Hilton yesterday started a “Free Nights Faster” promotion that doesn’t, unlike what the title implies, try to get you to stay more often at their hotels, but rather to apply for one of the three cobranded Amex cards, Aspire excluded.
The usual sign-up bonus points offers are sweetened with a free night certificate after reaching a specific spend within three months of the approval date.
You can access Hilton’s page for cobranded cards here.
READ MORE: Hilton Honors Rate & Bonus Points Offers
Here’s information that Hilton shared us with:
Hilton Honors American Express Card: Earn 70,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points and one Free Night Reward after spending $1,000 in eligible purchases on the Card in the first 3 months of Card Membership (terms apply).
- With 70,000 Bonus Points, a Card Member could redeem up to 2 free nights at more than 2,600 Hilton hotels worldwide. Paired with the Free Night Reward, that is up to 3 free nights total!
- Note: This is a first-ever welcome offer with a Free Night Reward on the Hilton Honors American Express Card
Hilton Honors American Express Surpass Card: Earn 130,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points and one Free Night Reward after spending $2,000 in eligible purchases on the Card in the first 3 months of Card Membership (terms apply).
- With 130,000 Bonus Points, a Card Member could redeem up to 3 free nights at more than 4,400 Hilton hotels worldwide. Paired with the Free Night Reward, that is up to 4 free nights total!
Hilton Honors American Express Business Card: Earn 130,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points and one Free Night Reward after spending $3,000 in eligible purchases on the Card in the first 3 months of Card Membership (terms apply).
- Once again, 130,000 Bonus Points could provide a Card Member with up to 3 free nights at more than 4,400 Hilton hotels worldwide. Paired with the Free Night Reward, that is up to 4 free nights total!
Hilton Honors American Express Cobranded Cards Benefits Matrix:
Hilton Honors American Express Card (email from Hilton):
Hilton Honors American Express Surpass Card (email from Hilton):
Conclusion
These cards make sense for those who stay at Hilton-affiliated hotels but wouldn’t get me to swipe them at other retail outlets.
You have to keep in mind that Hilton Honors points are worth somewhere around .3 to .5 cents each when used towards hotel awards. However, there are a few specific cases when they are worth more. I usually spell these cases out when Hilton sells their Honors points at a bonus, like the most expensive Conrad and Waldorf Astoria hotels.
Faster Free Nights (old Hyatt promotion) or Free Nights Faster (new Hilton’s Amex offer)? I wonder who at the Hilton/Amex decided to “borrow” the tag line from Hyatt?
