from American Express:
- Through 7/19, earn 70,000 bonus points and a free reward night valid at Hilton hotels worldwide after spending $1,000 in the first 3 months.
- Get Hilton Silver status, with 20% bonus points, 5th night free on awards, and bottled water. Earn Gold with $20K/year of spending.
- Earn 5 points per dollar at US gas stations, US restaurants, and US supermarkets, and 7 points per dollar at Hilton hotels.
- No annual fee.
- For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors Card, please visit here.
- Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card:
- Through 7/19, earn 130,000 bonus points and a free reward night valid at Hilton hotels worldwide after spending $2,000 in the first 3 months.
- Get Hilton Gold status, with free upgrades, 80% bonus points, 5th night free on awards, late checkout, breakfast, and bottled water. Earn Diamond with $40K/year of spending.
- Get a free night award after spending $15K every calendar year.
- Earn 6 points per dollar at US gas stations, US restaurants, and US supermarkets, and 12 points per dollar at Hilton hotels.
- $95.
- For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card, please visit here.
- The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card:
- Through 7/19, earn 150,000 bonus points and a free reward night valid at Hilton hotels worldwide after spending $4,000 in the first 3 months.
- Get Hilton Gold status, with free upgrades, 80% bonus points, 5th night free on awards, late checkout, breakfast, and bottled water. Earn Diamond with $40K/year of spending.
- Get a free night award after spending $15K every calendar year.
- Get another free night award after spending $60K in the same calendar year.
- Earn 6 points per dollar at US gas stations, US restaurants, flights, car rentals, shipping providers, and wireless phone services, and 12 points per dollar at Hilton hotels.
- As a business card, spending on this card won’t affect your personal credit and it won’t count against your Chase 5/24 count.
- $95 annual fee.
- For rates and fees of The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card, please visit here.
- Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card:
- Earn 150,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 in the first 3 months.
- Get Hilton Diamond status with free lounge access, upgrades, premium WiFi, 100% bonus points, 5th night free on awards, late checkout, breakfast, and bottled water.
- Get a free night award every year after renewal.
- Get another free night award after spending $60K every calendar year.
- Get a $250 credit at Hilton resorts every cardmembership year.
- Get a $250 airline fee credit every calendar year.
- $450 annual fee.
- For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card, please visit here.
Welcome bonus terms:
You officially won’t get the welcome bonus on this card if you have or have had this exact card, though readers have reported success after several years.
You can tell if you are eligible for an AMEX welcome bonus by simply applying. If you are not eligible for the bonus you will get a popup notification after clicking to apply for the card. At that point you can decide whether to proceed or cancel the application before it is actually processed.
American Express doesn’t perform a hard pull for existing AMEX cardholders.
Spend Threshold:
You’ll need to spend $1,000-$4,000 within 3 months.
You can pay your federal taxes for a 1.85% fee. If you overpay your taxes you can request a refund or apply it to your next year’s taxes.
My local natural gas company allows me to prepay up to $1,000 on a credit card for a $1.65 flat fee. That’s a great way to earn miles and help meet a spend threshold. My electricity supplier allows me to pay with a credit card for free as long as I am enrolled in autopay.
Business vs Consumer card:
AMEX business cards don’t appear on your credit report. That’s good for several reasons.
First of all they won’t count against your 5/24 count for opening new Chase cards. Only cards on your report that have been opened within the past 24 months count for that.
Second, when you spend money on personal cards your credit score will be hurt even if you pay your bill on time. A whopping 30% of your credit score is based on credit utilization. You can pay off your card bill before your statement is generated to avoid that, but that takes effort and laying out money well before you have to. Additionally it’s good to have the statement close with a couple dollars to show the card is active and being paid every month. On an AMEX business card it’s just not reported, so you can wait until the money is due without it having a negative effect on your score.
Third, if you close a business card it won’t ever have an effect on your score.
You may already have a business that needs a card to keep track of expenses. For example if your name is Joe Smith and you sell items online, or if you have any other side business and want a credit card to better keep track of business expenditures you can open a business credit card for “Joe Smith” as the business. You don’t need to file any messy government paperwork to be allowed to do that.
Just be sure to select “Sole Proprietorship” as the business type and just use your social security number in the Tax Identification Number field
Hilton card comparison chart:
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You can use your Hilton points for aspirational stays, like an overwater pool villa in the Maldives.
