Amex Platinum Business - Hilton $200 credit ($50/quarter)

[hurnik]

Just an FYI, that IF you have the Amex Business Platinum, you can enroll (have to enroll manually) in the $200 Hilton Statement Credit benefit which is $50/quarter.

You'll need to input your Hilton Honors #.
Wait for the email confirming enrollment

I put $50 on my Las Vegas Blvd HOA and we'll see if it'll trigger the $50 credit or not.

Rumor is that it *may* also be triggered by the Hilton gift card, although that also adds a processing fee for the card.

More info can be found here (although I don't think anyone on Flyertalk other than myself has tried with the timeshare HOA payment)

Business Platinum (USA) $200 Hilton statement credit ($50/quarter) - FlyerTalk Forums

American Express | Membership Rewards - Business Platinum (USA) $200 Hilton statement credit ($50/quarter) - New Addition to the AmEx Coupon BooK: Quarterly $50 Statement Credit for stays with Hilton. Benefit Terms $200 Hilton Statement Credit Benefit enrollment required. Basic Card Member must...

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[GT75]

But doesn't that card also have at annual fee of $695?

 

[hurnik]

But doesn't that card also have at annual fee of $695?

Yes, along with several hundred in credits, if you use them.
$400 in Dell credits
$120 ($10/month) in wireless credits
$200 Airline credit
etc

Besides, the point of the post wasn't about if one should get the card, etc. but rather to let folks who HAVE the card already know about the newly added (a few days ago) Hilton credit.

 

[1Kflyerguy]

Yes, along with several hundred in credits, if you use them.
$400 in Dell credits
$120 ($10/month) in wireless credits
$200 Airline credit
etc

Besides, the point of the post wasn't about if one should get the card, etc. but rather to let folks who HAVE the card already know about the newly added (a few days ago) Hilton credit.

Correct, though, the Dell credit will end, so far only replaced by the Hilton credit.

I agree that if you have the card, the Hilton credit is a nice addition, but I would not recommend the card just for the Hilton credit.

As for the wireless credit, my carrier charges $10 per line if you use a credit card, but presumably, other carriers are better about that.

 

[Eric B]

I tried it using The Quin yesterday. Hasn't triggered yet, though it's still just a pending charge.

 

[GT75]

So since $400 dell credits are going away that leaves me:

$200 hilton credits
$120 wireless credits ($10/month)
$200 airline credits

somehow I am short of the $695 annual fee. I can not use the clear credit or the other credits.

 

[Eric B]

I'm still on the fence whether it's worth keeping, too. I don't really use the wireless credits because my carrier (T-Mobile) doesn't provide the auto-payment discount for credit cards, so that just leaves the Hilton credit and airline credit that I'll definitely use. They had a very generous sign up bonus and do have a 35% rebate for travel bookings with member rewards points; that 35% could make up for a fair amount, but something to replace the Dell credits needs to be coming for me to really justify keeping it longer term.

 

[frank808]

I'm still on the fence whether it's worth keeping, too. I don't really use the wireless credits because my carrier (T-Mobile) doesn't provide the auto-payment discount for credit cards, so that just leaves the Hilton credit and airline credit that I'll definitely use. They had a very generous sign up bonus and do have a 35% rebate for travel bookings with member rewards points; that 35% could make up for a fair amount, but something to replace the Dell credits needs to be coming for me to really justify keeping it longer term.

I am in same boat. Have T mobile so can't use the $120 mobile credit. Only thr $200 Hilton and $200 airline so this makes $295 card for me. I already get Clear and Global Entry on my other cards for whole family so no savings there for me also.

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[CalGalTraveler]

Re Wireless credit. I put my account for ACH to get TMobile discount but then I pay a few days earlier on credit card. So far I still get the ACH discount. YMMV There are a few discussions on Reddit about this.

 

[Zenichiro]

Re Wireless credit. I put my account for ACH to get TMobile discount but then I pay a few days earlier on credit card. So far I still get the ACH discount. YMMV There are a few discussions on Reddit about this.

