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Amex Offers: Preferred Hotels
Preferred Hotels is a group of over 650 independently owned and operated luxury hotels around the world that are held to a 1600 point inspection to insure a high standard across the membership. I had the pleasure of staying at the Hotel Bennett in Charleston in the summer of 2020 via Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts. It was a fantastic stay in the heart of one of America’s most historic and vibrant seaside towns and I’d go back in a heartbeat. Let’s take a look at the current Amex Offer for Preferred Hotels
A little aside regarding Preferred Hotels and Choice Hotels
If you’re familiar with the IHG cash + points trick this one is very similar. Essentially, as long as you have a minimum of 6k points in your account, you can buy the remaining points needed for a redemption at just $7.50 per 1000 points.
You just need to make sure you follow these rules/steps set forth by Choice:
Miles – I don’t have a Choice hotel points. Hello Amex.
Other than just buying the 6k points when there is a juicy sale, you can just transfer the 6k points over 1:1 from your Amex account. The transfer is instant and you’ll be able to start booking Cash + Points awards. We wouldn’t advise using any more than 6k to boost your account solely because Amex points are worth far more than $0.0075 you’ll pay to buy what you need with Choice.
Amex Offers and why I keep 7 Amex cards.
We have an entire post dedicated to Amex Offers, how they work, and why you can easily earn back your annual fee in statement credits or points. You can read it here.
Here are the 7 American Express Cards that I keep, why we have them in our wallet, and recommend your consideration. Amex Offers are incredibly valuable for any member and how we earn back tons of points and credit every year, but also remember that you can earn referral bonuses on each and every card you carry ( go here ). It’s how we earn over 500k points a year without spending a dime.
- American Express Platinum
- American Express Gold
- American Express Business Platinum x2
- American Express Business Goldx2
- American Express Blue Business
- American Express Blue Business Plus
- American Express Green Card
Spend $300+ get $60 back with Preferred Hotels
- Offer runs between 9/8/21 and 12/15/21
- Must spend $300+ in one or more transactions
- US based cardmembers and valid only on US properties and US Territories
- Must book via preferredhotels.com, via the I Prefer app or by calling 1-866-990-9491
- Room and room charges only
OFFER TERMS
Enrollment limited. Must first add offer to Card and then use same Card to redeem. Only U.S.-issued American Express® Cards are eligible. Limit 1 enrolled Card per Card Member across all American Express offer channels. Your enrollment of an eligible American Express Card for this offer extends only to that Card. Offer valid on reservations for Preferred Hotels & Resorts which must be made online at preferredhotels.com, via the I Prefer app or by calling 1-866-990-9491. Offer only valid at Preferred Hotels & Resorts in the US & US territories. Offer only valid on room rate and room charges. Offer not valid for lodging stays that are paid for before the promotion start date or after the promotion end date. Offer is non-transferable. Limit of 1 statement credit per Card Member. The enrolled Card account must not be cancelled or past due to receive statement credit. Any benefit earned from this offer is in addition to the rewards (i.e. Membership Rewards or cash back) earned as part of your existing Card benefits, but your ability to earn spend-based rewards for the purchase will be based on the amount after any statement credit or other discount is applied. Statement credit will appear on your billing statement within 90 days after 12/15/2021, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase. Statement credit may be reversed if qualifying purchase is cancelled. If American Express does not receive information that identifies your transaction as qualifying for the offer, you will not receive the statement credit. For example, your transaction will not qualify if it is not made directly with the merchant. In addition, in most cases, you may not receive the statement credit if your transaction is made with an electronic wallet or through a third party or if the merchant uses a mobile or wireless card reader to process it. By adding an offer to a Card, you agree that American Express may send you communications about the offer. POID: K2NB:0001
Chase Sapphire Preferred
A Monkey Miles favorite for beginners and point pros alike – a staple of our wallet that earns Premium transferrable Ultimate Rewards. $95 annual fee
♥ Earn 60k Bonus Points after $4k Spend in 3 months
♥Points are transferrable to over dozen partners, or redeemable for 1.25c in Chase travel
♥5x on travel purchased via Chase Travel and 2x everywhere else (beginning 8/16/21)
♥3x on dining, including eligible delivery services, takeout and dining out (previously 2x – beginning 8/16/21)
♥3x on select streaming (beginning 8/16/21)
♥ 3x points on online grocery purchases (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs -(beginning 8/16/21)
♥ $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Ultimate Rewards. *New cardmembers can get this credit immediately – existing cardmembers get it after anniversary (beginning 8/16/21)
♥ 10% Anniversary Point Bonus. Spend $10k in a year, get 1k bonus points. (beginning 8/16/21)
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There’s also a Hilton Garden Inn/Hampton Inn offer ($35 off $175) that showed up on just about all of my AmEx cards, although I don’t know if it still shows if you haven’t already added it to your account. The best part (and I think many people don’t realize this) is to use the multiple browser window trick to get the same offer on multiple accounts and use split payments to take advantage of the same offer on those cards (e.g., for a $525 stay at HGI/Hampton, get the $35 discount three times).
How do you split payment?
Upon Check out…you could split the payments between the various cards you have the offers linked on 🙂