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Hilton HHonors American Express Surpass card. 155,000 points for spending $3,000 in 3 months; $95 annual fee. Offer Expires Apr. 17, 2024
Hilton HHonors American Express Surpass card. 170,000 points for spending $3,000 in 3 months; $95 annual fee. Expired Jan 17 2024
Hilton HHonors American Express Surpass card. 130,000 points for spending $4,000 in 4 months; $95 annual fee. OFFER EXPIRED AUG 28.
Hilton HHonors American Express Ascend card. 75,000 points for spending $2,000 in 3 months+ 25,000 points after additional $1000 in 6 months; $95 annual fee.
Note: For existing Surpass card holders, AMEX verbally confirmed that on or after 20 January 2018, card holders can call in and request cards be converted to Aspire - while maintaining the same credit card number, balance limits, PIN, etc.
Card features:
Check your application status
Linking AmexAscend Surpass to your Hilton Honors account.Many (most?) have reported that a new Hilton Honors number gets assigned by Amex even when they put their existing Hilton Honors number in the application, and it can take several weeks to get this worked out. However, the key to making things go smoothly seems to be an exact match of your name and address between Amex and Hilton, including adding your middle initial to your Hilton Honors account if you use it on your Amex. When everything matches, an Amex rep should be able to update the account number, it should "go through" immediately, and the correct Hilton account number will be reflected on the Amex website in about 2 days.
Is the AmexAscend Surpass churnable?As of May 1, 2014, Amex will not give a signup bonus to card applicants who have held the card in the past ~7 years, even if the applicant has never earned a previous signup bonus for it. However, it is still possible to upgrade an existing Hilton Amex to the Ascend Surpass card to earn a bonus (and reportedly to do this more than once by later downgrading & then upgrading again). The best strategy is to earn a Ascend Surpass signup bonus first, and only afterward pursue the upgrade bonus(es).
For information on other Hilton-branded credit cards, see the wiki at Ongoing offers for Hilton cards issued by Amex or Citi
- Important limitation on this offer: "Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product."
Note: For existing Surpass card holders, AMEX verbally confirmed that on or after 20 January 2018, card holders can call in and request cards be converted to Aspire - while maintaining the same credit card number, balance limits, PIN, etc.
Card features:
- Annual fee:
$95$150, no first-year waiver. - Earning: 12 HHonors points per dollar on Hilton spend; 6 points/$ at U.S. restaurants, supermarkets & gas stations; 4 points for online retail purchases (as of 2023); and 3 points/$ on everything else.
- Elite status: Hilton Gold status for as long as you have the card and Diamond status after $40,000 in annual spend.
- Booking bonus: 500 bonus points for every stay (including award stays) booked directly with Hilton & guaranteed with the card
Check your application status
Linking Amex
Is the Amex
For information on other Hilton-branded credit cards, see the wiki at Ongoing offers for Hilton cards issued by Amex or Citi
The Hilton Honors Surpass Card from American Express (formerly called Ascend)
Jul 20, 2019, 6:32 am
#706
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: USA FL
Programs: Hilton Honors LT Diamond, Marriott Gold Delta Gold, Avis Preferred Plus,
Posts: 190
That is what I thought all these years. has anyone ever seen an official response from the Honors person on here? This link seems to think it does
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/hilto...-elite-status/
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/hilto...-elite-status/
Jul 20, 2019, 10:10 am
#707
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,218
Sorry to deviate from the current name discussion, but this is an Ascend question...
How can you find out how many Priority Passes (of your free 10) you have left? Will a lounge tell you before they charge you if you are over?
How can you find out how many Priority Passes (of your free 10) you have left? Will a lounge tell you before they charge you if you are over?
Jul 20, 2019, 10:13 am
#708
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,840
Log into the app and you can see your visits.
Jul 20, 2019, 2:32 pm
#710
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: TOA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott LTPP/Platinum Premier, Hyatt Lame-ist, UA !K
Posts: 20,061
That is what I thought all these years. has anyone ever seen an official response from the Honors person on here? This link seems to think it does
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/hilto...-elite-status/
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/hilto...-elite-status/
My only advice is not to gamble on whether the TPG is right or not - with 9 years of Diamond, I'd earn out this year to hit 10. Then there's no question.
David
Jul 21, 2019, 10:29 am
#711
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
Unfortunately, (unlike at Marriott) Hilton does not display lifetime progress online, and as other recent threads document, it's not a simple task to find your lifetime progress.
Jul 21, 2019, 1:47 pm
#712
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: TOA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott LTPP/Platinum Premier, Hyatt Lame-ist, UA !K
Posts: 20,061
AFAIK Lifetime Diamond requires much more than years of Diamond. It also requires lifetime nights 1000?). So of course if all you have is 10 years from the card, you don't have lifetime Diamond, but not because the Diamond years from the card didn't count, but because you don't also have the requisite lifetime nights.
Unfortunately, (unlike at Marriott) Hilton does not display lifetime progress online, and as other recent threads document, it's not a simple task to find your lifetime progress.