Me too!

 

[brp]

Re Wireless credit. I put my account for ACH to get TMobile discount but then I pay a few days earlier on credit card. So far I still get the ACH discount. YMMV There are a few discussions on Reddit about this.

Hmmm... I wonder if AT&T will fall for this scam. I wouldn't actually do it as it's only $5/month for AT&T ($10 discount for ACH autopay, $5 for CC), so likely not worth the effort for $60/year savings. And EVERYTHING that can goes on credit cards. Even taxes. And that has a fee.

Cheers.

 

[frank808]

Re Wireless credit. I put my account for ACH to get TMobile discount but then I pay a few days earlier on credit card. So far I still get the ACH discount. YMMV There are a few discussions on Reddit about this.

Thanks for the info. Will try this with Elan credit card that gives me 5% back and has phone protection.

 

[natarajanv]

Hmmm... I wonder if AT&T will fall for this scam. I wouldn't actually do it as it's only $5/month for AT&T ($10 discount for ACH autopay, $5 for CC), so likely not worth the effort for $60/year savings. And EVERYTHING that can goes on credit cards. Even taxes. And that has a fee.

Cheers.

I do this with ATT. It is not just $60 savings, but I get about 5400 HH points as well ( 150*12*3), as well as phone insurance/protection

 

[brp]

I do this with ATT. It is not just $60 savings, but I get about 5400 HH points as well ( 150*12*3), as well as phone insurance/protection

Well that's a good point, if one used ACH. Since I just have Autopay with a credit card anyway, I already get my Hyatt-transferrable points. So, by doing this, I would only save the $5 per month by registering ACH and paying manually with CC.

We're spending 1.85% on California property tax and now estimated tax payments to use the CC. $60 is not worth too much extra monthly effort against this. But this is a very YMMV situation.

Cheers.

 

[hurnik]

Correct, though, the Dell credit will end, so far only replaced by the Hilton credit.

I agree that if you have the card, the Hilton credit is a nice addition, but I would not recommend the card just for the Hilton credit.

As for the wireless credit, my carrier charges $10 per line if you use a credit card, but presumably, other carriers are better about that.

We can get around the charge, at least with T-Mobile (I heard Verizon works as well). Just submit a single $10 payment (our total bill is like $200 for the 3 lines and the phone payments), so when we pay partial, T-Mobile doesn't remove the "auto-pay" discount, nor do they charge extra. I thought I read that Verizon will do the same if you make a single $10 payment. But I could've mis-read or Verizon changed things. We no longer have Verizon wireless, only FIOS

 

[hurnik]

So since $400 dell credits are going away that leaves me:

$200 hilton credits
$120 wireless credits ($10/month)
$200 airline credits

somehow I am short of the $695 annual fee. I can not use the clear credit or the other credits.

Where did you see that? They announced last week or so that the Dell credit were renewed for another year.

American Express Business Platinum Extends Dell, Adobe & Indeed Credit - Doctor Of Credit

American Express has officially extended the Dell, Adobe & Indeed credits on the Business Platinum. Previously these credits had a listed end date of

www.doctorofcredit.com

 

[GT75]

Where did you see that?

Post #4

 

[Eric B]

I got the $50 Hilton credit on my AMEX BP card for MFs on The Quin.

 

[hurnik]

Post #4

It *may* end. As the article I posted, the offer was extended yet again. Amex has been extending the Dell credits for almost 2 years now. Although I'll admit that the Dell credit is "less useful" since Dell removed a lot of third party stuff (ie: stuff that Dell doesn't make directly).

 

[hurnik]

I got the $50 Hilton credit on my AMEX BP card for MFs on The Quin.

Mine posted today for the Las Vegas Blvd. location

I'm *guessing* that whatever triggers the Aspire credit would also trigger the Plat. credit as well.

I've never tried with Flamingo, so I don't know if that'd work either or not.

