American Express Increases Sign Up Bonus To 80,000 Points On Hilton HHonors Surpass Card

The Offer

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• American Express have increased the sign up bonus on the Hilton HHonors Surpass card to 80,000 points if you spend $3,000 or more within three months of account opening

The Fine Print

• Annual fee of $75 is not waived
• American Express personal cards are not churnable. Welcome bonus is not available to those who have or who have had this card in the past.
• Card earns at the following rates:
  • 12x points per dollar on purchases with a participating hotel or resort within the Hilton Portfolio
  • 6x points per dollar U.S restaurants [read: best credit cards for restaurant purchases]
  • 6x points per dollar at U.S supermarkets [read: best credit cards for grocery store spend]
  • 6x points per dollar at U.S gas stations [read: best credit cards for gas station purchases]
  • 3x points per dollar on all other purchases [read: best credit cards for every day spend]
• Card comes with complimentary gold status, if you spend $40,000 or more in a calendar year you will receive HHonors Diamond status through the end of next year
• Free priority pass membership
• Offer expires May 4th, 2015.

Our Verdict

Last year there was the same offer that ran from December 3rd – February 28th, but the “standard” sign up bonus on this card is 60,000 points after $3,000 in spend. As far as I know this 80,000 bonus is the highest this card has ever been, although in the past Hilton points have been much more valuable.

Personally I don’t really have much use for Hilton points, so I’m going to give this offer a miss. I think this offer makes sense in two scenarios:

• You want gold status with Hilton
• You have a lot of paid stays with Hilton (12x points is the highest you can get)

Obviously if you have a need for Hilton points then this card would also make sense. As I said, I don’t think 80,000 Hilton points goes very far, so I’m going to give this offer a miss but hopefully some of you find it useful. We’ve updated our best hotel credit card post with this new sign up bonus. The Citi Hilton Visa Signature also has an increased sign up bonus of 60,000 points with no annual fee for those interested.

I’d also thoroughly recommend reading our post “15 things you should know about American Express” before applying for this card.

Hat tip to Running with Miles