[Expired] [Targeted] AmEx Offer: Hampton By Hilton & Hilton Garden Inn, Spend $175 & Get $30 Back

Deal has expired, current AmEx offers can be viewed here. Hilton deals can be viewed here.

The Offer

Targeted offer, no direct link

  • Get a one time $30 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend $175+ on room rate and room charges, when you pay for your stay at Hampton by Hilton or Hilton Garden Inn (HGI) from 9/4/2018 to 10/31/2018

The Fine Print

  • Reservations for Hampton by Hilton™ must be made online at hampton.com, via the Hilton Honors App or by calling 1-800-445-8667.
  • Reservations for Hilton Garden Inn® must be made online at hiltongardeninn.com, via the Hilton Honors App or by calling 1-877-782-9444.
  • Offer only valid at Hampton by Hilton™ and Hilton Garden Inn® in the US & US Territories.
  • Excludes Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria™ Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts™, Canopy by Hilton™, Curio – A Collection by Hilton™, DoubleTree by Hilton™, Tapestry Collection by Hilton™, Embassy Suites by Hilton™, Tru by Hilton™, Homewood Suites by Hilton™, Home2 Suites by Hilton™ and Hilton Grand Vacations™.
  • Offer does not apply to advance purchase rates, including Advance Purchase, Save Now & Pay and Non-refundable rates.
  • Excludes gift card purchases. Corporate Cards are not eligible for this offer.

Our Verdict

A few things to note:

  • Giftcard purchases have typically worked as long as you purchase them from the front desk. YMMV if your location has gift cards or not
  • If your stay is after 10/31/18 then you can call in and pay ahead of time and that has also triggered the offer in the past

Don’t forget to stack this with other Hilton deals:

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

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David
David (@guest_664962)
October 30, 2018 10:41

What is the number to call in and pay ahead? I tried the reservation number yesterday and was told they are not able to do it

DH7
DH7 (@guest_659620)
October 18, 2018 11:26

Anyone know if you can split across multiple cards when paying?

ez
ez (@guest_638921)
September 5, 2018 03:24

Got a spend $175 get 3k MR points offer on my Platinum.

SRT
SRT (@guest_638875)
September 4, 2018 23:43

I know that the terms state otherwise, but has anyone had any luck getting these to work outside the US? I’m having a couple of upcoming stays but they’re outside the US.

sdsearch
sdsearch (@guest_638926)
September 5, 2018 04:05

See my other post above. They show the full address of the hotel on the Amex website, so I don’t see how you could fool them.

al
al (@guest_638845)
September 4, 2018 22:01

I have a stay in northern Ontario at a Hampton inn. How strict are they with the us only?

It is charged in Canadian dollars. Will I get this amex offer? I will have fired fee on my card so I don’t want to pay 3% if I am likely to not receive the amex offer.

sdsearch
sdsearch (@guest_638925)
September 5, 2018 04:04

It’s the address! Look at this typical Amex info on a purchase at HGI (copied from my Transactions, expanded, on the Amex website)::

FebXX2018

HILTON HOTELS GARDEN INN HILTON HOTELS – GARDEN GROVE, CA

Travel

$XXXX

Doing business as:
HILTON GARDEN INN
View Details on Merchant Website
11777 HARBOR BLVD

GARDEN GROVE
CA
92840
UNITED STATES
714.703.9100
Additional Information: XXXXX
Reference: XXXXX
Category: Travel – Lodging

And now here’s a Hilton family hotel not in the US. Again, obvious from the address:

JunXX2018

DOUBLE TREE GUEST SUITES PARACAS – PARACAS

Travel

$XXXXX

Doing business as:
DOUBLE TREE GUEST SUITES PARACAS
CA SANTO DOMINGO S/N LT 30-34
ICA
PARACAS
PERU
Foreign Spend Amount: XXXXX PERUVIAN NEUEVO SOL
Additional Information: LODGING
Reference: XXXXX
Category: Travel – Lodging

(I XXX’d out some numbers that are personal to my stay and aren’t relevant here..)

So since they get the address, I doubt that it matters what currency you pay in, they’ll know if it’s inside the US or not.

P
P (@guest_638800)
September 4, 2018 19:49

Looking at Hilton Garden Inn Waikiki. $170 is honors discount. $152 is advance purchase. $149 is honors advance purchase. Honors advance purchase is approximately 13% cheaper than flexible rate. This Amex offer about 17% discount. Advance purchase is excluded from this Amex offer. Even if you can use this offer to purchase gift cards can you use those gift cards to pay for honors advance purchase rates?

sdsearch
sdsearch (@guest_638924)
September 5, 2018 03:52
  P

And what rate you do you get at the Hilton MVP site:

http://stay.hilton.com/mvp/

? That is often a lower rate than advance purchase, and yet is NOT advance purchase typically. (And despite claims that you have to show some affiliation card, no one has ever been asked for that to date when using an MVP rate.)

The reason advance purchases don’t count for these offers is that most Hilton advance purchases in the USA are billed through Hilton central, not through the the hotel, so it doesn’t come through as a HGI purchase, just a generic Hilton purchase, to Amex.

P
P (@guest_639052)
September 5, 2018 12:35

Oh interesting. Here’s the rates I get – those rates are not available for Seattle San Francisco and Honolulu for the dates I’m looking at. Darn.

Dsl
Dsl (@guest_638787)
September 4, 2018 19:32

For my AMEX credit card account, the terms for this offer include “Limit of 1 statement credit(s) per Card Member.” There is an authorized signer on my AMEX account with their own online login name & PW. Would the authorized signer be eligible for the offer if I have already redeemed my offer?

Dsl
Dsl (@guest_656125)
October 11, 2018 22:49

Update–Both my AMEX and the authorized user’s AMEX were used during a recent stay at a Hilton Garden Inn. I received both my and the authorized user’s $30 credits, for a total of $60.