mtbmtb01

i sent in my 50k ap about a month ago. i had to call the back door number to get approved. my card is in my on line account, but i have not gotten the card in the mail yet. i secure emailed cs and got this reply:

Thank you for contacting us about the Chase Marriott
Rewards Premier account .
I added 20,000 points to your account. You will see this
adjustment on the October 19, 2011 billing statement.

It was my pleasure to assist you today. If you have any
further questions, please reply using the Secure Message
Center.

Thank you,

[name redacted]
Email Customer Service Advisor

Bathbob

Fingers crossed on this one. Had to send 10,000 Marriott points over to 2000 US Airways miles to get a hit in their grand slam promotion. This would be a great way to restore those and more!

joyful1

I haven't received my card either...how did you get your account number to send a secure email?

BLG

I applied for the card last week and my EQNs have posted to my account -- Yes, I am spending my first night as gold tonight! -- but no points have yet posted. I called customer service and they said it would take about a month until the 50,000 points to post. Also, I have not yet received the physical card. So I'm not sure how I could go about asking for more points when I still have not received the card (no number yet) and the 50K has not yet posted. So I'm planning on asking for the additional 20K as soon as I get a physical card and have a number. However, it sounds like a previous poster has received the additional 20K before even having a number -- can that be confirmed? Thanks.

joyful1

Received my card and sent a SM yesterday...reply below:

Thank you for taking the time to contact us again in
regards to the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier...

I added 20,000 points to your account. You will see this
adjustment on the October 12, 2011 statement.

It was a pleasure to assist you. If you have any further
questions, please reply using the Secure Message Center.

Thank you,

XXXXXX
Email Customer Service Advisor

nemloc

asked for 70k from the 50k offer I applied on. Denied based on the 90 day even though only one statement was generated. I liked how the mail says it's a fair and even decision across all card holders. LOL.

tassojunior

From what I recall from various posts, when you churn the Marriott card you get the points again but do not get the first-year free night cert. Something about one being from Marriott and other from Chase.

Pete838

I'm interested in this card. I am not currently 'loyal' to one hotel chain, but would consider Marriott.

Regarding the points, I read an advertisement for it that claimed that the points were able to transfer to 30 different airline point programs. Can anyone verify this or provide a list of eligible airline programs? I was not able to find concise info anywhere I looked.

escapefromphl

https://www.marriott.com/rewards/usepoints/moreairmi.mi

If you're looking for airline miles you may be better off getting an airline credit card. I think the SPG card will also get you better conversion rates.

Miyoshiboy

Yes. I asked for the 20K bump as I applied within 90 days using the 50K app. Just got SM today that the 20K would be noted to my November statement. Do not have card in hand yet. I went online after receiving an email that the card was on its way and used the SM and the account number that was showing online to request the bump. Again, do not even have the card in hand yet. I should note that I also have the RCR Card, and applied for both on the same day...the Marriott was held up a bit until I pointed out that I had previously held three Chase accounts for years...(used the Disney rewards and it is very sloooow) and I had shut them down and was simply opening up three again....Hyatt in March and these two in September...anyway...all that being said...still got the bump for applying within time frame.

Pete838

Wow, anywhere from 3:1 to 5:1 on airline transfers. Not spectacular. I was hoping it was more along the lines of the Starwood program.

pete4abw

Don't get one loyalty card to get points in another program. You will always lose out on the conversion. If you want the points, then my $0.02 is stay at Marriott. If you want airline miles, get a comparable card.

chiroterryusa

Wow. I sent the SM last night, and received a e-mail first thing this morning telling me that I will receive the 20k bump within 30 days. It couldn't have been more than 9 hours later. thanks for the info guys, and chase!

subarge

I received a targeted offer in the mail that belongs to my roommate. He's not interested in it. Anyone know if I can use his invitation/promo code and get the 70k miles bonus?

sdsearch

First of all, no other hotel program has 1:1 transfers.

But that's because Starwood points are valued completely differently hotel points in other programs (in terms of redemption, not in terms of credit card earning).

It's the fluke that Starwood points are of much higher value that makes it possible to do 1:1: transfers.

The second best is actually a hotel program at the other end of the spectrum: WyndhamRewards has a "net" earn-transfer-miles ratio of 1:0.8.

All other hotel programs tend to be even worse (if your end goal is miles from credit card spend).

The issue is that miles redemption is based on how many points you earn on a stay (5 to 10 points per dollar at most Marriott brands and also most other hotel programs, but only 2 to 3 points per dollar at SPG), not how many points per dollar you earn on the credit card.

The only reason that WyndhamRewards works as well as it does from credit card to miles (1:0.8) is not just because the card earns 2 points per dollar spent (several hotel programs do that), but because WyndhamRewards has an unusually excellent points:miles redemption rate (8000:3200).


Second, as good as SPG points can be for airline conversions, they can have even higher value still when actually redeeming for hotels (instead of transferring for miles). I've gotten about a 0.9 cents per point for the one SPG hotel redemption I've done so far, and if that's possible on airline conversions, it tends to be at the high end of the scale (and only looking at "aspirational" fares you'd probably never pay in cash, while I was looking at a hotel rate that was higher than I'd like to pay but not "aspirational").