The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card (See rates and fees) from Chase has a new limited-time initial bonus that’s pretty lucrative.
- Earn up to 125,000 Bonus Points + 1 Free Night Award (valued up to 50,000 points) after spending $3,000 on qualifying purchases in the first 3 months.
- Special Offer through 6/30/2027: Get up to $100 in statement credits after spending $500 on eligible airline purchases. That’s up to $50 in statement credits semi-annually.
The free night is pretty easy to use but does need to be used within a year. Taken together this is an exceptionally strong offer for this card or any hotel card, and especially for a $95 annual fee card. There’s no question this card is lucrative to get, but it’s also one to keep (but not one to make your primary spend card).
Each cardmember anniversary year they award a free night valid at properties that cost up to 35,000 points (but you can top off with up to 25,000 points as well)
You get Silver status as a cardmember or Gold if you spend $35,000 on the card in a year (best benefit is late checkout at non-resort and convention properties).
But the real compelling keeper is the 15 elite night credits towards status each year (which also count towards lifetime status) plus an additional elite night every $5,000 spent on the card. I am not primarily loyal to Marriott but their cards helped boost me to lifetime Platinum status.
Generally many Chase products apply 5/24 rules where you won’t be considered unless you’ve had fewer than 5 new cards in the previous 24 months, though this doesn’t apply all the time to all Chase card offers. And most people won’t be approved for multiple cards within a 30 day window.
Plus, if you’ve received a new card initial bonus on a Marriott American Express in the past 24 months, have received a new card initial bonus or are a cardmember of the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card (See rates and fees) card, or were approved for a Marriott card in the past 90 days you may not be eligible.
And people wonder why award prices keep going up. Called inflation people. They can’t simply give out 125,000 and a free night without adjusting the award tables. Too much liability otherwise and the hotel owners don’t want a bunch of free night awards anyway.
Yes…highest offer ever often = highest redemptions ever too. People cheer higher SUB and trash higher award nights. You can’t have it both ways.
For airlines, I remember when a round trip FC domestic award was 25K….but then again there were not 100K card SUB opportunities then either.
Wow! 125,000 points!!! Thats enough for two nights at the Fairfield Inn in Omaha on a weekend.
Marriott just hit it out of the park. Welcome to BONVOY!
@rjb gets it. Sooo worth it for those juicy steaks in Omaha… /s
RJB and 1990:
It appears that neither one of you knows how to use Marriott’s search engine.
I will guide you:
Go to Marriott.com
Enter USA and the date of your choice. I will do the Sunday/Monday of Labor Day.
Select all luxury brands.
That brings up 114 properties of 120K points or less. This includes a variety of St. Regis, RC, etc.
With the 50k certificate the bonuses are good for about 4 nights at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids Michigan which we stayed for the 20th anniversary of our first date. Lovely hotel, we really liked the lounge on the 23rd floor. They also gave us anniversary champagne and desert.
Or three nights at the W-Beverly Hills.
As for the Fairfield Inn Omaha West-the bonuses will easily get you 8 days, not two.
Now that you two see how to find nights I hope you will post something factual and accurate instead of just making up fantasies.
Good day.