Originally Posted by Dr Jabadski

Aspire card for 3.5 years, one 10,000 point retention bonus, agreed, quite annoying. FWIW, affiliated cards (Hilton, Delta, Marriott) generally have much less generous retention offers than MR cards.

I take some comfort in knowing that 15,000 HH points are “worth” about $75 at best and that even with just the low hanging fruit of benefits the card pays me $50 per year, more if including other benefits. Hilton Aspire Card, Moneymaker? has interesting discussion of the merits of the Aspire card.