Register for a new Hilton ‘£50 back on £250 spend’ hotel cashback deal with American Express

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A new Hilton cashback offer has appeared on a lot of American Express accounts. To see if you are targetted, visit the Amex website and take a look under the ‘Offers’ tab on the online statement page for each of your cards.

You will receive £50 cashback when you spend £250 or more at selected UK and European Hilton, DoubleTree, Waldorf Astoria, Hampton, Curio and Conrad hotels before 31st December. Hilton Paris Opera is pictured below and reviewed here. The Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol which I reviewed earlier this week is also on.

Not all hotels are participating. Make sure that you check the list of hotels on the Amex website before booking – it is only UK and European hotels, and not all of them. In theory you also need to book ‘pay at checkout’ rates to get this deal. In reality, pre-paid rates will probably also trigger it.

In the past, these offers have been triggered by cumulative spend. There is no mention of this – so you are not guaranteed to receive it if the £250 is not hit in one transaction – but I suspect you will.

Remember that you still have 11 days to benefit from Hilton’s excellent ‘2500 Miles & More miles on every stay’ promo (click) as well as the current global ‘double or triple points’ offer which runs until 3rd January.

How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (December 2021)

There are various ways of earning Hilton Honors points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

Do you know that holders of The Platinum Card from American Express receive FREE Hilton Honors Gold status for as long as they hold the card? It also comes with Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Gold and MeliaRewards Gold status. We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here and you can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Did you know that the Virgin Atlantic credit cards are a great way of earning Hilton Honors points? Two Virgin Points can be converted into three Hilton Honors points. The Virgin Atlantic cards are the only Visa or Mastercard products in the UK which can indirectly earn Hilton Honors points. You can apply here.

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with American Express Gold (20,000 bonus points), the American Express Rewards Credit Card (5,000 bonus points) and – for small business owners – American Express Business Gold (20,000 bonus points) and Business Platinum (40,000 bonus points).

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which can be used to earn Hilton Honors points.

(Want to earn more hotel points? Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)

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Delbert says:

20 Oct20 October 11:50

Not sure if it’s already been covered but I note that the Marriott 29 Ways to Stay game is now giving 50 bonus points away each day on completion of the game.
- BJ says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 12:19
  
  Yes, several days already. A pain for 50 points but you never know when those 50 miggt put you over a line on a redemption so I just keep playing.
- Lady London says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 15:04
  
  Thank you @Delbert your post has made me give the Marriott game a try today.
- Nick says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 15:54
  
  FYI, I got 50 points on the first day, just a free entry on subsequent days, but 500 points today.
Bonglim says:

20 Oct20 October 13:16

O/T
I booked a flight via skyscanner, through edreams. It was a flight from Aberdeen to Houston, changing at Manchester and it was a very good price. 330 GBP return (in economy) – and the second flights between manchester and houston were on Singapore Airlines.
They have emailed back saying that there was a pricing error on the website, meaning that I was charged incorrectly. As a result they are cancelling with immediate effect and refunding the money.

Does anyone think I have a chance to successfully challenge this?
- Delbert says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 14:01
  
  You’re on a hiding to nothing, Bonglim.
  
  You could try an email to customer services stating how much grief this has caused you and, if you’re lucky, they may take pity on you and give you a £20 credit voucher or something, but that’s about the best you can hope for.
- Anna says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 15:08
  
  I think it depends on the difference between the error fare and the actual fare. If it’s huge then the airline can reasonably claim that you should know that you’d never pay that price for your ticket. Didn’t BA cancel a load of flights to Tel Aviv recently due to similar circumstances?
  - Anna says:
    
    20 Oct20 October 15:13
    
    Though it does seem a tad unfair to the customer – if you bought an incorrectly priced item in a shop it would be the shop’s bad luck as how would they get the item back off you?!
    - The pitch says:
      
      20 Oct20 October 15:54
      
      Some of the OTAs are notorious for this. They are just trying to make you pay extra.
    - BJ says:
      
      20 Oct20 October 16:02
      
      In Bonglim’s favour is the fact that there have recently been fares to the USA from as little as £269 so they cannot argue fare was so low that he must have known it to be an error.
    - Me Dee says:
      
      20 Oct20 October 23:50
      
      Difference being online they can say that any purchases is subject to acceptance and is an offer to purchase, I believe that’s how they get away with it.
      
