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Update: Don’t forget to finish spending by today. If you are locking in credit at the Waldorf Jerusalem, you’ll want to do that before 4:59pm ET, and perhaps a little earlier to allow for some buffer time.
Originally posted on 6/27:
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express and the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card come with a $50 Hilton credit every quarter. The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card comes with a $60 Hilton credit every quarter. Registration is required on the Business Platinum card.
Last year and in January, I locked in those credits with Hilton gift cards. Unfortunately, those have been unavailable since January.
The other option, of course, is to use them at Hilton hotels. I went to a convention at a Hilton last month, and their negotiated rates were far better than using points. At checkout, they had no problem splitting the final rate onto 7 different eligible AMEX cards to leave me with a $0 balance.
And while I used a free Hilton night at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills this past Sunday, I used eligible cards to pay for the parking fee.
Another option, if you have an upcoming Hilton stay, is to ask the hotel to send you an authorization form to prepay for expenses on your stay. That way, you can combine the credits from your cards across multiple quarters on one stay. People have also done with this the resort credit on the Hilton Aspire card.
Even if you aren’t staying at a hotel, charges from a spa or dining will credit if they are charged by the hotel.
Another option is to find a hotel that sells its own gift cards.
For example, the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem sells gift cards for spa and dining. Note that these gift cards expire after 5 years and can’t be used for the room rate, it’s only good for spa and dining charges.
Getting these gift cards are a little tricky, so I’ll walk you through the process.
Click on the globe to toggle the language to English:
Click to send a gift to yourself:
With current exchange rates, 170 shekels should work out to just below or above $50, or 171 should put it just above $50. You can check approximate current rates here.
You will need an Israeli phone number and get a code from it to proceed. Luckily, you can use a site like this one to do this.
Locate an Israeli number there.
If this is the number you have, replace the +972 with a 0.
So for this number, you would enter 0503816969:
Refresh the page and you’ll see a 4 digit code from Tabit:
After you enter the code, wait for the page to autoload, and you’ll be able to enter your payment details. I haven’t had to provide verification beyond this point and you won’t need to enter a personal ID:
After that, you’ll get an email with your order confirmation and a separate email with your gift card number and QR code, with a 5 year expiration date.
The 170 shekel charge made today went pending at $49.99, though that rate will still change by the time it’s posted to the account, and last time it dropped by a little bit for me. The $50 credit should post to your account within a week or so.
A 171 shekel charge made today went pending at $50.28:
Don’t wait Monday to make this purchase! You’ll want to make it early enough to ensure that it posts to your account with a 6/30 charge date and not a 7/1 charge date. The exact cutoff is unknown, though after 5pm ET on Monday (12am Israel time) would post with a 7/1 charge date.
Know of other Hilton hotels with online gift card sales? Hit the comments!
How will you use your Hilton credit?
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Thanks Dan. Fyi 7/1 is Tuesday, not Monday
Ha, still thinking of AMEX-Alaska deadline. 😀
Dan, how about AmEx offers are they similar to credits? do charges need to post or is transaction date enough to trigger offers?
Transaction date.
i used points for a award stay at a hotel and i ordered a ride from the airport through the hilton (they contracted with a local taxi service) They billed the ride to my room.Although more expensive then using a taxi straight, it is definitely cheaper when i received a credit back for the full cost of the taxi
Nice
170 shek is currently 49.99
That’s what the post says.
I’m trying to do that sms website that you gave us. Is it free? Because it’s asking for CC information. Or am I doing something wrong.
You are doing something wrong. Click on a number on the home page and there’s no charge or account needed.
Isn’t it fraudulent of Amex, to announce this $50 Hilton perk and have no gift cards available for the last half year?
Erm, no.
page is stuck after i add the phone number it is not sending the code
Did you enter the correct format that I wrote about?
Yes seems like I was able to do two and now freezing again
do it in incognito mode it will work
Is it not possible to just get Hilton gift cards at the front desk of a local Hilton property, like we used to do with Marriott when the Brilliant had the $300 Marriott credit?
Nope, Hilton hotels don’t sell Hilton gift cards AFAIK.
I walked into a waldorf hotel and bought gift cards…
Is dining at the Waldorf restricted to guests?
No
if i book a hotel and then cancel reservation after credit posts, whats the chance amex does clawback?
Pretty high.
if i book a hotel 6 months from now and then cancel, will that lower chance of clawback?
Dan. The phone number only worked when I put in the 972 full number. Not like you said.
Same. Worked after entering the exact number on the website.
Can i GC from World of Astoria be transferred to some one else?
Yes, anyone can use it.
