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01 · overview

Hilton Honors American Express Business

150,000 points welcome · 12x on hotels · $195/yr

Hilton Honors American Express Business
Annual fee
$195
Per year
Sign up bonus
150K pts
After $8,000 in 6 mo · ≈ $750
Credits
$240
1 credit · 2 perks
Median FICO
Approved
Median income
Approved
Our take

The Hilton Honors Business card is the rare hotel card with a genuinely useful non-hotel rate: 5x on everything else for the first $100,000 of purchases each calendar year, dropping to 3x after, alongside 12x on purchases made directly with Hilton portfolio properties. American Express raised the welcome offer on September 10 to 150,000 points plus a Free Night Reward after $8,000 of spending in six months, with the offer scheduled to end January 13, 2027. The $195 annual fee is largely covered by up to $240 a year in Hilton credits, but those come as $60 per quarter and only on purchases made directly with a Hilton property, so you need to be staying with Hilton regularly rather than once a year. Complimentary Gold status with its food and beverage credit and 80% base points bonus is the steady perk; Diamond is available but takes $40,000 of eligible purchases in a calendar year. It is a reasonable fit for a business that both travels with Hilton and can route ordinary spending through the 5x tier.

Welcome bonus
150K pts
After $8,000 in 6 mo · ≈ $750
Earn 150,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points and a Free Night Reward after you spend $8,000 on eligible purchases within the first 6 months of Card Membership. Offer ends 2027-01-13.
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02 · earn & credits

Earn rates & credits

Earn rates
CategoryRate
Hotels
Purchases made directly with hotels and resorts in the Hilton portfolio
12x
Everything Else
First $100,000 in purchases per calendar year, then 3x
on first $100,000/yr, then 3x
5x
Estimated value: 0.5¢/point
Credits & rebates
BenefitValue
Hilton Credit
Up to $60 back each quarter on purchases made directly with a property in the Hilton portfolio
$60 /qtr
Total annual credits$240
Perks & protections
Gold Status
Complimentary Hilton Honors Gold status with room upgrades when available, daily food and beverage credit or continental breakfast, and an 80% bonus on base points
Diamond Status Through Spend
Upgrade to Hilton Honors Diamond status after $40,000 in eligible purchases in a calendar year
03 · card details

Card details

Regular APR
19.49%–28.49% variable
Foreign transaction fee
None
04 · approval odds

Approval odds

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