The Aspire card will get you Diamond status or a lot(I think $40K spend ?) on the Surpass or biz card but if you don't want to stay at a Hilton (no judgement, I don't, normally) then why would you want status?
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DH and I both carry the IHG Premier and the Club (no longer offered) cards. I think the highest SUB I've ever seen for the Premier is 150K and AF waived. So 175K seems to be a good offer, imo. We do get value out of ours each year with the FNC, fourth night free, and we've used the TSA Pre reimbursement on both ours as well. These are cards we keep and don't churn, although at some point we may start churning the Premier...
Thanks. Maybe I will go for 1 or 2 of these if the SUB's stay around awhile. Really would like to use them at Holiday Inn Orange Lake Resort. Looks like points for the Waterpark Units seem harder to get but the other units look bookable on points. (unless someone has a trick to get the River Island Units on points).
I do hope the SUBs stay around awhile... I'd love to pick up the BIZ card to top off our points for our Europe trip in 2024. However both DH and I got Chase cards within the last month, so we need to wait a bit before getting another card. I'd love to get the Traveler since it's no AF, and we don't have that one, but I don't think we'd be eligible from this wording:
From what I read - I think you can have 1 Personal and 1 Biz Card.
This is my understanding as well. It didn't used to be that way, I wanna say that changed it last year or so?
By the way, I believe this is the place they always offer me for their timeshare presentations. I am constantly getting emails about 3 or 4nts for $149, plus 10K points. We have been tempted to attend one of these for a cheap Disney stay.
Nice. Stayed there for the 1st time this past October (Me and 3 Friends for a Mom's getaway). We had a 3 Bedroom. It was very nice. Did like the Waterpark area the best. Would be a nice place to stay for a non-Disney vacation. ( I have to stay at Boardwalk when at Disney).
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Well I don't care much about status( I don't have much ) but I booked an upcoming stay on points, and I'm only gold but that got us a free meal soend per day... however I'll drop to silver before my stay without another couple of nights booked I guess. So value I lose is $150 on that trip... not huge but was counting that in my plans... plus I'd love an easy way to get more Hilton points anyway- status is gained only in a paid with cash booking, right ?
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When are you going to Europe? Singapore Air has a sale on biz class seats now -- 81k or 87k Kris miles from JFK to FRA, dates include Feb., March, early May, late September. Four seats showing for most flights. Fantastic deal if you can use it. You can call Singapore Air and lock in the seats before transferring the pts from AmEx. It's very easy to get from FRA to other cities in Europe.
You mean there is no retention offer?Just called AmEx to inquire about a retention offer on my platinum and was told there is currently offer
I would do these, except 80% of my Orlando trips are solo, and these presentation things want both spouses. Have considered if I could lie and say I am divorced.
I was offered 30k MR for $3k MSR. I closed the card.Just called AmEx to inquire about a retention offer on my platinum and was told there is currently no offer
Fixed my post. No retention offer. But I received my last offer on Feb. 28th last year, so I'll try back in a month.
