AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend cardholders receive an annual Hilton free night voucher, valid at participating Hilton properties across Asia Pacific. Used judiciously, this can help recoup a significant portion of the card’s S$340.20 annual fee.
American Express has just unveiled the list of participating properties for 2024, which will become available for booking starting 18 December 2023 (with stays from 1 January to 31 December 2024).
AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend free night hotels
The 2024 list of participating properties numbers 208 hotels, up from 75 hotels in 2023. That said, the bulk of the additions (120) have come from China, as the country’s reopening makes those hotels viable options once more. We’re also seeing a doubling in Japan hotels (4 to 8).
| Country | 2023 | 2024 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 13 | 15 |
| 🇨🇳 China | 0 | 120 |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 1 | 1 |
| 🇮🇳 India | 17 | 19 |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 7 | 8 |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 4 | 8 |
| 🇰🇷 Korea | 1 | 1 |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 14 | 14 |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 1 | 1 |
| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 3 | 3 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 1 | 2 |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 7 | 7 |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 75 | 208 |
The full list of hotels can be found below.
Participating Hotels
| Country | Hotel Name |
| Australia | Curio West Hotel Sydney |
| Australia | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cairns |
| Australia | DoubleTree Esplanade Darwin |
| Australia | DoubleTree Melbourne Flinders Street |
| Australia | DoubleTree Perth Northbridge |
| Australia | DoubleTree Perth Waterfront |
| Australia | Hilton Adelaide |
| Australia | Hilton Brisbane |
| Australia | Hilton Cairns |
| Australia | Hilton Darwin |
| Australia | Hilton Garden Inn Albany |
| Australia | Hilton Garden Inn Busselton |
| Australia | Hilton Garden Inn Darwin |
| Australia | Hilton Melbourne Little Queen St |
| Australia | Hilton Parmelia Perth |
| China | Canopy by Hilton Chengdu City Centre |
| China | Canopy by Hilton Hangzhou Jinsha Lake |
| China | Canopy by Hilton Hangzhou West Lake |
| China | Conrad Beijing |
| China | Conrad Shanghai |
| China | Conrad Tianjin |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Baoding |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Beijing Badaling |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Chengdu Riverside |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hangzhou East |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Anhui – Suzhou |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chengdu – Longquanyi |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chongqing – Nan’an |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chongqing North |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chongqing Wanzhou |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Guangzhou |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Guangzhou – Science City |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Jiaxing |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Putian |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Qinghai – Golmud |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Wuhu |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Xiamen – Haicang |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Xiamen – Wuyuan Bay |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Ningbo – Chunxiao |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Ningbo Beilun |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Qidong |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Qingdao-Jimo |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Quzhou |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Shiyan |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Suzhou Wujiang |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Suzhou Wuzhong |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Xian Fengdong |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Ya’an |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Yancheng Dayangwan |
| China | DoubleTree by Hilton Yangzhou |
| China | DoubletTree by Hilton Hotel Anshun |
| China | DoubletTree by Hilton Hotel Shenyang |
| China | DoubletTree by Hilton Hotel Wuxi |
| China | Hilton Beijing |
| China | Hilton Beijing Capital Airport |
| China | Hilton Beijing Daxing |
| China | Hilton Beijing Tongzhou |
| China | Hilton Changsha Riverside |
| China | Hilton Changzhou |
| China | Hilton Chengdu Chenghua |
| China | Hilton Chongqing |
| China | Hilton Chongqing Liangjiang New Area |
| China | Hilton Dalian |
| China | Hilton Dalian Golden Pebble Beach Resort |
| China | Hilton Fuzhou |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Anshan |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Beijing Daxing International Airport |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Beijing Haidian Daoxiang Lake |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Changchun Economic Development Zone |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Changde Dingcheng |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Changzhou Jintan |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Changzhou Xinbei |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Chengdu Huayang |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Dandong |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Guangzhou Tianhe |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Hangzhou Lu’niao |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Huzhou Anji Phoenix Mountain |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Jiaxing Xiuzhou |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Jincheng Gushuyuan |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Jinzhou Central Street |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Jiuzhaigou |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Nanchang Honggutan |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Nantong Xinghu |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Ningbo |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Nujiang |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Qidong |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Rizhao High-Tech Zone |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Shanghai Hongqiao NECC |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Shiyan |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Suzhou Wuzhong |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn TianJin HuaYuan |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Xi’an High-Tech Zone |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Xingtai Xiangdu District |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Xuzhou Yunlong |
