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Hilton has released a slow drip of hotels bookable in their partnership with Small Luxury Hotels over the past month or so. If you remember, SLH used to be partnered with Hyatt, but earlier this year there was a big switcharoo whereby Hyatt acquired Mr and Mrs Smith ( who left IHG ), and Hilton struck a deal with Small Luxury Hotels. You can see the elite benefits offered at SLH properties ( full details below ) and roughly 400 hotels are now bookable at Hilton.
You can find the complete list here – and search
- Hilton Silver and up get 5th night free
- You can use Hilton credit card free night certs at these properties
As you can see below, I sorted by price first just to see where some of the most expensive SLH properties in the world were located.
You can buy points, up to 480k per account until July 23rd, 2024. This puts a lot of these properties at exceptional rates. I clicked “use points” and wow, there are some very good deals!
Let’s use Hermitage Bay in the Caribbean
It’s insanely expensive, all inclusive, and when you search for points they don’t show up on calendar mode. However, when select a specific date, or dates, they do populate. Since you can buy Hilton points most often for 1/2 a penny a point, and as long as you have Silver status you could stay 5 nights for the price of 4, you could get $10k worth of travel for 520k Hilton Honors… or $2600. Note you’d need to buy in 2 separate accounts ( since you can combine 2 million points per year ) if you didn’t have at least 40k points in your account ( or transfer in from Amex at 1:2 ratio )
Hilton Honors Elite Benefits:
The biggest perk is that Gold members get continental breakfast – this is a massive win for those of us who have Hilton Gold via Amex Platinum or the Amex Hilton Surpass. Kudos!
- Member:
- Guaranteed Member Discount, Complimentary Standard Wi-Fi, Complimentary Late Checkout, Bottled Water/Hydration per stay, No Resort Fees on Reward Stays
- Silver:
- 20% Elite Tier Bonus, 5th Standard Reward Night Free, All “Member” benefits
- Gold:
- 80% Elite Tier Bonus, Complimentary Breakfast (for two guests), Space-available Upgrades, 5th Standard Reward Night Free, All “Member” benefits
- Diamond:
- 100% Elite Tier Bonus, Complimentary Breakfast (for two guests), Space-available upgrades, 5th Standard Reward Night Free, All “Member” benefits
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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