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Transfer AMEX Membership Rewards Points Into Hilton Points At A 1K:2.5K Ratio
The AMEX Membership Rewards transfer ratio to Hilton has improved over the years from 1:1 to 1:1.5 to 1:2.
Through 3/14, you can transfer AMEX points to Hilton at a 1:2.5 ratio, so you’ll get 2,500 Hilton points for every 1,000 AMEX points.
Hilton often sells points with a 100% bonus, making them cost just 0.5 cents per point. If you value them at that rate, it would give impute a value of 1.25 cents per AMEX point, which isn’t exceptional, but is a decent value these days, especially for hotel stays.
That will only make sense to buy if you have a specific redemption in mind or if you need more points to have enough to redeem for a 5 night stay, but I wouldn’t transfer points speculatively due to the risk of devaluation, room availability, and hotels being able to leave the Hilton brand.
If you have a Hilton credit card or elite status you get the 5th night free on all award redemptions.
Remember that you need to search for various number of nights to find award space at different hotels. Some hotels might have a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 night minimum stay for base rooms to find standard award space. To use the flex calendar, just search for various numbers of nights, click flexible dates, and use points.
For example, the Grand Wailea Maui is 110K points/night, compared to paid rates of $1,000-$2,000 per night after taxes. That’s like redeeming 44K AMEX points from this deal. If you have a Hilton credit card or elite status and stay for 5 nights you’ll need just 88K Hilton points or 35.2K AMEX points/night.
The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is 120K points/night, compared to paid rates of $1,000-$1,500 per night after taxes. That’s like redeeming 48K AMEX points from this deal. If you have a Hilton credit card or elite status and stay for 5 nights you’ll need just 96K Hilton points or 38.4K AMEX points/night.
The hotel has a Rolls Royce house car that can take you to the excellent nearby kosher restaurants.
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The Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal is 140K points per night as well. It’s Trip Advisor’s top ranked hotel in Cabo and is Travel + Leisure’s World’s top resort in Mexico.
With a 5 night stay you can pay 112K points per night with the 5th night free award that is available to Hilton cardholders and elites.
Even the base rooms come with a private plunge pool. That’s an incredible value compared to the paid rates of $1,500-$3,000 after taxes:
Chabad of Cabo has tourist information on their website. They’re located just 1.2 miles from the Waldorf! Discuss more about Cabo on DDF here.
The Conrad Bora Bora Nui charges 120K points per night as well.
With a 5 night stay you can pay 96K Hilton points per night with the 5th night free award that is available to Hilton cardholders and elites. That’s an incredible value compared to the paid rates of $1,000-$2,000 after taxes.
The Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem charges 95K Hilton points per night when they have standard room availability.
That’s like redeeming 38K AMEX points from this deal. If you have a Hilton credit card or elite status and stay for 5 nights you’ll need just 76K Hilton points or 30.4K AMEX points/night.
The Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem is one of the finest hotels in Israel.
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Breakfast is free on points stays if you have Gold or Diamond status, which you can get just by having a Hilton credit card.
With a breakfast like this, you may not even be hungry for dinner…
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- The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express is offering a rare bonus to earn 15,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $3,000 in eligible purchases on the Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership and offers 2 points per dollar spent on up to $50K spending annually 1 point per dollar thereafter, plus transfer points to airlines and hotels and keep AMEX points alive. Terms apply. Read more here.
- The Business Platinum Card® from American Express is offering a 150K bonus for spending $20,000 in the first 3 months and offers monthly credits, lounge access, and much more. Terms apply. Read more here.
- American Express® Business Gold Card is offering a 100K bonus for spending $15,000 in 3 months, monthly business credits, Walmart+ membership, up to 4 points per dollar spent with a $150K annual spend cap, and more benefits. Terms apply. Read more here.
- The Platinum Card® from American Express is offering an 80K bonus for spending $8,000 in the first 6 months and offers monthly credits, lounge access, and much more. Terms apply. Read more here.
- American Express® Gold Card is offering a 60K bonus for spending $6,000 in the first 6 months, monthly credits for Uber and Grubhub, and more. Terms apply. Read more here.
- AMEX Green Consumer Card is offering a 40K bonus for spending $3,000 in the first 6 months and offers up to $199 in annual CLEAR Plus® credits, $100 LoungeBuddy credit, plus transfer points to airlines and hotels and keep AMEX points alive. All information about the AMEX Green Card has been collected independently by DansDeals.
Will you transfer AMEX points to Hilton with this transfer bonus? What aspirational hotel redemption are you gunning for?
HT: Eluzer K.
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This may be a stupid question, but are these for my Amex marriot bonvoy points?
So you are smart enough to know that this is not a smart question…
Thanks Yitzy. That was a helpful response.
NO. These are for Amex membership rewards points.
Do Israelis have to pay taxes when booking a room with points?
The problem with these AMEX Hilton “deals” is that while they might not be terrible redemptions if you MUST stay at the Hiltons, they are terrible values compared to what you could otherwise get comparable lodging. If you have this many points, good for you, but you should use them for something more valuable than these overpriced hotel rooms.
What’s the best option for AMEX MR hotel redemptions?
Free Silver status appears to be dead
Before transferring how can I know if my stay is available with points if I have 0 points in my Hilton account? As on Hilton it’s not showing points only dollar amount. All it says “Pay with Points: 50,000 per night” but not the whole stay.