| China | Hilton Garden Inn Zibo Zhangdian |
| China | Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun |
| China | Hilton Guangzhou Science City |
| China | Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe |
| China | Hilton Hefei |
| China | Hilton Jiaxing |
| China | Hilton Jinan South Hotel & Residences |
| China | Hilton Jiuzhaigou Resort |
| China | Hilton Lanzhou City Center |
| China | Hilton Nanjing |
| China | Hilton Nanjing Riverside |
| China | Hilton Qingdao Golden Beach |
| China | Hilton Quanzhou Riverside |
| China | Hilton Sanqingshan Resort |
| China | Hilton Shanghai Fengxian |
| China | Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao |
| China | Hilton Shanghai Songjiang Guangfulin |
| China | Hilton Shenyang |
| China | Hilton Shijiazhuang |
| China | Hilton Suzhou |
| China | Hilton Suzhou Yinshan Lake |
| China | Hilton Taizhou |
| China | Hilton Tianjin Eco-City |
| China | Hilton Urumqi |
| China | Hilton Wenan |
| China | Hilton Wuhan Optics Valley |
| China | Hilton Wuhan Riverside |
| China | Hilton Xiamen |
| China | Hilton Xi’an |
| China | Hilton Xi’an High-Tech Zone |
| China | Hilton Yancheng |
| China | Hilton Yantai |
| China | Hilton Yantai Golden Coast |
| China | Hilton Zhengzhou |
| China | Hilton Zhoushan |
| China | Hilton Zhuzhou |
| China | Hollick Hotel Wen’an, Tapestry Collection by Hilton |
| China | Joyze Hotel Xiamen, Curio Collection by Hilton |
| China | Waldorf Astoria Chengdu |
| Hong Kong | Hilton Garden Inn Hong Kong Mongkok |
| India | Conrad Bengaluru |
| India | Conrad Pune |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Ahmedabad / SG Highway |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Goa – Arpora – Baga |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Goa – Panaji |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Gurugram Baani Square |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Agra |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Gurgaon |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pune-Chinchwad |
| India | DoubleTree by Hilton Jaipur Amer |
| India | DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bangalore |
| India | Hilton Bangalore Embassy GolfLinks |
| India | Hilton Chennai |
| India | Hilton Garden Inn Lucknow |
| India | Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi/Saket |
| India | Hilton Garden Inn Pune Hinjawadi |
| India | Hilton Garden Inn Trivandrum |
| India | Hilton Jaipur |
| India | Hilton Mumbai International Airport |
| Indonesia | Conrad Bali |
| Indonesia | DoubleTree by Hilton Jakarta – Diponegoro |
| Indonesia | DoubleTree by Hilton Surabaya |
| Indonesia | DoubleTree Jakarta Bintaro Jaya Xchange |
| Indonesia | Hilton Bali |
| Indonesia | Hilton Bandung |
| Indonesia | Hilton Garden Inn Bali Ngurah Rai Airport |
| Indonesia | Hilton Garden Inn Jakarta, Indonesia Taman Palem |
| Japan | DoubleTree by Hilton Kyoto Higashiyama |
| Japan | DoubleTree by Hilton Kyoto Station |
| Japan | DoubleTree By Hilton Naha |
| Japan | DoubleTree By Hilton Naha Shuri Castle |
| Japan | DoubleTree Toyama |
| Japan | Hilton Garden Inn Kyoto Shijo Karasuma |
| Japan | Hilton Tokyo Narita Airport |
| Japan | Hilton Tokyo Odaiba |
| Korea | Hilton Garden Inn Seoul Gangnam |
| Malaysia | DoubleTree by Hilton Damai Laut Resort |
| Malaysia | DoubleTree by Hilton Johor Bahru |
| Malaysia | DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur |
| Malaysia | DoubleTree by Hilton Melaka |
| Malaysia | DoubleTree by Hilton Putrajaya Lakeside |
| Malaysia | DoubleTree by Hilton Shah Alam i-City |
| Malaysia | DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Penang Resort |
| Malaysia | Hilton Garden Inn Kuala Lumpur Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman North |
| Malaysia | Hilton Garden Inn Kuala Lumpur Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman South |
| Malaysia | Hilton Garden Inn Puchong |
| Malaysia | Hilton Kota Kinabalu |
| Malaysia | Hilton Kuala Lumpur |
| Malaysia | Hilton Kuching |
| Malaysia | Hilton Petaling Jaya |
| Myanmar | Hilton Nay Pyi Taw |
| Papua New Guinea | Hilton Port Moresby |
| Philippines | Conrad Manila |
| Philippines | Hilton Clark Sun Valley Resort |
| Philippines | Hilton Manila |
| Singapore | Hilton Garden Inn Singapore |
| Singapore | Hilton Singapore Orchard |
| Sri Lanka | DoubleTree by Hilton Weerawila Rajawarna Resort |
| Sri Lanka | Hilton Colombo |
| Sri Lanka | Hilton Colombo Residences |
| Thailand | Conrad Bangkok |
| Thailand | DoubleTree by Hilton Bangkok Ploenchit |
| Thailand | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sukhumvit Bangkok |
| Thailand | DoubleTree Phuket Banthai Resort |
| Thailand | Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa |
| Thailand | Hilton Millennium Bangkok |
| Thailand | Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok |
| Vietnam | Hilton Saigon |
| Vietnam | Hilton Da Nang |
| Vietnam | Hilton Garden Inn Da Nang |
| Vietnam | Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi |
| Vietnam | La Festa Curio Phu Quoc, Curio Collection by Hilton |
A notable returnee this year is the Hilton Singapore Orchard, which opened in 2022, graced the list for a few months, then vanished. I stayed here shortly after opening and found it to be a much-needed reboot for the Hilton brand in Singapore, exorcising the ghosts of its quite-horrible predecessor.
