Does Amex Platinum offer any benefits at Hyatt?

The American Express Platinum card Hilton benefit offers Hilton Honors Gold status to cardholders who enroll in the Hilton Honors rewards program. The benefit provides its members with an 80% bonus on points earned during each stay, a free 5^th night when booking a stay of 5+ nights,free bottled water, and daily food and beverage credit (U.S. hotels only) or continental breakfast.… read full answer

Cardholders are also eligible for late checkouts and complimentary room upgrades, when available. Without the benefit, a cardholder would have to book 40 nights at any of Hilton’s 18 hotel brands to qualify for Gold elite status.

How to get American Express Platinum card Hilton benefits

To get the American Express Platinum card Hilton benefits, activate Hilton Honors Gold elite status by logging in to your Platinum account from the Amex benefits page and clicking the “Enroll Now” button. Once you’re enrolled, you’re immediately eligible for Gold status. But keep in mind that to receive the benefits, you must book your stay directly with a Hilton hotel property. Bookings through a third-party website such as Amex Travel do not earn Hilton points or Gold elite status perks. In case you already have Gold status, you can maintain it without meeting any stay requirements for the duration of your American Express Platinum card membership, or Amex notifies you that the benefit is terminated.

It's also worth noting that in addition to the Hilton Honors Gold status, the American Express Platinum card also offers up to $200 hotel credit on prepaid Fine Hotels and Resorts or The Hotel Collection bookings with American Express travel. These include Hilton properties so you can get up to $200 back in statement credits when making eligible bookings with your American Express Platinum card.

You can earn and redeem American Express Platinum card points by using this card for purchases. With your American Express Platinum card, you’ll earn 1 - 5 points per $1 spent on purchases. To qualify for this card’s 5 points / $1 rewards rate, flights must be booked directly through the airline’s website or through Amex Travel (up to $500,000 spent per year), and hotels must be booked through Amex.… read full answer

In addition, the American Express Platinum card also offers 80,000 points for spending $6,000 in the first 6 months. When you redeem American Express Platinum card points, they’re worth 0.7 cents to 1 cent each in most cases.

Here’s how to redeem American Express Platinum card points:

• Book travel through Amex. Log in to your American Express Platinum card account via the Amex travel portal. Then, search for the transportation and accommodations you want to book. There will be an option to pay with points at the check-out.
• Transfer points. You can actually move your points at a 1:1 ratio to 17 airline and 3 hotel loyalty programs. To do so, log in to your Amex account and choose the loyalty program you wish to transfer your points to. Keep in mind that you have to transfer in at least 1,000-point increments in most cases.
• Get gift cards. Log in to Amex’s gift card reward page to make your selection. There are dozens of options to choose from, including restaurants, movie theatres, and airlines.
• Donate. You can make a charitable donation with your rewards points online through Amex’s JustGiving page.
• Amazon Shop with Points. If you connect your Amex card to your Amazon account, you can use their Shop with Points system to spend points on merchandise. But you’ll only get 0.7 cents per point using this method.
• Statement credit. You can use your points to pay your credit card bill, at a rate of 0.6 cents per point. You can do so by logging in to your American Express Platinum card online account.
• Shopping. You can also spend your points towards Rite Aid purchases, Bestbuy.com, Staples.com and a few other sites (0.7 cents per point). Plus, you can use your points at a rate of 1 cent each toward NYC Taxi rides.

For more redemption options and current point values, check the Membership Rewards Points calculator.

In addition, American Express Platinum card points do not expire as long as your account is open and in good standing. Points are forfeited when closing an account, so make sure to redeem them before that.