[ARCHIVE to 2020] Hilton Amex Aspire $250 Resort Credit

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Jan 20, 2019, 10:43 am

#496

michaelr

Join Date: Mar 2003

Posts: 1,111

I stayed on January 6th at the Hilton Sedona resort. Used both my wife's and my own Aspire card to pay. Neither one of us has received the credit after 14 days. The airline credits posted within a couple of business days, however.

Jan 20, 2019, 10:53 am

#497

George M

Join Date: Mar 2017

Programs: HHonors Diamond, SPG, IHG, AA, SWA

Posts: 84

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasterGeek

Shuuut! No need to shout it from the rooftops, AMEX rats are lurking around!

My bad.

Jan 21, 2019, 1:50 pm

#498

GunneRy

Join Date: Jun 2014

Posts: 76

So I suppose purchasing a gift certificate from the one Hilton Resort will not trigger the credit?

Jan 22, 2019, 8:47 am

#499

DFW1972

Join Date: Feb 2005

Posts: 223

Hi All,
I don't think we are going to be able to use our $250 credit before our anniversary date. We have a close friend that will be going to the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Resort and I was wondering if we could gift her family the credit since she will be at a resort?

Do you think it would be possible for me to call the resort and have them charge $250 to our Aspire to put as a credit for her room for her and her family to use? Or is that too much like a GC?

What do you think?
Thanks so much!

Jan 22, 2019, 9:29 am

#500

JJeffrey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DFW1972

Should be no problem, just call the hotel and tell them you want to 'surprise' your friend by paying for a bit of their stay and give them your Aspire number.

Jan 22, 2019, 9:32 am

#501

DFW1972

Join Date: Feb 2005

Posts: 223

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJeffrey

Should be no problem, just call the hotel and tell them you want to 'surprise' your friend by paying for a bit of their stay and give them your Aspire number.

Thanks for the quick response. And the charge should trigger the Amex credit, right? Since it would be charged by the resort. Just want to make sure. She's a good friend, but we don't really want to be stuck with a $250 bill!

Jan 22, 2019, 10:53 am

#502

JJeffrey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DFW1972

Yep, as long as its charged by the resort it will trigger the credit.

Jan 22, 2019, 11:02 am

#503

DFW1972

Join Date: Feb 2005

Posts: 223

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJeffrey

Yep, as long as its charged by the resort it will trigger the credit.

Thanks.
If we decide to do this, I will report back if it works.

Jan 26, 2019, 5:05 pm

#504

GundamWing01

Join Date: Sep 2017

Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daloosh

That's odd. I was choosing between Elara and WA, and finally chose WA as I noted above. The reimbursement was easy peasy, exactly like the Delta GC reimbursement timewise. The first nite deposit was $343.48 charged from Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, and the credit showed up as Hilton Resort Credit - $250.

how long did the vegas WA credit take from charge date?

Jan 26, 2019, 8:29 pm

#505

daloosh

Join Date: Jul 2009

Programs: DL PM, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, AA, WP

Posts: 840

Quote:

Originally Posted by GundamWing01

how long did the vegas WA credit take from charge date?

I booked the stay on Jan 8 for next summer, the $343 first nite charge posted on Jan 10 like so:
WALDORF ASTORIA
3751 S LAS VEGAS BLVD-
LAS VEGAS
NV
89158
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE)
and at Amex it says the credit posted on Jan 11, but it did not appear online until Jan 12, like so:
Hilton Resort Credit
WALDORF ASTORIA
3751 S LAS VEGAS BLVD
LAS VEGAS
NV
89158
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE)
Reference: xxxxxx
Category: Travel - Lodging

Jan 26, 2019, 10:08 pm

#506

Alex_I

Join Date: Jan 2009

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I did an upgrade from my ASCEND to ASPIRE because I had 150K HHonors points offer. After that I had a concern that the upgrade would not trigger $250 resort credit for the prorated 6 month of year. To my surprise it did! I made a reservation at a Hilton resort that requires 1 night prepayment and that was returned within 2 days after the charge cleared.

Jan 27, 2019, 5:22 am

#507

GundamWing01

Join Date: Sep 2017

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daloosh

nice. that posted very fast. thank you for the input. so based on your CC details, i assume you didnt use amex FHR or chase LHC right? you just booked direct? otherwise it should post as "AMEX FINE HOTELS RES" instead.

i tried looking for vegas WA on FHR and it looks like you have to prepay via the 5x MR amex portal. im pretty sure its coded as amextravel.com vs WA directly so the 250 resort credit would NOT work. totally sucks. i thought you could pay at the hotel vs prepay. only other option is to run up a massive party bill and pay upon checkout.

Last edited by GundamWing01; Jan 27, 2019 at 6:10 am

Jan 27, 2019, 5:41 am

#508

daloosh

Join Date: Jul 2009

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Posts: 840

Quote:

Originally Posted by GundamWing01

nice. appreciate the input. based on your CC details, i assume you didnt use amex FHR or chase LHC right? you just booked direct?

That's right, I booked direct on the hhonors website. With the resort being sorted into the wrong state, and the lack of much data about the credit, I wanted to try the easiest, most direct booking.

Jan 27, 2019, 8:39 am

#509

George M

Join Date: Mar 2017

Programs: HHonors Diamond, SPG, IHG, AA, SWA

Posts: 84

Quote:

Originally Posted by daloosh

Good DP, thanks for sharing. I have had success for both the Tropicana and WA each promptly posting the resort credit when booking direct.

Jan 27, 2019, 7:41 pm

#510

geewhy

Join Date: Oct 2009

Posts: 83

I'm going to stay at a hotel on the Hilton resort list, and would like to know if I can use my brother's Aspire card to pay for the stay with pre-paid rate, will he get the $250 resort credit?