With Gold status, you’ll get free breakfast on paid and award stays at hotels like the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem:
With a breakfast like this, you may not even be hungry for dinner…
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Will you apply for any Hilton cards with these offers?
- For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors Card, please visit here.
- For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card, please visit here.
- For rates and fees of The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card, please visit here.
- For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card, please visit here.
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How long after you reach the threshold will u get the bonus?
Either within a few days of hitting the spend threshold or of the statement close date.
I finished the spend on the Delta Amex a few weeks ago and the bonus points didn’t post yet. Phone rep told me it’ll post after the spending window (6 months) closes. Could that be accurate or DROPR?
When did the statement after the spend threshold close?
3/17
I’d definitely HUCA.
Is the free night at any hotel? Is there a list of which resorts trigger the 250 ?
Yes
https://www.hilton.com/en/resorts/
Question, what’s the transferability of these points? I hold the AMEX platinum and it’s a disaster. Very disappointed.
Nothing worth doing, these are hotel points, not transferable bank points.
Perhaps you want this?
https://www.dansdeals.com/credit-cards/earn-80000-ultimate-rewards-points-good-least-800-cash-1000-travel-chase-sapphire-preferred-card-2/
What’s the limitation to the free night certificate? Can you stay at any hilton with that certificate?
There needs to be base room availability to book.
Yes.
Are you able to use the free night at any hotel?
Yes
can you apply hilton points to offset annual fee?
No
Is the Hilton certificates the most valuable out there as it’s not limited to any category? Any blackout dates ?
They’re valuable indeed.
There needs to be base room availability to book.
Do you mean to say there needs to be a base room for cash available? Or even if there is base room available for cash it doesn’t mean it will be available for points ?
Base rooms are always bookable for points.
I’m trying to understand if there is a base room available to purchase for cash will that automatically mean that the base room will be available for points or sometimes it’s available for Cash but not for points.
I got the bonus of 80 thousand points 2 months ago can I get a free night
No.
How many points is a free night worth
There is no cap. Currently base rooms can cost up to 150,000 points.
How long is the certificate valid?
1 year.
Can you combine points or free nights to a family member?
Yes to both.
My wife has the aspire how can we combine points to get a fifth free night?
https://www.hilton.com/en/hilton-honors/guest/transfer-points/
Thanks
Is Amex as easy as Chase when it comes to opening business accounts as sole proprietorship?
application requires separate TAX ID and ss numbers- is there any way around this?
Put in social by tax id
much easier
I got an upgrade offer for 50K points. Don’t want another credit card hit as already have 5-24 limit for chase.
Do you think it is worth it? I have no use of Priority pass vouchers.
The aspire gives you a free night and 250$ toward travel, and 250 toward a resort!
Does amex do a company credit check for the business card
Are these bonus points usable for, or transferrable to, anything other than Hilton use?
Is there a limit on how many Amex credit cards can I have?
How does Hilton’s points compare to Marriott? Does the Hilton point have good value?
Hilton sells points for 0.5 cents during promotional periods, so the market value is probably less, but obviously YMMV.
Can you use the free night in Jerusalem?
Sure, based on standard room availability.
It tells in I’m ineligible for the welcome bonus even though I never had the card before
Happened to me too in the past with a Delta gold. Was eligible 2 years later.
do the points expire?
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/mileage-expiration-guide-for-38-loyalty-programs-how-to-keep-your-points-from-expiring-and-how-to-bring-them-back-to-life-after-theyve-expired/
does the free reward night expire?
1 year from issuance.
How can I apply for business card without TAX ID # and just SS?
do you need to have any other membership in order to access the lounges?
I was approved for a business Gold card yesterday. Can I get approved for a Hilton business charge card today?
Had the surpass with a sign up bonus a couple years ago and downgraded to the express at the end of the year. Still have the express card. If I cancel can I apply for the express and get a sign up bonus? Or did I mess that up by now having the card??
Can someone apply for a personal and business hilton card at the same time?
Is everyone else having the same issue while checking for availability for multiple nights using points at the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem for future months, the results always come back as saying unavailable. Any solution to this new problem with checking points availability at the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem for multiple nights for future months?
What are bonus points
Points awarded for opening the card and meeting the spend requirement rather than standard points that are awarded for staying at a property.