Marriott is once again targeting select Bonvoy members with promotions awarding bonus points on stays. These promos will stack with Marriott’s separate global promotion offering 2,025 bonus points – or more – per stay.
The Deal
- Marriott Bonvoy is targeting some members with promotions including:
- Stay once & earn 1,500 bonus points; stay a second time & earn an additional 3,000 bonus points
- Direct link to registration.
- Direct link to general Promotions page.
Key Terms
- Expires February 28, 2026.
- Registration of your Marriott Bonvoy account is required.
- Registered members can earn 1,500 bonus Points after their first (1st) eligible paid stay and 3,000 bonus Points after their second (2nd) eligible paid stay, for a maximum of 4,500 bonus Points during the promotion’s earning period (the “Promotion”).
- Earning period starts the same day after the member registers through the end of the month, plus an additional three (3) months (the “Earning Period”).
- Bonus Points will be awarded to the member’s account within three to five (3–5) business days after the qualifying stays post.
- Registered members electing to earn Miles are not eligible for this Promotion.
- A “stay” is defined as one or more consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/checkout activity, on any Points-eligible rate (“Qualifying Rate”).
- Award redemption nights including Points redemption, Cash + Points, or Free Night Awards redemption are not eligible for the Promotion.
- Stays completed prior to Promotion registration are not eligible for this offer.
- Only one (1) room per property is counted toward a registered member’s stays.
- Credit toward this Promotion is given for stays consumed at participating Marriott Bonvoy properties that occur within the Earning Period.
- Homes & Villas by Marriott International, Marriott Executive Apartments, and Marriott Vacation Club owner-occupied weeks are not eligible for this Promotion. For a list of current participating Marriott Bonvoy properties, visit https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/terms/default.mi#participatingpropertiesandbrands.
- Stays must be booked through direct Marriott Channels in order to participate in the Promotion.
- Rates available through most third-party online retailers and select travel agency rates do not qualify for this Promotion.
Quick Thoughts
Marriott tends to target different members with different offers, so even if you’re not able to register for the specific promotion that I was targeted for, it’s worth checking the main Promotions page in case there’s a different – and potentially even better – offer.
With regards to my offer, earning 1,500 bonus points on my first paid stay and 3,000 more on my next paid stay by the end of February isn’t a massive reward. However, I am finding myself tempted by it. That’s not due to the limited rewarding nature of it, but that – combined with a couple of other factors – might be helping move the needle a little in favor of a couple of upcoming bookings I need to make.
I have two separate one night stays that I need to book for stays next month. My plan had been to book them both with Wyndham to take advantage of both the opportunity to earn 50x, as well as 15,000 bonus points (7,500 for two nights plus 7,500 for being a cardholder). Those nights would cost me ~$125, so that would be an excellent return on the spend for nights that I actually need (rather than it being a mattress run).
However, I could alternatively book both stays with Marriott. I’d earn a total of 4,500 bonus points from this promotion, as well as 4,050 from their separate promo offering 2,025 bonus points per stay (I don’t think my locations would be eligible for the additional 2,000 bonus points per stay for Outdoors locations). That’s 8,550 bonus points in addition to regular earnings.
That’s not a ton of bonus points, but there’s an extra complicating factor. I currently have 41 elite night credits with Marriott and am on course to have 47 by the end of the year. If I booked those two extra nights with Marriott, that’d be 49. I’d therefore only need one more night to hit 50 nights and thus earn a Choice benefit where I could select five Nightly Upgrade Awards that I could redeem next year.
A few things are giving me pause though. One is that I’m not sure if I would get any use out of the Nightly Upgrade Awards before they expire. Another is that I’d still need one more elite night credit before the end of 2025 which would likely require a one night mattress run, thereby limiting the points upside. The third factor is that the stays with Marriott would be a bit more expensive than the Wyndham stays.
In fact, writing all this out has made me realize that booking the stays with Wyndham makes far more sense, even if it does mean forgoing the Nightly Upgrade Awards. Still, for other people this kind of promotion – added to Marriott’s global promotion – could make booking one or two Marriott stays more worthwhile.
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I just checked my account and my offer is specific to stays that include a Friday or Saturday night – 4K after the first, a further 6K after the second, and a further 8K after the third. I already have two qualifying stays booked for work, so when stacked with the 2025 bonus points per stay, I’m looking at an extra 14,050 points, which I’m not upset about.