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Chase is out with a very interesting new upgrade offer for those still hold the old Chase Marriott Rewards credit card: earn either 10 or 15 elite night credits after spending $3,000 by the end of June (depending on which offer you are targeted for).
The Deal
- Targeted offer to upgrade your old Chase Marriott Rewards card to the new Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card (formerly called The Chase Marriott Rewards Premier plus) and get 10 or 15 elite night credits when you spend $3K by 6/30/19
- Direct link to see if you are targeted
Key Card Details
| Card Name w Details No Review (no offer) |
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$95 Annual Fee Earning rate: ✦ 6X Marriott Bonvoy ✦ 3X gas stations, grocery stores, and dining on up to $6K in combined purchases each year ✦ 2X everywhere else Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Earn Gold status when you spend $35K each year ✦ 1 Elite Night Credit towards elite status for every $5K spent Noteworthy perks: ✦ Annual free night certificate for 1 night at a hotel redemption level up to 35K ✦ Automatic Silver status ✦ 15 nights of elite credit each year ✦ 1 Elite Night Credit for every $5K spent See also: Marriott Bonvoy Complete Guide |
Quick Thoughts
This is a very interesting upgrade offer. Whereas previous upgrade offers were for points, this one will get you to elite status faster. Keep in mind that you still earn one elite night credit for every $3,000 spent on old Marriott Rewards card if you never upgraded it to the Premier Plus/Bonvoy Boundless You’ll lose that benefit if you upgrade.
I’m personally intrigued by this particular offer. I’ve already got more than 30 nights down this year with just enough planned/booked to hit 50 and requalify for Platinum status. This offer would put me within a stone’s throw of Titanium, which is intriguing if Marriott continues to offer a soft landing in the future when I don’t requalify.
On the other hand, points certainly may be more valuable to many, especially since you can manufacture Elite nights without upgrading. I’m not totally sure whether or not I’ll take the offer and I suspect it will only appeal to those on the edges of elite tiers.
Overall, it’s interesting to see this different strategy to entice people to upgrade. I’ll have to give this one some thought.
H/T: Miles Talk
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[…] New upgrade offer: 15 elite night credits with Chase Marriott upgrade (Expires 6/30/19) […]
HI Nick,
Are there any offers that is not elite night credits for upgrading the card? I am already Lifetime Platinum.
Got targeted for this offer, but also hold the SPG luxury card with Amex, will that invalidate the upgrade?
It’s not a great deal at all. The primary benefit the old card has over the new is the 1 night per $3,000 accumulator so this 15 nights is nice in the short term but unless you’re at lifetime elite I wouldn’t take the deal.
Does anyone know if the gold status with $35k spending credits nights annually with that on the new card? That might make it intriguing.
I’m not sure if I understand your question, but if your question is “Does spending $X to earn status give you nights or just status?” the answer is “just status”. Spending for Gold doesn’t shorten your path to Platinum and spending for Platinum does not shorten your path to Titanium.
It seems that I am not targeted for this. Is there anything I can do to get this offer?
[…] reported last week that Chase was sending out upgrade offers to many who still had the old Marriott Bonvoy Premier card. Last year, Chase offered points to […]
I was almost ready to hit the upgrade button but am having second thoughts. This is our primary card and I may get more elite nights with every $3,000 spend vs. the 15 elite night bonus for the upgrade, if the 1 elite night for every $3,000 spend continues.
I agree!!!
We also use this card as primary and get a lot of nights through the spend. I researched and found this site because I wondered if terms like that changed… Thanks Nick for doing the research!
Hi Nick. Question for you. I was considering upgrading to get the 15 elite nights to make it easier for me to maintain my Titanium status. My only hesitation is my 25,000 point anniversary award night posted Dec 2, 2018. If I upgrade with this offer that will get me a 35,000 point award will my anniversary date 35,000 point award still post around Dec 2019 or will my anniversary date change to the date that I upgrade the card? It wasn’t clear in the terms and conditions. Thanks
Brian,
I just upgraded. As an aside, it took almost a week for the product change. My anniversary date was October. This morning I noticed a refund for the annual fee in the amount of $42 (roughly half the fee). I’m assuming when my closing date hits for this billing cycle I’ll get charged the $95 annual fee to make up the difference for this year. I don’t think I’ll get the next free night until October and, at that time, I’ll get the 35k certificate.
This was a great offer for my situation. I am sitting on 9 years of platinum lifetime status. Many of those years were due to rollover nights and $30k spending on the SPG AMEX. I don’t come close to traveling 50 nights/yr. This will be the easiest path to getting the 10th required year for lifetime platinum (30 nights via the card/upgrade, 10 nights for a rewarding meeting, and 10 nights of actual travel). Afterwards, I’ll still be short of 600 nights, but that requirement is just a matter of time…
Do you already have a Boundless card, Nick? I didn’t get this offer but already have a Boundless.
Do nights booked with points count towards platinum status?
Yes. Award nights count towards Marriott status.
These 15 credits are worthless since Marriott status is worthless.
Are all cards combined still maxed out at 15 nights? Or is this somehow in addition to existing 15 nights? Thank you
These nights are in addition to the 15 you get from having one of the Marriott credit cards. In other words, this upgrade offer would give you a total of 30 this year (15 from having the card and 15 from the upgrade).