Hilton Surpass card
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: BUF
Programs: HH Diamond,,B6,DL,WN
Posts: 156
Hilton Surpass card
I have the regular Hilton no fee card but have been inundated with offers to upgrade to the Surpass card for 75.00/year. I think 1 offer had a 65,000 bonus point offer. I am tempted to take it for the bonus! It also has me wondering if AmEx might be planning to do away with the free card. Any one know anything about that?
Has anyone taken the upgrade and have you found it worth it(for other than the bonus points)?
Thanks!
Has anyone taken the upgrade and have you found it worth it(for other than the bonus points)?
Thanks!
#2
Join Date: Mar 2007
Programs: Hilton Diamond, AA 1MM
Posts: 245
I have the regular Hilton no fee card but have been inundated with offers to upgrade to the Surpass card for 75.00/year. I think 1 offer had a 65,000 bonus point offer. I am tempted to take it for the bonus! It also has me wondering if AmEx might be planning to do away with the free card. Any one know anything about that?
Has anyone taken the upgrade and have you found it worth it(for other than the bonus points)?
Thanks!
Has anyone taken the upgrade and have you found it worth it(for other than the bonus points)?
Thanks!
#3
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: East Coast
Programs: All major Airlines, Hotel Chains, Credit Cards and Car Rentals
Posts: 1,263
HHonors has announced devaluation in January 2010. You might want to check the threads where this discussion is ongoing.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...elsewhere.html
http://hhonors1.hilton.com/en_US/hh/...eward/index.do
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...elsewhere.html
http://hhonors1.hilton.com/en_US/hh/...eward/index.do
#4
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,953
Last year it was Starwood that "devalued" and Flyertalkers were fleeing to Hilton. The best deal always ends, it's the nature of markets.
#5
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 9
I just applied to upgrade and am waiting for a response (Guess it wasn't 60 secs for some reason). I was asked if wanted to upgrade for 40k when looking at the account online without the bonus offer.
Is it to late for me- any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Is it to late for me- any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
#7
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: BUF
Programs: HH Diamond,,B6,DL,WN
Posts: 156
Well I would never spend 40,000 on one card so the status upgrade would be for 1 year only in my case. The initial points are tempting. And we are not business travelers so the extra points for stays isn't attractive to me. As a matter of fact, the only trip planned for next year is to burn some HH points and Delta miles (with a couple of college scouting trips thrown in). Hmmm. I'll have to think it over again. I just got another email offer!
#8
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