There’s also another surprise in the form of the Waldorf Astoria Chengdu, the first time a Waldorf hotel has ever appeared on the list. This hotel isn’t exactly new; it opened back in 2017 in Chengdu’s Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone. That doesn’t sound like much of a leisure destination, but if your travels bring you there, then I could think of far worse places to stay.
Over in Japan, four new hotels have been added: DoubleTree Kyoto Higashiyama, DoubleTree Kyoto Station, DoubleTree Toyama, and Hilton Garden Inn Kyoto Shijo Karasuma.
I can’t claim to know much about any of these, but three more options in Kyoto can’t be a bad thing.
Other things to note
AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend vouchers cover the room only, and do not include breakfast.
You will not be eligible for Hilton Honors benefits and points on these stays, although some properties may choose to go above and beyond. When I used my voucher at the Conrad Bangkok a couple years back, I was accorded Hilton Gold benefits like free breakfast. This isn’t an entitlement, however, so YMMV.
All bookings must be made with a valid voucher code at least 14 days in advance of arrival via this webpage. Eligible rates will be displayed with a “Confidential Price” label.
Voucher stays follow the hotel’s flexible rate policy, which usually allows for free cancellations at least 24-48 hours before check-in.
| ❓ Don’t have your voucher? |
| If you want to browse rates but don’t have your voucher number handy, you can do a search from the main Hilton page. Just enter the ZAMKF1 in the Group Code field. |
What’s interesting is that the T&Cs say you don’t need to present the physical voucher during check-in, though you will need to show the AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend Card. Based on past experience, however, some properties insist on collecting the voucher, and don’t care what card you use to pay!
AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend sign-up offer
If you don’t currently have a AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend, the following offers are now available.
 AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend |
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| Apply Here | ||
| New Customers | Existing Customers | |
| First Spend | 5K | 5K |
| Spend S$1,000 (Mo. 1) |
– | 10.8K + S$150 eCapita Vouchers |
| Spend S$3,000 (Mo. 1-3) |
25.4K | – |
| Base Miles from S$1,000 (@ 1.2 mpd) |
– | 1.2K |
| Base Miles from S$3,000 (@ 1.2 mpd) |
3.6K | – |
| Total Spend | S$3K | S$1K |
| Total Miles | 34K | 17K + S$150 eCapita Vouchers |
| Annual fee must be paid | ||
The new customer offer is take it or leave it for me, and it’s the existing customer offer that’s surprisingly the better of the two.
| ❓ Definition |
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New customers are defined as those who:
Existing customers are defined as those who:
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For more details on these offers, refer to the articles below.
New AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend welcome offer: Up to 30,400 bonus miles
Conclusion
American Express has published its full list of participating Hilton properties for the AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend free night benefit, and we’re seeing a significant expansion from 2023 mostly due to China’s reopening.
I personally aim to get at least S$250-300 in value out of the voucher, but everyone’s individual benchmark will differ.
Any hotels on this year’s list catch your eye?
Waldorf Astoria Chengdu is commonly known as the worst Waldorf property in China. Only its concierge is decent.
Would have hoped for Waldorf Xiamen, Shanghai and Beijing to be up there.
Would love to try the new Conrad Orchard Singapore
really? I looked at the publicity photos and i’m not very impressed with what they did. in terms of renovations, the rooms look the same as before- no carpentry, just furniture in a room
The dedicated website for booking doesn’t serm to work, even with valid CC and voucher details keyed in
Same here. I entered a valid credit card and voucher details and it does seem to validate it
I mean the dedicated website does not work even when I key in the correct credit card number and voucher id. Anyone else encountered this issue?
Yes, I’m also experiencing the same issues. Didn’t encounter this last week.
Same here. Called Hilton and they have are not aware of it. Told me to write in to make reservations.
Did you manage to book? How to contact them to book?
The website is back up and working. Funny, I was able to find orchard hilton available for redeeming, even though it was mentioned the booking would only commence from next year onwards.
similar experience; evidently, you can only book the complimentary AMEX Voucher with an existing minimum of 5000 Hilton Honours points, according to the Hilton online agent I have chatted with online. A stay of one night is worth a minimum of 2000 Hilton Honours points. Such a shame
Is the annual fee payable upfront which means the miles can be earned earlier? Or one year later? Thanks!
If I book with the voucher and then cancel the booking. Can I use the voucher to book another hotel (within the valid period)?
Since it mentions “Voucher is valid for one (1) time use only within its stipulated validity period.” on the term and condition doc.
if you cancel outside the hotel’s cancellation window then it’s fine.
Noted. Thank you Aaron. 🙂
I cancelled a redemption at Hilton Odaiba within the free cancellation period. When I tried to use the code to redeem another hotel, the website says the voucher code has been used. I just got off a call with Amex CS who said that the voucher can only be redeemed once. I asked to escalate the matter but will have to wait and see. The Amex CS wasn’t helpful at all and insisted that even if she escalated the matter, the relevant department will come back with the same answer. I told her to just do it. She said some… Read more »