A trio of hotel credit cards massively upgraded their welcome offers — but the promotions won’t be around long.
The Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card and Hilton Honors American Express Card added Free Night Awards to their bonus point offers.
Meanwhile, the Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card hiked its welcome offer.
Let’s take a look at all three!
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70,000 Points Plus a Free Night
New Hilton Honors American Express Card members can earn 70,000 bonus Hilton Honors points PLUS a Free Night Reward after spending $2,000 in eligible purchases within six (6) months of being approved for the card. This offer expires on July 31, 2024. (Terms apply.) (You can learn here how to apply.) Here’s the beauty of this card: there’s no annual fee! (Rates and Fees.)
Points earnings-wise, the card features:
- 7X Hilton Honors bonus points for each dollar of eligible purchases charged directly with hotels and resorts within the Hilton portfolio
- 5X on purchases at U.S. restaurants
- 5X at U.S. supermarkets
- 5X at U.S. gas stations
- 3X for all other eligible purchases
The card also comes with complimentary Hilton Honors Silver elite status.
130,000 Points Plus a Free Night
You can earn 130,000 bonus Hilton Honors points plus a Free Night Reward after you spend $3,000 in eligible purchases within six (6) months of being approved for the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card. Like the standard Hilton Honors Card, terms apply to this limited-time offer and it expires on July 31, 2024. Learn here how to apply.
The primary cardholder receives complimentary Hilton Honors Gold elite status — and can dial it up to Diamond after spending $40,000 in eligible purchases during a calendar year. (If that happens, you receive Diamond status for the rest of the remaining calendar year and all of the following year.)
Finally, the card comes with a quarterly $50 statement credit for purchases made directly with a property in the Hilton portfolio.
How many points do you earn on eligible purchases?
- 12X Hilton Honors bonus points for each dollar of eligible purchases charged directly with hotels and resorts within the Hilton portfolio
- 6X on purchases at U.S. restaurants (including takeout and delivery)
- 6X at U.S. supermarkets
- 6X at U.S. gas stations
- 4X on U.S. online retail purchases
- 3X for all other eligible purchases
The card’s annual fee is $150. (See Rates and Fees.)
Where Can You Use the Hilton Free Night Award?
The Hilton Free Night Award isn’t restricted to certain points-per-night cap or anything like that. You can redeem it for a standard room at most Hilton portfolio properties. Here’s a list of properties where the Hilton Free Night can’t be used. Everywhere else is fair game!
Five(!) Free Nights!
The Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card now offers 5 Free Night Awards, valued at a total of up to 250,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points after you spend $8,000 on eligible purchases within six (6) months of being approved for card membership. Each award can be redeemed for one night at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points at hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy®. This offer expires on July 10, 2024. (Certain hotels have resort fees. Terms apply.) Learn here how to apply.
Here’s what the Bonvoy Business Amex gives cardholders:
- Complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status
- Remember that The Platinum Card® from American Express and The Business Platinum Card® from American Express members receive complimentary Gold status with Marriott and Hilton.
- Free anniversary night (starting year two of card membership) redeemable at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels valued at 35,000 points or under
- 6X points for each dollar spent at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- 4X points for each dollar spent at restaurants worldwide
- 4X points for each dollar spent at U.S. gas stations
- 4X points for each dollar spent at U.S. wireless telephone services
- 4X points for each dollar spent at U.S. purchases for shipping
- 2X points for each dollar spent on all other eligible purchases
- 15 elite night credits
- No foreign transaction fees (See rates and fees)
- $125 annual fee (See rates and fees)
Final Approach
Three hotel credit cards now feature great limited offers with several free night awards — and in the cases of the Hilton Honors Amex and the Hilton Surpass Amex, you still get the bonus point kickers, too. Meanwhile, the Marriott Business Amex‘s offer is worth up to a quarter of a million points.
For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors American Express Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees for the Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of The Platinum Card® from American Express, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of The Business Platinum Card® from American Express, please visit this link.
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