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Used in full, the credits are worth $1,619 a year against a $550 annual fee — a net of $1,069 in your favour before a single point is earned.
That number assumes you actually claim every credit in every window, which almost nobody does. The honest question is not whether the credits exceed the fee on paper — it is which of them you will genuinely use.
Statement credits, itemised
Each one links to a full explanation of how it resets and where it is most often wasted.
| Credit | Per period | Resets | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual free night reward | $700 | Annual | $700 |
| Hilton resort credit | $200 | Semi-annual | $400 |
| CLEAR Plus credit | $219 | Annual | $219 |
| Airline flight credit | $50 | Quarterly | $200 |
| Waldorf Astoria and Conrad on-property credit | $100 | Annual | $100 |
| Hilton Honors Diamond status | $0 | Annual | $0 |
Earning rates
| Category | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Travel Hotel | 14× | 14x on eligible purchases at hotels and resorts in the Hilton portfolio |
| Travel Air | 7× | 7x on flights booked directly with airlines or amextravel.com, and on car rentals booked directly from select companies |
| Dining | 7× | 7x at U.S. restaurants |
| Everyday | 3× | 3x on all other eligible purchases |
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Is the fee worth it?
Cardful answers this per card and per year rather than in the abstract: it tracks what you have actually claimed, compares it against the fee on your real renewal date, and returns a keep, downgrade or cancel verdict — with a retention-call script when cancelling is the wrong move. Read the framework →
Related reading
- Travel perks and card insurance, explained
- Is the annual fee worth it?
- What your points are actually worth
- How statement credits really work
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