Diamond is a Girl’s Best Friend: Hilton Honors for the Rest of Us

Hey Guys!

So, my family and I have just spent the last few days in Chicago. We had a really awesome time and got to see the Hamilton musical (thanks to the American Express Concierge). Trust me, it’s worth the hype. So good!

Anyway, today I’d like to talk about the Hilton Surpass American Express card. Now, I’m personally a big fan of the Hilton Honors program, because owning the American Express Platinum gives you automatic gold status with Hilton, and because I find that a lot of the Hiltons around the world offer great mixes of points + cash rewards. This card will actually give you Gold status, so even if you don’t have the Platinum card, you can enjoy these benefits. On top of this, Hilton also often offers cool bonus promotions. Currently, you can earn 2000 bonus points/ night, for every night you stay, no matter where or how much it costs. On top of that, they’re also offering 500 more bonus points if you book through the app.

However! The Hilton Surpass American Express card has an increased signup offer at the moment, at 100,000 Honors points if you spend 3k in the first 3 months (instead of 75k). This card has a number of benefits:

• Complimentary Gold Status
• 12 Hilton points per dollar spent at Hilton
• 6 points per dollar at US restaurants/ gas stations, and supermarkets
• 3 points per dollar on everything else

So, what can you do with 100k points?

Well, I spent 80,000 Honors points to save tons of money on a hotel in Dubai. Using the points + cash reward, I was able to drop a 1000sq ft suite from $272/ night to $64 and 16,000 points/ night. Over the course of five nights, that totals $1040. Not bad!

Or, if you’re looking to maximize your free nights, Hilton Category 1 hotels start at just 5,000 points/night, meaning you can spend 20 free nights in hotels around the world. Even better, using Hilton’s current promotions, you earn 2500 bonus points for every night you spend, effectively making your redemptions 50% off. This means you can stay 2x as many nights! That’s right, 40 free nights in a Category 1 hotel. And if you’re a Gold member, every one of those nights comes with free breakfast (for 2), early check-in, late check-out, and room upgrades.

And, because you’ve stayed so many nights at Hilton, you’ll be bumped up to Diamond status, which equals even more awesome benefits. Most importantly, this status gives you Club access at Hilton hotels, which means free food and free drinks all day. Awesome!

This signup bonus is for a limited time only, and is absolutely worth it. Get it before it’s too late!

-Carissa “Goldmember” Rawson