Get a 30% Bonus When You Transfer Amex Points to Hilton Honors [Targeted]

American Express has just released a targeted early-month transfer bonus that Hilton fans will appreciate.

This offer is highly targeted — many Upgraded Points team members didn’t receive it — but the good news is there’s no end date listed, so there may still be time to be targeted for the bonus if you haven’t yet.

Let’s take a look at the details of this bonus!

Get 30% More Hilton Honors Points With This Transfer Bonus

Typically, you can transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Hilton Honors at a 1:2 ratio, which means you’ll get 2 Hilton Honors points for every Amex Membership Rewards point you move over to the program.

Now, thanks to this offer, you can get 2,600 Hilton Honors points for every 1,000 Membership Rewards points you transfer — a bonus of 30%. There’s no end date listed for this offer, so if you’re interested and haven’t been targeted, keep an eye on your Amex account — it may still appear.

Is It Worth It?

Amex Membership Rewards points are some of the easiest to earn through cards like The Platinum Card^® from American Express and American Express^® Gold Card. And they’re the most valuable flexible points around, worth 2.2 cents apiece according to our valuations. Because we value Hilton Honors points at 0.5 cents apiece, you’ll likely lose value when you transfer Amex points to Hilton.

However, transferring Amex points over to Hilton can make sense if you need to top off your account balance for a specific Hilton redemption or if you have a short, inexpensive stay.

There are more than 6,000 hotels spanning 6 continents in Hilton’s portfolio. But it doesn’t use an award chart like some chains do (Hyatt, for example). Instead, Hilton uses variable award pricing, which means the number of points you may spend can vary by day. Sometimes, that can work in your favor.

For example, if you found yourself short a few thousand points before booking a stay at The Gates Hotel South Beach – a DoubleTree by Hilton in Miami (with nights starting at 45,000 Hilton Honors points), a 30% transfer bonus can actually be a pretty good deal. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense to completely drain your balance of Amex points to transfer to Hilton.

Final Thoughts

Even though we’ve seen this Amex-to-Hilton bonus before, it’s always a nice surprise. If you have a Hilton redemption coming up soon, using some of your Amex points (at a 30% bonus) could be a decent deal, depending on the property you’re looking at.

Otherwise, you may want to save your Amex points for even better transfer partners, like Air Canada or Virgin Atlantic.