American Express Hilton Honors Card No Annual Fee Card: 100,000 Point Offer Or 75,000 Points + $100 Statement Credit (Highest Ever)

Update 12/27/20: These offers are showing up again. You can also get the 75k + $100 statement credit directly via here.

The Offer

  • American Express has two different increased bonuses on the Hilton no annual fee card:
    • $100 statement credit after first purchase and 75,000 Hilton points after $1,000 in spend. This offer shows up when doing a booking on the Hilton website. You don’t need to complete the booking, it will show at the payment page and you can click over without booking/paying.
    • 100,000 Hilton points after $1,000 in spend within the first three months. This offer is available via incognito mode, read up on how to get this offer to show here. ‘

Card Details

  • No annual fee
  • Card earns at the following rates:
    • 7x on Hilton hotels or resorts
    • 5x at U.S. restaurants, U.S. supermarkets and U.S. gas stations
    • 3x on all other purchases
  • Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product.

Our Verdict

Previously the best bonus on this card was 75,000 + $50. This new bonuses are the new high. The statement credit offer is better if you value Hilton points at 0.4¢ or less.  Keep in mind you’re not eligible for this bonus if you’ve had or have this product. There are also increased bonuses on all the other Hilton cards at the moment:

As always if you have any questions, read this post first as they are probably answered there. American Express doesn’t match sign up bonuses if you’ve recently applied, but they sometimes offer courtesy points. They didn’t seem to be doing that when the Aspire bonus recently increased so I don’t think they will this time either but always worth a try.

Hat tip to Chong786 & lobonomnom

 

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Spiel
Spiel (@guest_1150654)
February 25, 2021 18:48

received a mailer today for 100k points + $100 stmt credit after $1000 spend
it’s marketed as “power pair promotion”
hilton.com/powerpair

tripleM
tripleM (@guest_1121865)
January 4, 2021 16:49

I signed up for the 75k points and $100 statement credit offer.
I used my temporary card number to spend $2 on Amazon on Dec. 28, no other purchases.
A $100 credit appears on my Recent Transactions list dated Dec. 30. When I click on the credit it says from Amazon.com.
No idea why Amazon pushed a $100 credit my way, but under “Additional Information” it states:
“on First Purchase
within 92 days of acquisition”

tripleM
tripleM (@guest_1122088)
January 4, 2021 20:53

OK, I did some searching and it looks like the $100 credit was just an early payout for my $100 signup bonus. Was hoping it was some additional promotion I got 😉

Jillian
Jillian (@guest_1134801)
January 27, 2021 17:42

tripleM

This happened to me with my AMEX BlueCashPreferred.

I had a charge for something like $150 to my local grocery store and then a credit immediately after it which said ‘credit adjustment’ or something and the location info listed my grocery store. I thought… “what the heck happened? did my Grocery Store send me a credit back??”

I was super confused until I remembered that the SUB was $300 and realized the grocery store purchase was the transaction that hit the MSR, so AMEX immediately applied the SUB. Still strange to me that Amex codes the location to match the previous purchase, but looks like this may be a consistent thing across all Amex cards.

Joel T. Bell
Joel T. Bell (@guest_1117960)
December 28, 2020 11:45

“Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product”

Isn’t it usually that the SUB isn’t available if you’ve previously received a SUB for this product? I just downgraded from Surpass to the no AF card last week. So I have this card but haven’t received a SUB for it.

Jdv2809
Jdv2809 (@guest_1118098)
December 28, 2020 15:52

Not with Amex. You usually can’t get the bonus if you product change to it either.

Vy
Vy (@guest_1118247)
December 28, 2020 19:50

This is true of almost every CC issuer and not just Amex.

Vy
Vy (@guest_1118250)
December 28, 2020 19:57

You should call and ask nicely for one.

Jeff
Jeff (@guest_1118550)
December 29, 2020 16:49

Always better to cancel cards than downgrade, you lose the chance to obtain sign-up bonuses.

BT
BT (@guest_1117916)
December 28, 2020 10:48

My offer is 80K after 1000 spend.

JulieC
JulieC (@guest_1117883)
December 28, 2020 09:44

Got this card with same offer a few years ago. Have since added my daughter on my card. Will that interfere with her getting this card for herself? .

Biggie F
Biggie F (@guest_1118155)
December 28, 2020 17:10

Shouldn’t.

Tina
Tina (@guest_1117867)
December 28, 2020 09:04

Should I apply just for the $100 statement credit even if I don’t care about Hilton points?

Jeff
Jeff (@guest_1118553)
December 29, 2020 16:50

$100 is more appealing than 25k extra Hilton points right now IMO, especially during a pandemic. Cash is king. 25k isn’t really worth all that much (0.4-0.5 cpp)

Michael
Michael (@guest_1117689)
December 27, 2020 21:57

At launch, the Aspire card offered 100,000 point SUB. Now the no annual fee card gets an applicant that much.

John
John (@guest_1117749)
December 27, 2020 23:25

A big reason is because the points are worth less than at launch. Hotel cards always look great with big bonuses but the points are worth substantially less than other currencies.

Jeff
Jeff (@guest_1117670)
December 27, 2020 21:00

Just canceled an Amex Hilton Surpass a week or so ago with $95 AF after declining to downgrade card to this version. Didn’t have any retention offers.

Will it look bad if I apply for this card after such a short time span?

TB
TB (@guest_1117675)
December 27, 2020 21:14

If they let you apply without the popup, it should be fine

Biggie F
Biggie F (@guest_1118159)
December 28, 2020 17:11

In life like in comedy, timing is everything. You done good. Go for it.

John
John (@guest_1117658)
December 27, 2020 20:08

100k points is worth about $300 realistically in most cases.

Hadah
Hadah (@guest_1117779)
December 28, 2020 00:11

lol, then it is a pretty good offer for a no fee card *shrug emoji*

Waq
Waq (@guest_1117886)
December 28, 2020 09:49

Stayed at Homewood suites for 5 days using 66k points. It was about $450 in cash. Your 5th night is free with the award booking which makes it really worth it for longer stays.

Chicagoan33
Chicagoan33 (@guest_1118033)
December 28, 2020 13:51

Do you think the Aspire is worth keeping long term if you want to stay in Southeast Asia/Japan? I’d have to see which resorts are good to use the $250 & if there are many Hiltons that have lounges.

AC
AC (@guest_1116715)
December 24, 2020 09:42

 William Charles Offer is available again by email. Mine was titled “AC, earn a $100 statement credit” for credit + 75,000 points.