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Amex has launched a new targeted offer for spending at select Relais & Chateaux properties and the headline news here is that this offer isn’t limited to properties in the United States or even the Americas. Properties all over the world will trigger this offer.
Spend $500 & get $100 at select Relais & Chateaux properties
Headline details
Earn a one-time $100 statement credit after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $500 USD in one or more qualifying purchases on room rate and room charges at participating Relais & Châteaux properties in the US and globally from 7/15/2026 to 11/15/2026.
Key terms
- Enrollment is limited.
- Eligible Card Members must first add offer to their Card and then use same enrolled Card for qualifying purchases.
- Only Card Members who enroll are eligible; offers are non-transferable.Limit of 1 statement credit per eligible Card Member account.
- Offer valid at participating Relais & Châteaux properties in the US and globally. Please reference americanexpress.com/relaischateaux2026 to view participating properties.
- Reservations must be made directly through Relais & Châteaux online relaischateaux.com, by phone 1-800-735-2478, or through the Relais & Châteaux app.
- Excludes restaurants and any service or amenity not charged to a room.
- Qualifying purchases must total a minimum of $500 USD, following conversion from a foreign currency.
- Offer only valid on room rate and room charges.
- Offer not valid for lodging stays that are paid for before the promotion start date or after the promotion end date.
- Offer is only valid on purchases made directly with the merchant. Offer not valid on purchases made using third parties, such as resellers, delivery services, or other intermediaries.
- If you meet the offer requirements, the statement credit(s) will typically post to your account within 30 days after you make a qualifying purchase, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase. In some circumstances, it may take up to 90 days after the offer end date for statement credit(s) to post.
See your targeted offer for full terms and conditions.
Quick thoughts
There are four key things to note here:
- Based on the wording in the terms and conditions, it looks like the $500 spending target does not need to be met in one transaction. Multiple transactions that add up to $500 or more will end up triggering the statement credit (although I suspect that most people triggering this offer will do it in one stay).
- I don’t know what percentage of the worldwide Relais and Chateaux properties are participating in this offer (the list is very long), so make sure you check that your chosen property will trigger the offer before you book.
- This promotion is targeted, but as I could choose to add it to any of my Membership Rewards cards (including Business cards), it doesn’t look like the targeting is particularly narrow.
- Don’t forget that you only have to spend $500 to trigger this offer so if you also hold a credit card that will give you a better return on hotel spending than the Amex card to which you can add this offer and you’re spending more than $500, you should be able to ask the front desk to charge $500 to your targeted Amex card and the rest to whatever other card you have that will serve you better.
Overall (and as is usual with these kind of deals), the best Amex card to use with this offer will probably be the American Express® Green Card which returns 3 points/dollar on travel spending (terms apply), but as that’s a card that I do not hold, I’m going to have to make do with adding it to my Platinum Card® from American Express which will earn me just 1 point/dollar (terms apply).
Ordinarily and in the absence a card that will earn me a category spending bonus, I would use the Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express for an offer like this (it earns me 2 points/dollar on the first $50,000 of spending every year and 1 point/dollar thereafter – terms apply), but as this card charges foreign transaction fees and as I’m almost certainly going to trigger this offer at a Relais & Chateaux property outside of the United States (possibly the Hotel Copernicus in Kraków) I’m going to have to settle for using the Platinum Card.
Note: All information about the American Express® Green Card has been collected independently by Traveling For Miles. The American Express® Green Card is not currently available through Traveling For Miles.
Bottom line
American Express is currently targeting select cardholders for a $100 saving when they spend $500 or more (in one or more transactions) at select Relais & Chateaux properties all around the world.
Based on how many of my Amex cards are showing this offer this doesn’t appear to be a narrowly targeted deal, so if you have an upcoming stay at a participating property (or if you’re planning a stay in a location that has one or more participating Relais & Chateaux properties), make sure you check your Amex offers to see if you could save on your stay.