      Once you are on the flight and it’s been paid for then it’s too late or once they send you the goods
    - Genghis says:
      
      21 Oct21 October 04:48
      
      @Mr Dee an “invitation to treat”.
    - Shoestring says:
      
      21 Oct21 October 05:32
      
      Yep, so in a shop, once you pay and the goods are in your possession, they’re yours. If you paid 1p for an iPad & put it in your bag, the shop could not in law take it away from you. But a till agent could see the silly price and refuse to take your 1p. So use self service tills.
      
      Same as online: the entity selling can at any point before delivery refund you and take the goods back. They could even take your 1p for the iPad, dispatch them then later instruct the courier to return the goods to base. Perfectly legal, you have no ownership rights until you take possession of the goods.
  - Rob says:
    
    20 Oct20 October 15:58
    
    Yes
- Graham WalshWalsh says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 17:48
  
  I had a similar issue when booking via Amex Travel. Got an email next day saying pricing error but so they would charge me full amount (£32 extra) and then refund my card with the difference.
- Bonglim says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 20:05
  
  Thanks everyone for your reply.
  
  Worth having a go – so will try a complaint. Fingers crossed.
Martin Wong says:

20 Oct20 October 14:04

If anyone wants to refer me for a Spain Groupon account & get 6 Euro credit, please let me know.
- Martin says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 18:39
  
  ok just signed up
Voltron says:

20 Oct20 October 14:26

OT – Previously had gold charge and got 3000 bonus points for adding supp. Cancelled that card months back and now Got gold CC, applied for a supp and got 3000 bonus points.
SG says:

20 Oct20 October 15:24

As a HHilton Gold ,fo you get free breakfast at any hotel in their portfolio?
Looking to stay at a Autograph Collection by Marriot in Baku for the next year Formula 1
Grand Prix!Has anyone stayed there recently?Hilton seems to be all blocked and crazy expensive even with redemptions around those dates
- Genghis says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 15:48
  
  Not all
  https://hiltonhonors3.hilton.com/en/explore/benefits/index.html
- Rob says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 15:57
  
  I think so now that Waldorf Astoria started doing it.
Dan says:

20 Oct20 October 15:57

I have bought the groupon voucher today. Followed the instructions on the website, but received no notification that it’s worked. When can I expect the points to appear? Thanks, Dan
Helen says:

20 Oct20 October 16:02

I am having trouble finding my Groupon voucher with the voucher and security code. I have an email confirming my purchase but nothing else.
- Peter K says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 16:22
  
  Go to groupon then the tab “my groupons”.
  - Helen says:
    
    20 Oct20 October 16:27
    
    Yes, I have done that thanks but I still don’t know where to find the voucher and security code.
    - Lady London says:
      
      20 Oct20 October 20:25
      
      It should show the groupons you have purchased there.
      I’d give it another 24 hours then ping groupon to ask what’s going on.
    - Shoestring says:
      
      20 Oct20 October 20:44
      
      Have a look around Groupon, sounds like you (Helen) haven’t bothered to look properly. It’s not that difficult.
      
      Find ‘My Groupons’
will says:

20 Oct20 October 17:18

OT: Lloyds avios voucher.
My avios account was closed yesterday and the points transferred to BAEC, where is the lloyds upgrade voucher now residing?
- Anna says:
  
  20 Oct20 October 17:59
  
  It should still be visible by the avios call centre staff who can redeem it for you over the phone – did you take a screenshot of it previously like we advised on here?!