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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I actually prefer the cheaper Surpass card. Its credits are easier to use (I don&#039;t stay at resorts) and I get the free night and free breakfast anyway. So the only thing I miss out on is use...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I actually prefer the cheaper Surpass card. Its credits are easier to use (I don't stay at resorts) and I get the free night and free breakfast anyway. So the only thing I miss out on is use of an Executive Lounge, if the property has one.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It took years to get the card but when it arrived they immediately removed the best perk of all - the free airport lounge access (Priority Pass).  I wish that they would restore it and perha...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It took years to get the card but when it arrived they immediately removed the best perk of all - the free airport lounge access (Priority Pass).  I wish that they would restore it and perhaps trade it for something else.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>Azamaraal</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I used my first free night certificate at the Conrad Bora in August. The standard room was priced well over $1000 a night plus my husband and I each got free breakfast that I found to be abo...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I used my first free night certificate at the Conrad Bora in August. The standard room was priced well over $1000 a night plus my husband and I each got free breakfast that I found to be about $50-60 per person per day. We were there for 6 days. I am using this year's FNC and one I earned by getting the Surpass card (SUB came with a FNC) for 2 nights at the Conrad Athens Ilisian- 2 night stay in a standard room with a balcony comes to over $2700. We will be there in June.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>Jo Ann</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Definitely does not work at the Conrad Orlando or Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace - Disney Springs Area - have dined at both not as a guest and the credits didn&#039;t apply.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Definitely does not work at the Conrad Orlando or Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace - Disney Springs Area - have dined at both not as a guest and the credits didn't apply.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>Chris_</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I agree. This card has made me a Hilton loyalist. Whether it’s at a Hampton for an overnight layover or a Conrad, I mostly look for Hiltons for my stays.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I agree. This card has made me a Hilton loyalist. Whether it’s at a Hampton for an overnight layover or a Conrad, I mostly look for Hiltons for my stays.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>weekendsurfer</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Samar’s correct: it needs to be charged to a room to apply. 

I’ve had success pre-paying a room and getting the credit that way. I booked a stay at the Hilton Whistler Resort earlier this...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Samar’s correct: it needs to be charged to a room to apply. 

I’ve had success pre-paying a room and getting the credit that way. I booked a stay at the Hilton Whistler Resort earlier this year, called, and they gladly did the pre-payment and I got the credit. 

Heading there soon and will use the second-half $200 credit to cover parking fees and maybe a partial spa treatment. Yay.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>weekendsurfer</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Diamond is the new silver.
Once the top level, now its beneath Diamond Reserve, Honors Society and Black Diamond]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Diamond is the new silver.
Once the top level, now its beneath Diamond Reserve, Honors Society and Black Diamond]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>DM1</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I thought you&#039;d have to charge to the room for the credit to take (unlike the Surpass credit), so I dunno if it&#039;d work? Would be easy enough for me to spend at the Biltmore if it were.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I thought you'd have to charge to the room for the credit to take (unlike the Surpass credit), so I dunno if it'd work? Would be easy enough for me to spend at the Biltmore if it were.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>Samar</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[$550? Try more like $1,500 a day for 2 days at the the Roku Kyoto, or just over $1,200 a day for 2 days at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills,  or over $1,000 a night at Sowaka Kyoto for 2 ni...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[$550? Try more like $1,500 a day for 2 days at the the Roku Kyoto, or just over $1,200 a day for 2 days at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills,  or over $1,000 a night at Sowaka Kyoto for 2 nights. Those are just a couple of the hotels we used those certificates at in the past few years (wife has the card also). This year I plan to use several more certificates at the Waldorf Astoria in Osaka which has a 2 day total rate of ¥329,888.00, or $1,016 per day. If you're struggling to even get $550 out of them, then you aren't using them very well.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>MandN</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Why The Hilton Honors Aspire Is My Favorite Hotel Credit Card, Worth The Fee</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[What? IHG charges $150 now for a card that gets you a free night easily worth $150. Hilton charges you $550 for a card that might give you a hotel room they&#039;d charge $550 or more for. A $550...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[What? IHG charges $150 now for a card that gets you a free night easily worth $150. Hilton charges you $550 for a card that might give you a hotel room they'd charge $550 or more for. A $550 Hilton hotel is never on my radar. Hilton is crazy overpiced. But, each to their own.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/amex/">Amex</category>                        <dc:creator>This_comes_to_mind</dc:creator>
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