Save on stays with Amex and Preferred Hotels & Resorts [Targeted]

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Not to be confused with the bonus points offer for stays at Leading Hotels of the World which launched about a week ago, Amex is now targeting select cardholders for a saving on spending made with Preferred Hotels & Resorts across several regions of the world.

Spend $500 and get $100 back with Preferred Hotels & Resorts

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 purchases on room rate & room charges at select Preferred Hotels & Resorts in the US & internationally by 12/15/2024.

Key Terms

• Enrollment is limited.
• Eligible Card Members must first add offer to Card and then use same Card for qualifying spend.
• Limit of 1 statement credit per eligible Card Member account.
• Offer valid for stays at participating Preferred Hotels & Resorts in Africa, Asia & Pacific, Caribbean, Europe, and North America.
• Please reference preferredhotels.com/amexoffer to view participating properties and book your stay.
• Reservations must be made online only at US website preferredhotels.com/amexoffer in order to qualify.
• Qualifying purchase means a purchase at a participating Preferred Hotels & Resorts property made during the offer period with your enrolled American Express Card and which is in an amount totaling at least $500 USD as posted to your account, following conversion from a foreign currency, if applicable, in accordance with your Cardmember Agreement.
• 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 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.
• Please allow 90-days after 12/15/2024 for the statement credit(s) to be posted to the Account, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase.

See your targeted offer for full terms and conditions.

Quick thoughts

Just like Leading Hotels of the World, Preferred Hotels & Resorts isn’t a chain of properties like IHG, Hilton, Marriott, or Hyatt but a collection of mostly independent properties from across the world that use the Preferred Hotels umbrella as a marketing device.

There are currently over 650 hotels, resorts and residences that come under the Preferred Hotels & Resorts umbrella so with only 355 properties participating in this Amex offer, it’s possible that not all properties in the participating geographic regions are included in this deal, so make sure you book via the preferredhotels.com/amexoffer page to avoid accidentally making a reservation that won’t earn the rebate that’s being offered.

You’ll find that a number of well-known high end properties use the Preferred Hotels & Resorts branding (e.g. the Lodge at Pebble Beach, the Mark New York, the Stafford London, the Pink Sands Resort in the Bahamas, and the Post Ranch Inn at Big Sur) so hitting the offer’s spending target is unlikely to be challenging.

There are, however, also a significant number of reasonably priced properties participating in this deal (more so than in the Leading Hotels of the World deal), so it should be possible to book a 2-night stay at a nice property without paying considerably more than $500.

As far as targeting goes, this offer seems to be widely available (we can see it on most of our consumer and business Amex cards), so most people should see this offer in their accounts, but keep in mind that if you have access to Amex’s Fine Hotels and Resorts program (which also includes several of the properties participating in this deal), the benefits that you’ll receive by booking through that channel may outweigh the $100 saving that’s on offer here.

Check what both booking channels are offering before you hand over your credit card details.

Bottom line

American Express has launched a new targeted offer in which its offering a $100 statement credit to cardholders who pay for a stay at a Preferred Hotels & Resorts property before the middle of December.

If you plan to trigger this offer, make sure you book through the link that Amex has provided (to ensure that you don’t accidentally book a non-participating property), but also check what Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts is offering at the property you’re booking to make sure that you don’t miss out on a better deal.