Re: Approved for Amex Hilton Honors Card BUT no SUB (2024)

I did the "check to see if you're approved" SP application for the Amex Hilton Honors card with a current 80k point SUB and got a message that, while approved, I would not be eligible for the SUB due to my previous "habits" with opening and closing cards with them (verbatim).

For reference, I opened a Gold card and a Delta Gold card last year. I also recently applied and was approved for the Everyday Preferred card with a 15k point SUB which will serve as my replacement for the Gold card as I cancelled both it and the Gold Delta card last week. Didn't need the Gold with the new fee with "extras" that did nothing for me and replaced the Delta Gold with the Delta Platinum. That said, I had no idea they would withold a new SUB at their discretion becuase I closed two cards I no longer needed (and because I took a SUB on both of those). Does anyone know how long they will keep me in "SUB jail?" Been a member since 2004, so kinda surprised they opted to do that.

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Congrats on the approval but sorry you're in SUB jail

Don't know if there's adefinitive time frame that's been reported for if / when you'd be back in their good graces. I'm guessing at least a year?

March2010 FICO® ~ 695 TU, 653 EQ, 697 EX

I was in PUJ and got approved for these Hilton no lifetime language offers on DoC a few months back. I've already collected on one of the subs so I can confirm that it works if you do not get a pop-up.

The vanilla HH is still alive for 80,000k points but the other links are dead.

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/american-express-hilton-no-lifetime-language-offers/

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Appreciate all the feedback! This is helpful. I do spend quite a bit on my Amex accounts and pay off each month, so hopefully it counts for something. I did that on the Gold and am using the Everyday Preferred as my go-to for daily spend now. Only one I didn't do much with was the Delta Gold, but I also upgraded to the Delta Platinum and put a good bit on it, too. I just didn't need both and didn't realize the fees were going to increase so much when I got the two Gold cards.

Live and learn. I don't guess it will take long for them to release me, though.