Hilton gift card
Jun 8, 2022, 7:53 pm
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Buying Hilton gift card
I just got the Amex Hhonors credit card which offers $100 property credits at Hilton. WIll buy the Hilton gift card online qualify for the $100 statement credit? How about if you buy the gift card at a Hilton property?
Jun 9, 2022, 12:39 am
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$100 Hilton Honors Statement Credit
To qualify for up to $100 in statement credits, eligible purchases must be charged on your Hilton Honors American Express Card directly with a property within the Hilton portfolio, including bookings and incidental charges, within your first 12 months of Card Membership starting from the date your account is approved. In rare instances, your period to make eligible purchases may be shorter than 12 months if there is a delay in receiving your Card. Also, purchases may fall outside of the 12 month period in some cases, such as a delay in merchants submitting transactions to us or if the purchase date differs from the date you made the transaction. The statement credit will be applied 8-12 weeks after each eligible purchase. Eligible purchases for this offer include those made by both the Basic and Additional Card Members on the Card Account. Eligible purchases are purchases for goods and services minus returns and other credits. To earn the statement credits for charges made at the time of booking, the booking must be made directly through a reservation channel operated by Hilton. Eligible purchases for this offer do NOT include fees or interest charges, cash advances, purchase of travelers checks, purchase or reloading of prepaid cards, purchases of gift cards, person-to-person payments, or other cash equivalents. Additional Card Members on your account are not eligible for this offer. Your Card account must not be canceled or past due at the time of fulfillment of any offers. If your application is not received by 7/6/2022, we will not process your application even if we later receive your application. American Express reserves the right to modify or revoke offer at any time.
To qualify for up to $100 in statement credits, eligible purchases must be charged on your Hilton Honors American Express Card directly with a property within the Hilton portfolio, including bookings and incidental charges, within your first 12 months of Card Membership starting from the date your account is approved. In rare instances, your period to make eligible purchases may be shorter than 12 months if there is a delay in receiving your Card. Also, purchases may fall outside of the 12 month period in some cases, such as a delay in merchants submitting transactions to us or if the purchase date differs from the date you made the transaction. The statement credit will be applied 8-12 weeks after each eligible purchase. Eligible purchases for this offer include those made by both the Basic and Additional Card Members on the Card Account. Eligible purchases are purchases for goods and services minus returns and other credits. To earn the statement credits for charges made at the time of booking, the booking must be made directly through a reservation channel operated by Hilton. Eligible purchases for this offer do NOT include fees or interest charges, cash advances, purchase of travelers checks, purchase or reloading of prepaid cards, purchases of gift cards, person-to-person payments, or other cash equivalents. Additional Card Members on your account are not eligible for this offer. Your Card account must not be canceled or past due at the time of fulfillment of any offers. If your application is not received by 7/6/2022, we will not process your application even if we later receive your application. American Express reserves the right to modify or revoke offer at any time.
Jun 9, 2022, 7:49 am
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Gift cards purchased at/through a property (vs. HH) work fine for this purpose and there have been no reports otherwise.
Jun 9, 2022, 7:55 am
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Feb 16, 2024, 5:10 am
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Hilton gift card
I have an Amex offer on my Hilton account. Spend 1000 in the americas get 200 back. I’m not going to spend that much in the americas by the end of the offer period. Is it possible to buy Hilton gift cards, in person at an eligible hotel, and use them abroad?
Feb 16, 2024, 2:13 pm
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I can't speak definitively about Hilton, but even if your plan worked, you'd lose between 50-100 of value from ridiculous FX rates that hotel chains apply to USD denominated gift cards at international hotels.
Feb 16, 2024, 4:09 pm
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No, Hilton gift card is issued by AMEX and can only be purchased online, it will show up as purchases from AMEX.
Feb 16, 2024, 5:49 pm
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No idea if it will work for the OP on the AMEX offer but
Feb 16, 2024, 8:00 pm
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Hilton gift cards can be purchased in-person at some hotels, or online. The latter do may not earn the Hilton Surpass AmEx card $50 quarterly credit; the former do get the Surpass credit.
Gift cards can indeed be used worldwide, but there are more reports of non-U.S. locales being less familiar with the procedure, as well as foreign exchange issues.
Gift cards can indeed be used worldwide, but there are more reports of non-U.S. locales being less familiar with the procedure, as well as foreign exchange issues.
Last edited by SPN Lifer; Feb 17, 2024 at 4:24 am
Feb 17, 2024, 3:57 am
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Hilton gift cards can be purchased in-person at some hotels, or online. The latter do not earn the Hilton Surpass AmEx card $50 quarterly credit; the former do get the Surpass credit.
Gift cards can indeed be used worldwide, but there are more reports of non-U.S. locales being less familiar with the procedure, as well as foreign exchange issues.
Gift cards can indeed be used worldwide, but there are more reports of non-U.S. locales being less familiar with the procedure, as well as foreign exchange issues.
Feb 22, 2024, 4:27 am
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I have yet to find a front desk at a Hilton that will sell me gift cards. 
I believe it's possible, but it's been very hard to find.
However, I've done it frequently enough for Fairmont's and Marriott and Four Seasons properties though, and it's been easy. (Also had no problems using those places GCs in other countries via the exchange rate (USD-CAD, USD-EUR, USD-GBP). All were fair rates.
For Hilton, my only real success is pre-paying for incidentals, etc if I am actually staying and the offer will expire... but that's worked pretty well.
I believe it's possible, but it's been very hard to find.However, I've done it frequently enough for Fairmont's and Marriott and Four Seasons properties though, and it's been easy. (Also had no problems using those places GCs in other countries via the exchange rate (USD-CAD, USD-EUR, USD-GBP). All were fair rates.
For Hilton, my only real success is pre-paying for incidentals, etc if I am actually staying and the offer will expire... but that's worked pretty well.
Mar 28, 2024, 7:43 am
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Yes, purchased from Hilton in December '23. Had a few prepaid Hilton nights purchased in 01Q24 so did not need to purchase them any more recently so not sure if it has changed.
Just a point - they can NOT be used online for prepaid rooms. (I think that is pretty clear at time of purchase but could be missed....)
Just a point - they can NOT be used online for prepaid rooms. (I think that is pretty clear at time of purchase but could be missed....)
Mar 29, 2024, 12:03 am
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Can you post or DM me the link to buy the gift cards?
Yes, purchased from Hilton in December '23. Had a few prepaid Hilton nights purchased in 01Q24 so did not need to purchase them any more recently so not sure if it has changed.
Just a point - they can NOT be used online for prepaid rooms. (I think that is pretty clear at time of purchase but could be missed....)
Just a point - they can NOT be used online for prepaid rooms. (I think that is pretty clear at time of purchase but could be missed....)