Sep 22, 2022, 9:48 am
Last edit by: mia
Related discussion here: Report clawbacks of the FHR/THC $200 credit.
Terms and FAQ
Which charges are eligible?
Terms and FAQ
Which charges are eligible?
- Reservation must be pre-paid to be reimbursed.
- Pre-paids with a flexible cancellation policy are still eligible.
- Hotel rates under $200 are also reimbursed.
- If using Pay With Points, the cash portion of your charge is still eligible.
- Charges made at the hotel are not billed by Amex Travel and are not eligible.
- When checking in, the terms require payment with an Amex which need not be a platinum Amex.
- Browse Hotels here
- Benefit renews every January 1st.
- The $200 credit is based on the year you made the booking, not the year of the stay. You can use it this year to book a room for next year.
- Amex in general handles offers by the transaction date, not post date. For example, a 12/31/22 transaction date is eligible for 2022 credits even if posted in 2023.
- If you cancel a reservation, the $200 credit is reversed. The credit will be available to use again if you cancelled in the same year you paid.
- In general you can't modify reservation dates and need to cancel and rebook to change dates.
- "If you need to change your hotel booking, you must either cancel and rebook your reservation or call us for assistance."
- If you use the benefit for a future stay and cancel that Amex platinum card prior to your stay, Amex is not known to claw back the $200. You will still need to check-in with some other Amex.
- The $200 credit sometimes posts in a few days, but sometimes 3 weeks or longer.
To know your remaining $200 balance, ask Amex. There's no meter on the website.There is now a meter on the website which shows your usage against $200- If your platinum account has additional cardholders with a gold card, charges on the gold card are eligible. Not clear if they enforce the requirement that the platinum cardholder must be on the reservation.
- Terms of the FH&R $100 credit.
- Separate thread regarding elite benefits on stays.
Amex $200 Hotel Credit (FHR or THC)
Jul 30, 2022, 2:23 pm
#481
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Philadelphia
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,790
Why wouldn't they stack? They should totally stack, giving you both FHR benefit (breakfast and credits) and Hilton Diamond benefit (daily F&B credit, and room upgrade)
Jul 30, 2022, 7:20 pm
#482
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NGS
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Odd, but stranger things have happened, I'm sure.
Jul 31, 2022, 9:37 pm
#483
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Delta Gold
Posts: 4,351
If I want to book a room that is $400+ can I put $200 on the Plat personal to get the $200 credit and cover the remaining charge with points? I know it's not a great use of points but I don't want to have any out of pocket costs.
Wonder if anyone has ever tried this.
Wonder if anyone has ever tried this.
Jul 31, 2022, 10:08 pm
#484
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,477
So far I haven't come across the mixed payment option for those deals. But if you see it, then it must be allowed for your offer.
Aug 1, 2022, 2:37 pm
#485
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Subsequent discussion of this question (about a dozen posts) has been moved:
Report chain hotel rewards or benefits on PREPAID FHR and THC stays.
Report chain hotel rewards or benefits on PREPAID FHR and THC stays.
Aug 3, 2022, 8:04 pm
#486
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Delta Gold
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ETA: Upon checking it is indeed possible to split the payment between points and card.
As it states there would be a charge of $465 and then a credit of $265 for the points used (at a rate of 1 cpp). There will be $200 remaining charge on my card. Should I have any concern about receiving the $200 FHR credit when booking this way?
Last edited by friedablass; Aug 3, 2022 at 9:08 pm
Aug 17, 2022, 8:52 am
#487
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: New York
Posts: 799
Trying to now use these ~160,000 MR points for a trip to Disney. Quick question. I am thinking about booking this weekend the Disney Dolphin Hotel via The Hotel Collection. It’s available for the weekend I want in Sept 15-18 for a decent price of 279 a night , not including taxes and resort fees. When I checkout via Amex the total is around 1,100. If I use a combo of points and Amex card, to lower the total, can I still get the 200 hotel credit from Amex? It is being prepaid, just using a combo of points and Amex. Thank you
Aug 17, 2022, 9:09 am
#488
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When you Pay with Points the full cost of the stay will be billed to your card. In a separate transaction, points will be redeemed to (partially) offset the charge. I cannot see any reason this would disqualify that $200 credit but use Search this Thread to look for reports.
Aug 19, 2022, 4:24 pm
#489
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Delta Gold
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Trying to now use these ~160,000 MR points for a trip to Disney. Quick question. I am thinking about booking this weekend the Disney Dolphin Hotel via The Hotel Collection. It’s available for the weekend I want in Sept 15-18 for a decent price of 279 a night , not including taxes and resort fees. When I checkout via Amex the total is around 1,100. If I use a combo of points and Amex card, to lower the total, can I still get the 200 hotel credit from Amex? It is being prepaid, just using a combo of points and Amex. Thank you
For now I'm still looking to burn the $200 credit but I'm not going to cry if it goes to waste like it did last year.
Aug 21, 2022, 8:23 am
#490
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: ORD
Programs: Once a somebody now a nobody
Posts: 518
Trying to now use these ~160,000 MR points for a trip to Disney. Quick question. I am thinking about booking this weekend the Disney Dolphin Hotel via The Hotel Collection. It’s available for the weekend I want in Sept 15-18 for a decent price of 279 a night , not including taxes and resort fees. When I checkout via Amex the total is around 1,100. If I use a combo of points and Amex card, to lower the total, can I still get the 200 hotel credit from Amex? It is being prepaid, just using a combo of points and Amex. Thank you
Aug 21, 2022, 10:59 am
#491
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Philadelphia
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,790
I am also thinking about a quick last minute WDW trip. Does anyone know if Amex Travel can book "special rates"? The Swan/Dolphin offer Annual Passholder rates that knock about $50/night off the best available rate. I don't see anywhere on Amex's site to input the 3 letter special code and was wondering if the phone agents would have access to the special rates.
Aug 28, 2022, 9:21 pm
#492
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 508
Has anyone cancelled the AmEx travel reservation and have amex NOT claw back the $200 credit? What happened and what did you do? I made a reservation, had to cancel and it doesn't appear amex clawed back the $200 and it's been a few months.
Aug 29, 2022, 12:54 am
#493
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You just can't keep a secret?
Aug 29, 2022, 3:37 am
#494
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This is one of the more challenging benefits for me to use without going out of pocket too much, but had a little win this week. I needed a one night stay in Abu Dhabi and prices were low since what sane person goes to the UAE in August. The Ritz came to $205 after taxes and suite upgrade is already showing in Marriott app (check in tomorrow). $200 credit posted 3-4 days after booking.