Just pointing out that these credits do not work for Shabbos meals (based on the DDF thread)
I haven’t seen any definitive data points from someone who tried.
i tried, it didn’t work.
Bummer, thanks!
yup, basically the shabbat meals are coordinated by the front desk- and you cannot pay at the restaurant.. i even emailed the shabbat meal manager, and nothing.. so basically can use for spa and for the lunch menu at hotel (cannot use for dinning to the room).
Pity. What about breakfast or dinner at the hotel?
didn’t try either as breakfast was free with stay and dinner was not open ( just the dairy for lunch and dinner).
Following this, I’d like to use minie for breakfast as I won’t be staying there when I go in August
I spoke to the manager when I stayed there a few weeks ago and they told me me i would be able to use the credits for Shabbat meals ♂️
The plot thickens. 😀
thank you dan very much for the tutorial much aprciated have a good shabbos
Thanks Dan! Had issues with the site in chrome, but worked fine on Safari.
i forgot to put in my email and am just relying on this israeli number you sent can you tell me thank you
Do you mean to say you have seven business Platinum accounts open??
I’ve had way more than that at a time.
where did all comments go? on Site page says 34 but when you click, they disappear on actual web page of post
the israeli number from that site is not working for me
Try a different one there?
Same here. It worked once, since then it keeps on loading and loading
Try incognito?
Replacing with a 0 does not work, you have to keep the 972 and it works fine.
Odd. The opposite was true for me earlier today.
@dan, any other way to use the Hilton Aspire $400 credit? I guess this method will not work as its only for participating resorts
Wesite crashing now
Worked with 972.
Can you stack the gift cards when paying?
Yes
I’d like to stay at a Hilton hotel on 6/30, checking out 7/1 in the morning. Is there a way for me to pre-pay on the Hilton site so I get charged now and not at checkout (since the credit expires by then) and split payment with 2 Business Platinums?
You can try contacting the hotel and ask for an authorization form to apply to your folio.
Or you can try asking for them to run the cards at check-in and apply it to your folio.
Thank you so much Dan, I was just struggling to cash out my 3 biz platinum Hilton credits since the gift cards became unavailable…
Now i have $150 ($300 in 4 days) in credits for free food at the Waldorf next time i go to Israel!!!!
Random question how can Amex change the $200 semi annual dell credits to $150 next month when the signup offer i used said $400 a year???
I’m gonna guess the answer to my question is the fine print in the terms and conditions that only you read…
(I applied for 3 cards right at the end of December as u advised and was really looking forward to $2400 at dell which is now only $1650!)
Can we do this for the $200 credit from the HIlton Aspire card as welll?Any other good ways to use? Thanks
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=94099.1820
Would it work with Waldorf DC as well?
On the Waldorf site, when I’m up to final checkout with credit card – It’s giving me a Shgiah (mistake) message, each time. Any advice?
Worked out. waiting for the emails. It’s taking some time….. Thanks Dan!
Thanks Dan, Is there any other way to use the Hilton Aspire $400 credit? I guess this method will not work as its only for participating resorts
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=94099.1820
I walked into a waldorf hotel and bought gcs
Which Waldorf? Generic Hilton GCs?
Can I use the Hilton aspire card for the gift card?
can not get it past the please wait screen
how can I use my amex points to benefit from this promo?
Thank you. I was having the issues mentioned on chrome and incognito as well. I used Microsoft edge it worked well and I received all three gift cards within a few minutes
I was able to go through the entire credit card transaction with Jerusalem spa, but I never received confirmation or gift cards by email. They did charge the amex though. Any advise?
Check SPAM?
For which email does it come?
I did!
How long till I can expect to see the credit on this? I purchased on 6/28, transaction lists it as Waldorf Astoria GiftJerusalem. I’m somewhat concerned it won’t post. My other credits usually post pretty quick and I usually get an email that I earned the credit.
“The $50 credit should post to your account within a week or so.”
when asking my rep if i will get the bonus for the gift card charge she told me that it was identified to be a gift card that isn’t eligible for the credit. So i wont get the credit. anything that i could do about it?
Good grief.
https://www.dansdeals.com/airfare-deals/rules-of-the-deal-3/
Rule 1: Read rule 1.
Rule 2: Read rule 1 again.
so i wont get it because i asked?
She might flag it in the system as a GC, then you won’t get it.
She may do nothing and it will post.
She may tell a supervisor, who will talk to others who will notice this loophole. And they may plug it.
Just a quick update i got a email from AmEx this morning “Congratulations, your recent stay with Hilton Hotels has qualified for the $200 Hilton Statement Credit (up to $50 per quarter). The statement credit has been posted to your account.”
🙂