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Marriott Bonvoy overview

Marriott’s rewards program, named “Marriott Bonvoy,” in my opinion offers better than average rewards for paid stays, a fair elite program, a huge selection of hotels that run from very low end to ultra-luxury, and credit cards that offer good value for their annual free nights but relatively poor value for credit card spend.  This post is designed to include everything you need to know.

Read more about Marriott Bonvoy in our complete guide here.

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What will happen to existing Marriott Travel Package certificates?

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Everyday, Nick and I are asked about Marriott Travel Packages.  What will happen to unused certificates when Marriott and SPG merge programs sometime in...
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Last minute checklist for the Marriott SPG transition

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It's coming soon... In August, Marriott, SPG, and Ritz will combine their separate rewards programs into a single unified program. We don't yet know...
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Keeping an SPG card after all…

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Last week, I wrote about plans to dump all of my Marriot and SPG credit cards (See: Sending the Marriott and SPG cards off...
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Is there a hurry for the Marriott 100K offer? (Answer: No.)

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Since its launch in May, Marriott has been offering a new cardmember bonus of 100,000 Marriott Rewards points after spending $5,000 in the first three months...
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Did the Marriott SPG Merger meet my 2015 demands?

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When the Marriott merger with Starwood was first announced in 2015, SPG loyalists were irate.  While they loved Starwood, they loved to hate Marriott. ...
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Sending the Marriott and SPG cards off into the sunset

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Over the past couple of years, when someone would ask me for advice on hotel credit cards, I would almost unequivocally say that one...
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Greg’s Travel Package Advice

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With Marriott and SPG set to merge in August, I get questions every day regarding Travel Packages.  Should you book now or wait until...
Marriott SPG Merger Sleight Of Hand

Marriott’s Sleight Of Hand: Category Changes Worse Than Advertised

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When is a decrease not a decrease? When it's an increase. Being British has endowed me with a decent (some would say indecent) amount of...
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Book these now: Top properties going UP in August 2018

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Now that Marriott has finally published a full award chart for the new program, we know exactly where each property stands when hotels become...
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New Marriott Cash + Points Awards. Good deal?

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Among many other bits of Marriott news lately (NOW LIVE: New Marriott SPG Award Category Assignments) was the publication of the new Cash +...
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New Marriott award chart analysis

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This morning Marriott unveiled award pricing for every hotel in the combined Marriott / Ritz / SPG program effective August 2018 (See: NOW LIVE:...
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New Marriott Travel Packages: a first glance

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As you may have read this morning, Marriott has released its new program award charts. We now also have the new chart for Marriott Travel Packages (found...
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New Marriott award chart: first reactions

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The New Marriott chart is out (See: NOW LIVE: New Marriott SPG Award Category Assignments.). Greg is doing his thing and crunching the numbers with a...
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NOW LIVE: New Marriott SPG Award Category Assignments.

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With Marriott and SPG moving to a new unified award chart in August, we've been eager to find out which categories our favorite hotels...

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