Myself, my father, and mother all have $200 hotel credits available.

I booked FHR for myself November 11-13
I want to use my mother and father's $200 credit also, but they won't be traveling.
Can I book November 13-15 and 15-17 under their cards and put down my name?

Can I use their $100 spa credit?

See the post right above yours where I highlighted the steps for the correct way to make this type of reservation. You will most likely not get the $100 hotel credit for each reservation but it's up to the hotel.

Question for those that added AU and booked under AU. Is this option only available AFTER the AU has received the card and activated, or can this be done in advance?

It won't be the safest, if it gets you on the bank's s-list. It will still be obvious to them, that you're evading their restrictions. Plus this forces the bank to incur incidental expenses: those metal cards aren't cheap to manufacture, and neither is Fedex shipping.

The booking needs to be made from the AU's Amex.com account in order to have it be in the AU's name, so if the AU doesn't have an existing Amex.com login they would need to receive the card and activate it in order to create that login. If the AU has other Amex cards, I am not sure if a newly added card will show up on their Amex.com login automatically or only upon activation.

I haven't done this yet, but to me this is just being overly paranoid and I'm not very worried about the expense incurred by Amex which to them is very nominal in the scope of their business scheme. To each their own.

If I'll want to use this strategy at any point I wouldn't hesitate at all. I'm not looking to game any system or evade anything. It's actually to the contrary. The $200 FHR credit on my parent's plat is a feature they're entitled to and it makes no difference to Amex if the primary or AU uses it. By booking it in my own name it will actually alert the hotel that it's all 1 stay and they aren't required to give me multiple $100 property credits which is the only restriction I'm aware of - I'm perfectly fine just getting 1, all I'm after is the $200 FHR credit towards the room rate which it clearly says can be used towards a single night stay.

If 2 spouses with personal Plats each booked a night on their respective cards with no expectation to receive an extra $100 property credit, would that also be considered evading restrictions? It is clearly not.

I very highly doubt the AU card would show up in their account automatically so they'd need to wait to receive and add it prior to being able to book.

I’m having difficulty with the search function (errors out), so my apologies if this is answered elsewhere.

I’d like to book a hotel for my father via FHR and get the $200 credit plus get him the benefits like breakfast and dining credit. I will not be traveling with him. Is this possible? I have considered getting him an AU plat card but haven’t (or an AU gold if that would help). I assume that is a workaround but would like to know if that’s necessary.

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I have moved your question into the most specific thread.

Thanks MIA! I didn’t even see this thread. Not sure why.

But now that I’m here, it seems that I should probably get my dad a plat AU if we want to book for him.

Agreed, an additional Gold Card won't help, and the additional Platinum will provide a range of features which may benefit him depending on how he travels.

My wife have the platinum card and I have diamond status at Hilton. Is it something to play around to get my status while she book with amex hotel?

Unless you have Amex credit to use up, Hilton's own Impresario program will give you 2x status points for Hilton plus all the perks of Diamond. You'll also get a 100$ on property credit.

Which type: personal, Business or Corporate?

Going to Vegas for 3 nights and need to use 4 Personal Plat FHR credits.
I have two personal cards, my wife has one, my mom has one (but won't be traveling with us)
Was planning to do check in and check out each day
NIght 1 Night 2 Night 3
My card my wifes card my card
my moms card
Is adding my wife to my moms card as authorized user the only way to do this? Or can i add my wifes name to the room. Currently in the AMEX website, you are able to change the name.

Thanks

This must be something new because in the past you couldn't change the name and booking had to be in the cardholder's name hence the workaround in adding a Plat AU.