 

[Eric B]

I'm *guessing* that whatever triggers the Aspire credit would also trigger the Plat. credit as well.

The AMEX Business Platinum is based on spend made directly with a property in the Hilton portfolio and isn't limited to Hilton resorts as is the case with the Hilton Aspire AMEX. The terms for the Hilton Honors Business AMEX are similar to the AMEX Business Platinum. I think you're absolutely right that what triggers Aspire would trigger either of the business cards but it would also include stuff beyond that - The Quin isn't on the list of resorts.

 

[Great3]

I am in same boat. Have T mobile so can't use the $120 mobile credit. Only thr $200 Hilton and $200 airline so this makes $295 card for me. I already get Clear and Global Entry on my other cards for whole family so no savings there for me also.

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I'm still on the fence whether it's worth keeping, too. I don't really use the wireless credits because my carrier (T-Mobile) doesn't provide the auto-payment discount for credit cards, so that just leaves the Hilton credit and airline credit that I'll definitely use. They had a very generous sign up bonus and do have a 35% rebate for travel bookings with member rewards points; that 35% could make up for a fair amount, but something to replace the Dell credits needs to be coming for me to really justify keeping it longer term.

Hello Frank / Eric,

While I don't have the AMEX Plat Business card, I do have the same problem with TMobile. I put in my Debit card as the autopayment method to maintain the $40 autopay discount with TMobile, but I go in and manually pay with my person AMEX Plat card about 10 days before the autopayment is taken. After paying off the bill for the month, the autopay gets reset to 0 for that month, so nothing gets auto-debited. This way I get the cell phone protection from the Amex Plat card. It's what works for me so far, keeping my finger crossed. I imagine you can do something similar to get the autopay discount and make use of the $120 wireless credit from AMEX.

Great3

Edit: Guess it been discussed multiple times already the workaround.

 

[Great3]

Hmmm... I wonder if AT&T will fall for this scam. I wouldn't actually do it as it's only $5/month for AT&T ($10 discount for ACH autopay, $5 for CC), so likely not worth the effort for $60/year savings. And EVERYTHING that can goes on credit cards. Even taxes. And that has a fee.

Cheers.

I wouldn't quite call it a scam, more a loophole that may end up getting closed. For me, it's $5 * 8 lines = $40 a month in autopay discount...

To each his own as to the ethicalness of it. And I don't consider it much extra work every month, as none of my bill is on autopay. It's just another item on my list to pay at the end of the month along with all other bills.

Great3

 

[brp]

I wouldn't quite call it a scam, more a loophole that may end up getting closed. For me, it's $5 * 8 lines = $40 a month in autopay discount...

To each his own as to the ethicalness of it.

Great3

It's clearly against the intent. The idea is to save them the credit card fees they will give you a discount. There is no rational way that I can see to argue that it is ethical. If I felt it was worth the effort, I would surely do it. But I would not try to rationalize that it was ethical just because one can get away with it.

And we should probably leave it at that and agree to disagree as this is definitely moving off topic

Cheers.

 

[Great3]

It's clearly against the intent. The idea is to save them the credit card fees they will give you a discount. There is no rational way that I can see to argue that it is ethical. If I felt it was worth the effort, I would surely do it. But I would not try to rationalize that it was ethical just because one can get away with it.

And we should probably leave it at that and agree to disagree as this is definitely moving off topic

Cheers.

Lol, I wouldn't call it ethical either, in fact, I would call it the exact opposite , as I know that's not their intent, so I completely agree with you on that point. Was just saying, it's each person own judgement call if they can live with their own decisions of what to do (so a poor choice of wording on my part - I can see how what I said/typed can be interpreted differently than my original intent).

Moving back on topic, I am still scratching my head on Frank saying put the cell phone bill on his Elan card to get 5% + cell phone protection, if he is leaving $120 on the table in wireless credits, unless his cell phone bill is so huge that it's greater than $10 a month for the 5% cash back rewards. Let's face it, we are all here to maximize credit card benefits to justify keeping it.

Great3