AMAZING Amex Hilton Credit Card 2025 Limited Time Offer INCLUDES Free Night Reward (including on the NO annual fee card)

Now is the time to act on these incredible offers for Amex Hilton credit cards as the welcome bonuses now include Free Night Awards! This is too good of a deal to pass on ~ so much so that I’m taking advantage of one as well! Note that the offer ends April 29, 2025!

As always, DISCLAIMER for credit cards is that you should only consider getting these cards if 1. you are able to pay off your balances every month – if you pay interest, those rates are so high that they will negate ALL rewards and 2. if you are not spending more money than you would otherwise. (Some posts that might be helpful: refresher on credit cards / intro to travel hacking / 8 top tips for travel hacking).

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What makes this such a great deal?

Simple – the welcome bonus offers include the Free Night Reward (FNR) and the reason why Hilton FNR are so spectacular? They are valid for ANY day of the week and can be used for ANY standard reward night (even if the standard award night would cost 150K points or hundreds/thousands of dollars!) at almost EVERY Hilton Property. Let’s compare to other hotel credit cards that offer free nights rewards/awards (FNA) – a Hyatt credit card offers a FNA for a category 1-4 hotel on your anniversary and a Marriott card offers 35K, 50K or 85K points free night awards (depending on which card you have) so you can see how your choice is very restricted with property choice with other free night awards.

Why is this limited offer special? The free night certificate is being offered on a no annual fee card – Hilton Honors American Express Card. The offer for this card: Earn 70,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points + a Free Night Reward after you spend $2,000 in purchases on the Hilton Honors American Express Card in the first 6 months of Card Membership. Offer expires 4/29/2025. 70K Hilton points is worth roughly $420 (AKA this is a good redemption value for them) in addition to being able to use the free night reward for a hotel room worth $500-$1500 and for NO ANNUAL FEE!

The offer for the Hilton Honors Surpass® Credit Card (Annual fee: $150): Earn 130,000 Bonus Points plus a Free Night Reward after you spend $3,000 in purchases on the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card in the first 6 months of Card Membership. Offer expires 4/29/2025. Without this offer, a FNR would be rewarded only after spending $15,000 in a calendar year! This card does come with a few more perks: $200 annual statement credit for eligible Hilton purchases (note this is a $50 quarterly benefit), another free night award after you spend $15,000 on eligible purchases in a calendar year and complimentary Hilton Gold elite status + Complimentary National Car Rental Executive status.

*Technically this card already comes with a free night reward as a perk. The offer for the Hilton Honors Aspire Credit Card (Annual fee: $550): Earn 175,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points & a Free Night Award after spending $6,000 in purchases on the Hilton Honors Aspire Card in the first 6 months of Card Membership. Offer ends 4/29/2025. This is one of my favorite credit cards with all of the value that I get from it!

Another bonus for these cards is that you’ll get a fifth night free on reward stays as a Hilton elite member, which you will become with any Hilton Amex card!

What to consider before applying:

While these really are incredible deals – you should only get these card(s) if you are committed to using the Free Night Reward within the next year or so. The reward expires one year from date of issue and the stay must be completed BEFORE the expiry day – per Hilton, the FNR will be forfeited if not redeemed on or before the expiration date.

Note that the welcome bonuses are given after you have met the minimum spend requirement.

Remember that Amex has a “one per lifetime” policy for earning welcome offers, but a pop-up window should let you know if you’re not eligible for a bonus before you submit your application. Thankfully, having one type of Hilton Amex card doesn’t prevent you from getting a different one as your needs change.

A few ways you could leverage these deals AKA a real life example for redemption:

The most aspirational redemption would be using Free Night Rewards for a stay at either the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (standard room: Beach Villa or Sunrise Water Villa – adults only for 120K/night with rates starting ~ $800) or Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi (standard room: King Reef Villa with Pool for 150K/night with rates starting ~ $2000). One thing I love about Hilton free night rewards is that taxes and fees (especially those pesky resort) are waived! If you and your travel partner teamed up (or if you get two of the cards), you could potentially stay on FNR and points for 4 nights just from the welcome bonuses! Be forewarned though that getting to the Maldives is a long journey and that you’ll have to pay for additional transport from the Male airport to these resorts and those start at $500+. Note that with free night rewards you will need to be able to find a standard night award and then call into Hilton to book that night. I would reach out to the hotel as soon as all the nights are booked to see if they would combine/link the reservations so that you aren’t put in the position of having to change rooms during your stay!

Another wonderful possibility for redemption would be the Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort since Maui is a bit more accessible for most than the Maldives. The standard room would be a Terrace View for 110K points/night with rates starting ~$900!

Some other properties that provide especially great value would be the Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal, WA Beverly Hills, Conrad New York, Zemi Beach House, Conrad Bora Bora (FYI: another property that has an expensive transfer once you have landed in PPT in Tahiti) or WA Park City for the ski season!

There is one more card from Amex: The Hilton Honors American Express Business that I didn’t touch on. Unfortunately it does not have a free night reward as part of the welcome bonus in this limited offer run (as it did when I got this card in 2023) – but if you are needing more HH points but need to watch your 5/24, this is what you should be considering.

For rates and fees of the Amex Hilton Honors Surpass, click here.
For rates and fees of the Amex Hilton Honors Business, click here.
For rates and fees of the Amex Hilton Honors card, click here.
For rates and fees of the Amex Hilton Honors Aspire, click here.

If you have been hunting for a way to have one of your bucket list vacations, these cards may be the answer that you are looking for! Where would you go with your free night award?