Originally Posted by
tassojunior
I got it after I got most of the major airline cards. It's not a first-round pick but a great 2nd round.
The yearly cat 5 cert is worth the annual fee but has short time limit for use.
The card can be churned but you only get the bonus miles, not the free night cert on the churn.
The Pointsavers are almost freebies.
5th night free on reward is nice.
The best Marriott rewards by far are the 200K and up packages of a week's hotel and 2 air tickets.
If you've already gotten the 3 Citi AA's, the UA 50K, the CO 50K, the Delta Golds (at 50K each), the AmEx Gold 50K's, the US 35K, the Starwoods (at a 30K bonus), the CapOne 100K's and the BA 50K, then the Marriott Premier is a decent second rounder. Especially if you know you'll be spending $6K at Marriott. Just time your Chase app's as they don't like more than 2 every 60 days.
Thanks. Yeah I'm really only looking into it because I have this long term stay coming up, otherwise I would probably just stick with the Venture card for a bit then grab a different one.
If I do get it, I plan on canceling it before the year is up.
Didn't know about those Marriott hotel/air packages, will have to try for 200k now.
Thanks