The Offer
No direct link (there is but it’s tied to the last four digits of your card. E-mail’s were sent out with the subject line “<first name>, You Could Earn 100,000 Honors™ Bonus Points”
- Earn 100,000 Hilton Honors™ Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 in purchases on the Card within your first three months of Card Membership when you upgrade to the American Express Hilton Surpass.
Card Details
- Offer ends 10/31/2017
- 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 (still have to pay $27 per visit). Read more about the different versions of Priority Pass here.
Our Verdict
If you have any questions regarding upgrade offers, I’d strongly recommend you read this post first. Keep in mind there is a better offer of 100,000 points + free night after anniversary when you apply for the Surpass directly at the moment. It might still make sense to do the upgrade offer as no hard pull is done and you should still be able to get the sign up bonus again at a later date.
Hat tip to readers Linda, Shashi & Miles to Memories
