If you have an IHG Traveler card or perhaps an old Marriott Rewards Premier card and you’re interested in upgrading your card, keep an eye on your email. We’ve seen some recent reports of cardholders being targeted with an email offer to upgrade to a higher level card and earn some points for doing so.
We’ve had a report of an IHG Traveler cardholder getting a 5,000-point offer to upgrade to the Premier and I received a 10,000-point offer to upgrade my old $85 Marriott Bonvoy Premier Rewards card (no longer available to new applicants) to the Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful card.
There is also apparently an offer to upgrade to a United Quest card, presumably for either United Gateway or Explorer cardholders (I’m not sure which). Here are links to see if you’re eligible for an offer:
- https://www.chase.com/chasegreatrewards/ihg32
- https://www.chase.com/chasegreatrewards/marriott32 (5,000 point upgrade offer — I couldn’t determine the link for my 10K offer)
- https://www.chase.com/chasegreatrewards/united32
You can also try other cards here:
Frankly, none of these bonuses would be enough to make me want to upgrade, but if I were already considering upgrading, it would probably be worth seeing if I can get an incentive to do so.
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yeah, IHG wants to lure me with 5k points, btw i found out that no annual fee card has the 4th night free perk while mine doesn’t.
Also IHG allows you to add points to the 40k yearly bonus night to stay in a better hotel.
Well still no.
I will need to check when can i apply for the bonus again.
Not going to do it. The new cards are prone to benefit devaluation like we’re seeing with the Hilton Amex cards (and others), whereas the discontinued cards so far aren’t in their sights.
Chase seems to have given up trying to convince me to give my old IHG Select Visa for a mere 5000 points.
But now they offer me 5000 Bonvoy points for an upgrade from the Boundless to the Bountiful. No thanks. I will instead cancel the Boundless and go for another signup bonus next year when I am eligible again.