David
Jul 21, 2019, 3:32 pm
#713
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: DEN
Programs: Hilton Diamond Hyatt Globalist Marriott Gold AA EXP
Posts: 1,004
Jul 21, 2019, 3:41 pm
#714
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,840
Don’t you know your card anniversary? It’s the same month expiration on the front of your card. You can count.
Jul 22, 2019, 7:35 am
#715
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: DEN
Programs: Hilton Diamond Hyatt Globalist Marriott Gold AA EXP
Posts: 1,004
Also when in the anniversary month does the 10 start/end/get replenished - first day, last day, or statement date? And If I used 5 from 2018 do the extra 5 roll over or get cancelled?
Lots of details here that HH and PP could make more clear by actually showing ppl their active balance.
Jul 22, 2019, 8:26 am
#716
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,840
They do not roll.
Yes. They can make it more clear. But they don’t want to. So if you miscount they get more revenue from you paying them.
Also other cards are unlimited. So no one else needs counting other than us.
Just contact Priority pass once and you will know your anniversary date. Then write it on the back of the card.
This is the email I got back after asking.
Priority Pass membership number: xxxxxxxxx
Dear Mr. Elmo,
Thank you for your recent email.
Please be advised that your membership visits refresh on the 27th Aug every year .
If we can help you with anything else please call us 24 hours a day 7 days a week on
+44 20 860 1338 or email us at [email protected] .
Kind regards,
Jul 22, 2019, 10:09 am
#717
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: DEN
Programs: Hilton Diamond Hyatt Globalist Marriott Gold AA EXP
Posts: 1,004
They do not roll.
Yes. They can make it more clear. But they don’t want to. So if you miscount they get more revenue from you paying them.
Also other cards are unlimited. So no one else needs counting other than us.
Just contact Priority pass once and you will know your anniversary date. Then write it on the back of the card.
This is the email I got back after asking.
Priority Pass membership number: xxxxxxxxx
Dear Mr. Elmo,
Thank you for your recent email.
Please be advised that your membership visits refresh on the 27th Aug every year .
If we can help you with anything else please call us 24 hours a day 7 days a week on
+44 20 860 1338 or email us at [email protected] .
Kind regards,
Jul 22, 2019, 10:31 pm
#718
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
I'm not sure about that. My card anniversary is from 1999, but I upgraded to the (now called Surpass card?) in 2017 or 2018 in a different month and did not get a new physical card. Doesn't that give me a different anniversary for the award of the 10 visits?
Also when in the anniversary month does the 10 start/end/get replenished - first day, last day, or statement date? And If I used 5 from 2018 do the extra 5 roll over or get cancelled?
Lots of details here that HH and PP could make more clear by actually showing ppl their active balance.
Also when in the anniversary month does the 10 start/end/get replenished - first day, last day, or statement date? And If I used 5 from 2018 do the extra 5 roll over or get cancelled?
Lots of details here that HH and PP could make more clear by actually showing ppl their active balance.
I suggest you go through the same exercise (Credit Karma is free) and see if all the dates line up in your case too.
(Don't use Experian; Experian's website free version only shows you the month, not the exact day, that a card was opened. Credit Karma shows you the exact day via TransUnion or Equifax reports.)
Jul 24, 2019, 9:37 am
#719
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: DAY
Programs: Rapid Rewards, Skymiles, Hilton HHonors, SPG/Marriott Rewards
Posts: 4,941
I upgraded in 2108 from a long-held no AF card to Ascend (aka Surpass). I looked up the account open date on Credit Karma, and to the exact day it matched the annual fee billing date now shown in my 2018 summary for said Ascend card. With those dates matching so exactly (and matching the expiration month on my physical card also), I'm pretty confident I know when my card-year-anniversary benefits reset.
I suggest you go through the same exercise (Credit Karma is free) and see if all the dates line up in your case too.
(Don't use Experian; Experian's website free version only shows you the month, not the exact day, that a card was opened. Credit Karma shows you the exact day via TransUnion or Equifax reports.)
I suggest you go through the same exercise (Credit Karma is free) and see if all the dates line up in your case too.
(Don't use Experian; Experian's website free version only shows you the month, not the exact day, that a card was opened. Credit Karma shows you the exact day via TransUnion or Equifax reports.)
Jul 25, 2019, 11:12 am
#720
Join Date: Jul 2019
Programs: Many
Posts: 9
Trouble enrolling for Priority Pass Select with my Surpass card
Hi
I’d like to enroll my HH AMEX Surpass Card (until recently Ascend) in the Priority Pass Select membership benefit that comes with the card. I realize there will be a change effective August 1 that changes that benefit (no restaurants, just lounges) but right now I cant even enroll on the card’s site. Specifically under that benefit it reads Status Currently Unavailable. I am seeking a little more clarity hoping I can shortly enroll in whatever the Program will offer to those of us with the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card:
I’d like to enroll my HH AMEX Surpass Card (until recently Ascend) in the Priority Pass Select membership benefit that comes with the card. I realize there will be a change effective August 1 that changes that benefit (no restaurants, just lounges) but right now I cant even enroll on the card’s site. Specifically under that benefit it reads Status Currently Unavailable. I am seeking a little more clarity hoping I can shortly enroll in whatever the Program will offer to those of us with the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card: