Card economics
Hilton Honors Amex
Annual fee
No annual fee
Foreign transaction fee
None
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Earn rates
Points or cash back earned per dollar spent. 'x' means points multiplier, '%' means cash back percentage. Portal-only rates require booking through the issuer's travel portal.| Category | Rate |
|---|---|
| Hilton Properties | 7x |
| Dining | 5x |
| Groceries — in store | 5x |
| Groceries — online | 5x |
| Gas stations (excluding Costco Gas) | 5x |
| Everything else | 3xBase rate |
Benefits not in the math
Perks whose value depends on how you travel — lounges, free bags, status. The optimizer counts them only when a Premium perk-value profile assigns them a dollar value, once per wallet; with no profile they are worth $0 in every figure.Counted at $0 unless you assign a value in a Premium perk-value profile.
Catalog record last reviewed Oct 11, 2026; see the Corrections page for later changes. Issuer terms and available offers control and may change.
Next step
One card is a start. The modeled setup is the whole wallet.
The Hilton Honors Amex might be useful on its own, but the modeled combination depends on your total spending. The optimizer searches eligible portfolios and clearly labels whether the result was proven optimal within that run's inputs or is the strongest valid setup found before timeout.