Friday Card Day

1. American Express Hilton co-brand cards have new heightened offers, some of which include a free night certificate:
   
   – Hilton Honors NLL: 70,000 points + Free Night Certificate after $2,000 spend in six months
   – Hilton Surpass NLL: 130,000 points + Free Night Certificate after $3,000 spend in six months
   – Hilton Aspire: 175,000 points after $6,000 spend in six months (all time high is 180,000)
   – Hilton Business: 175,000 points after $8,000 spend in six months (all time high is 180,000)
   
   The no-lifetime language (NLL) variants of these cards with free night certificates are great offers, especially the Surpass provided you can maximize its credits. Note that applying through Hilton’s site gives different pop-up behavior for me with the lifetime language links.
   
2. Staples has fee free $200 Visa gift cards starting Sunday and running through the following Saturday, limit eight per transaction.
   
   These are Pathward gift cards.
   
3. H-E-B stores have a $15 H-E-B gift card with a $100 Lowes or Home Depot gift card (or Dairy Queen if you’re not into the whole eating actual food thing), limit one per brand through Tuesday.
   
   If only there were a way to have multiple email addresses for multiple H-E-B accounts, but alas, science hasn’t worked that one out yet. (Thanks to GCG)
   
4. The American Express Marriott Business card has a heightened sign-up bonus of five free night certificates for up to 50,000 points each after $8,000 spend in six months. This offer has lifetime language.
   
   I’d also consider this a great offer for this product but a mid offer at best when you consider bonuses available on non-Marriott cards. Just take a look at what some of your favorite Marriott hotel award redemptions cost on a given night to see what I mean (you’ll need need to check the ‘Use Points/Awards’ box). Spoiler alert: the Courtyard Lubbock Downtown’s lowest rate in June is 91,000 points, during one of the hottest months of the year. #bonvoyed (Thanks to TaifaStars)
   
5. Martin’s and Giant Foods have 12x points on Gift of Choice gift cards through Thursday, some of which can be converted to Home Depot gift cards for bulk resale. Stop & Shop has an 8x deal for the same cards too. (Thanks to GCG)

Have a nice weekend friends!

Marriott Courtyard Lubbock’s elite welcome card.