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The Offer
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- You can currently receive a 25% transfer bonus when you transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Hilton Honors points. Normally you can transfer 1,000 MR points and receive 2,000 Hilton Honors points, during this promotion you’ll receive 2,500 Hilton instead (1:2.5)
The Fine Print
- Valid through 3/14/2025
Our Verdict
American Express points are even more valuable than Hilton points even at a 1:2.5 rate so I don’t think this is worth considering.
Worth it for me if I can get an expensive Conrad room for 85000 points when I’d never pay the full cash value for the room. To me that’s the point of collecting points and redeeming and taking advantage of bonuses like this.
You don’t see as many posts about this because it doesn’t cash out much over 1 MR per point. I’m going to Cannes in the summer and I saw that it’s 80k per night (320k HR points with 5 day promo, or 128k MR). Hilton frequently has promos for half off points, so this redemption is worth $1600. The hotel goes for 2700 out the door BTW. This is par for the course with most 80k redemptions in Europe (only redemptions I’m after). This ends up being “only” 1.25cpp. I currently value that a little bit higher than airline as I’m comfortable flying economy if need be lol
I would argue you should calculate at face value, ie 2.1cpp
Still not worth it
You know a better way to book hotels with MR points?
The previous Amex -> Hilton transfer bonus last September was 30%, so this 25% transfer bonus is not the best ever.
Although of course we can’t know what the future will bring.
Everyone,
The previous transfer bonus was 30%, so this is not the best transfer bonus even recently. Of course, we don’t know what the future may bring.
William Charles,
Two issues in parts of the post above:
1. In the “Out Verdict” section, it says “1:2.6”, which is for the previous 30% transfer bonus, not for the current transfer bonus.
At the top of this page, it correctly says “1:2.5” for the current 25% transfer bonus.
2. In the list of internal links below that, it says “#amex transfer bonuses” (plural)”, but clicking that only shows the current post, not others.
In the previous 30% transfer bonus post, there is instead “#american express transfer bonuses” which does indeed show many previous transfer bonuses and including the current one we’re at right now.
Thanks.
Fixed, thanks
Two issues above:
1. The “Our Verdict” section above says “1:2.6”, but that’s from the previous Amex->Hilton 30% bonus.
The current Amex->Hilton 25% bonus works out to “1:2.5”, as it correctly says at the top.
2. Below that, in the internal links list, it says “#amex transfer bonuses” (plural), but that link appears to be a new one, with “american express” abbreviated to “amex”, which only lists this current post.
If you go back to the previous Amex->Hilton 30% bonus post from last September, in that previous 30% post there’s a link that says “#american express transfer bonuses”, and it indeed does list all current and previous ones.
Why is it claiming to be listing plural bonuses when it’s not?
Thanks.
Probably will transfer 300k points . 750,000 Hilton points should get me somewhere nice to stay
May I recommend the Biltmore in PHX/Scottsdale
600k should do the trick for a 150k hotel and fifth night free
Is there an article on best uses of MR points?
All lies about how you can get these magical flights that don’t exist. I use for Hilton and Gift cards to Home Depot and Crate and Barrell/Pottery Barn.
The “#amex transfer bonuses” link at the bottom of this post doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t find anything other than this post itself.
This post neither mentions that Amex->Hilton bonuses were as high as 30% recently, nor does it have the previous “#american express transfer bonuses” link which was at the bottom of the most recent 30% Amex->Hilton post which does indeed show all Amex transfer bonuses.
Since Amex->Hilton transfer bonuses vary over time, shouldn’t a working link such as the previous “#american express transfer bonuses” link be at the bottom of this post?
And, btw, the Our Verdict section above still has the “1:2.6” rate which was from the last 30% bonus, instead of the “1:2.5” rate which is from the current 25% bonus.
Never worth it, hilton points are crazy high
Best value of MR points.