The Marriott Bonvoy Business card is well worth having and holding for Marriott aficionados for its annual elite night credits. Now there’s another reason to consider it: an increased welcome offer.
The Offer & Key Card Details
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Limited Time Offer - 125K Points ⓘ Affiliate 125k points after $8K spend within the first 6 months. Terms apply. (Rates & Fees) (Offer Expires 3/12/2025)$125 Annual Fee Recent better offer: 5x50K free night certificates after $8K in spend (expired 10/16/24) Earning rate: 6x at Marriott Bonvoy properties ✦ 4x at restaurants worldwide, U.S. gas stations, wireless telephone services purchased from U.S. suppliers and on U.S. purchases for shipping ✦ 2x on all other eligible purchases. Terms Apply. (Rates & Fees) Card Info: Amex Credit Card issued by Amex. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Earn an additional 35k free night certificate (can be topped-up with up to 15k additional points, subject to resort fees) after you spend $60K on purchases in a calendar year Noteworthy perks: Complimentary Marriott Gold elite status ✦ 15 Elite Night Credits each calendar year ✦ 35k Free Night Award every year after card renewal (subject to resort fees) ✦ Complimentary premium Internet access at Marriott properties ✦ Terms Apply (Rates & Fees) See also: Marriott Bonvoy Complete Guide |
Quick Thoughts
While this new offer isn’t as strong as some we have seen on the consumer Marriott cards, it is about as good as it typically gets on the Amex Marriott business card (outside of an offer last year for five, 50K free night certificates). The business card is appealing because since it comes with 15 elite night credits each year and those can stack with elite nights from having one (or more) Marriott consumer cards. For instance, I have both the Amex Marriott Bonvoy Business card and the Chase Ritz-Carlton consumer card, so I began the year with 30 elite night credits — just 20 nights short of Marriott Platinum status (otherwise known as “free breakfast” status…albeit a confusing benefit).
This 125k offer replaces the previous version of 3 free night certificates worth up to 50k each. While the ceiling on this one is technically lower, receiving flexible points that don’t expire in a year is probably a net win.
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Kind of a newbie here. Trying to understand the benefit of the RC card upgrade. Understanding the FNC is the draw, you get no benefit as a Marriott elite – at least that’s what they just told me – other than maybe free breakfast.
What else to make it worthwhile?
What kind of things can you do with a 35k cert?
Stay at a Marriott hotel that costs 35K points or less (or 50K or less if you’ve got 15K Marriott points to top off the cert with). FM has a whole post on properties where you can use these certs to good value.
I personally was able to redeem one for about $250 in value last year for a newly opened property in downtown SF the night before a flight I was taking out of SFO the next morning. Considering I essentially paid $95 for the cert with the AF on my Boundless card, I feel like this was a pretty good return.
Shoot for newly opened properties or more mid-tier properties to get decent value out of these 35K certs. Don’t expect to be able to use them for anything over about $200 – $300 per night, especially if you are close-in booking.
This post shows the new offer, not the offer referenced in the post.
Yes, we’ve had the site set up that way for a long time so that it pulls the current offer information from our best offers page for compliance purposes so it’s not showing an expired offer.
Can you hold multiple ritz carlton cards at the same time? Couldn’t find any datapoints on it, so I guess I’ll be that datapoint. My current strategy: get the amex marriot bevy & brilliant, then get the chase boundless & bountiful without a bonus, then get the amex marriott biz. This way I can get 3 bonuses and have all 5 marriott cards in the shortest period of time. Also, I wanna upgrade the chase marriott cards to 2 ritz cards in year two. Do you think this is doable?
Having two RC cards is technically possible. You might want to refer to the FM article on Marriott regarding card eligibility. Also, FM had an article about how to obtain all Marriott cards in the least amount of time. Happy hunting.
I applied for marriott bevy and got approved, 5 days later applied for the brilliant and got a denial letter saying I applied for the “same type of card within the last few month”. Recon failed at first saying it was a duplicate application, after I telling the rep it was a different Marriott card, he put me on hold for a few minute and came back and told me I have to wait 90 days to apply for the brilliant. I searched the internet but couldn’t find any data points on this. I only see people being rejected for applying for the same card in 90 days and denied for the same reason. My question is should I apply for the marriott biz card? And will I get the same denial? It has been less than 90 days since my marriott bevy approval. Is this also the case when you apply for two hilton cards in 90 days?
Interesting. Did you actually apply on Day 5 or Day 6 following the Bevy app (given the 1/5 rule)? There was also a strange DP recently reported by Miles per Day although that was related to charge cards / Platinum variants: https://milesperday.com/2023/08/has-amex-moved-to-a-1-per-90-day-rule/.
Applied for bevy 08/04 and applied for brilliant 08/09, 08/09 was the last day for the elevated offer, that’s why. Looks like Amex have a 1/90 for a card family now? I’m gonna try and apply for the Marriott biz to see if that’s the case.
You can’t get 2 personal marriott cards. Google a little to find the exact rules
P2 previously had the SPG biz card – she got it 7 years ago, next week. I’ll have to confirm close date, i think 6 yrs ago. The chart doesn’t say that you’re ineligible for Bonvoy Biz due to SPG biz, but I have a recollection that they were treated as one card… is that right?
Try it and report back.
I really wish Chase still offered a business card! This would really complement the Boundless 5×50 offer by providing points to “top up” the free night certs. As it is, the only option seems to be Bevy, but getting both is rough on your 5/24 status.
FYI: when I click through to the Marriott complete guide, I noticed that the pane for this card still shows the 3×50 offer.
My P2 was in popup jail for amex gold in June and she was approved for this using my referral link from my amex Marriott biz (my plat and gold are not showing links, so I chose 20k Marriott referral)
I am trying to make the switch from AMEX to Chase Bonvoy cards – canceled my personal Bonvoy AMEX… my AF just hit on my Biz Bonvoy Amex… hoping to see some good SUBs on Chase Bonvoy early next year…
Just to free up Amex slots due to the 5-card max or for some other reason?
Ultimately, i want the Ritz card and also more SUBs! We have had the AMEX cards a long time. Between P2 and myself we had 5, down to 3 – probably will be down to one soon. Will likely drop the Brilliant – not fond of the new “perks” for the increased AF.
I was in popup jail for the personal green, but I just got approved for this one. Go figure.
I had chase boundless and got a SUB. If i apply for business card should i setup a new Marriot account to be safe and then merge them later?
interesting…. let us know if this works!
I think it should work but I have no data to give you a steer. There can only be two possible ways duplicates are validated- – by Bonvoy account number (in which your method would work), or SSN (in which this method theoretically may fail). I doubt Amex and Chase are allowed to share SSN so it’s likely the first option. I also think because it’s a business to consumer combo, in which we introduce DBA, Business Names, EIN, etc seems even harder to think Marrot can validate dupes other than Bonvoy #.
Is it still the case I can’t get this if I got the chase personal card in the last 2 yrs?
Yes. I waited 25 months to be sure for both myself & P2 apps and no issues with approval.