Amex Offers: Ritz-Carlton $100 off $500 Hotel Stay

The Offer

There’s a new Amex Offer deal showing on some/all Amex cards:

• Get a $100 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a minimum of $500+ on room rate and room charges, when you pay for your stay at The Ritz-Carlton.

The Fine Print

• Valid from 8/29/2018 to 12/24/2018. 
• Not clear in the terms if the $500 needs to be spent in a single charge.
• Limit 1 enrolled Card per Card Member across all American Express offer channels.
• Offer valid only at The Ritz-Carlton in the US, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Canada, Mexico, Aruba, and Cayman Islands.
• Reservations must be made online at ritzcarlton.com, via the Ritz-Carlton App or by calling 1-800-542-8680.
• Excludes Ritz-Carlton Santiago and all other international properties, Ritz-Carlton Luxury Vacation Packages, Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Ritz-Carlton Residences, Ritz-Carlton Destination Club properties, EDITION, The Cosmopolitan, and timeshare purchases. Excludes The Ritz-Carlton Shop purchases.
• Excludes gift card purchases.
• Please note that hotels, car rental companies, cruise lines do not accept prepaid cards for charges authorized in advance, although prepaid cards may be used to settle the final bill. Check to make sure prepaid cards are accepted before attempting to use your prepaid card to take advantage of offers for these merchants.
• Offer only valid on room rate and room charges.
• Offer not valid for lodging stays that are paid for before the promotion start date or after the promotion end date.

Our Verdict

The multi-tab trick does not seem to be working on this one, so you’ll only be able to save it on one card. Save it on your SPG card for 6x points if you see it there.

If you see this on the SPG Luxury card that would work out well since the room rates would then be reimbursed under the $300 annual credit as well. So basically spend $500 and get $400 back ($100 + $300).

Another option is to try buying gift cards at the front desk. We have two data points from last time of this working to trigger the Amex credit, despite the terms stating otherwise. If this works out, it can be quite useful since Ritz gift cards can be used at all Marriott locations worldwide. From my experience in the past with Marriott hotels, front desks don’t always carry gift cards or the reps there don’t know always where to find them. Check out these comments from last time: 1, 2, 3.

View more Amex offers here & if you have any questions abut American Express offers then read this post.

• AmEx Offers: An Introduction & Profitable Examples
• How To Sign Up For Multiple American Express Sync Offers
• Amex Offer Credit Not Posting, What to Do?
• How Does American Express Decide Who Receives What AmEx Sync Offer?
• Do I Need To Make A Single Purchase For AmEx Offers, Or Is It Cumulative?
• What Happens When You Have Two Active AmEx Offers For The Same Store?
• Amex Offers: Do Electronic Wallets Trigger the Offer Credit?