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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 8:46 pm
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Originally Posted by BoilerHack
I have to travel for a business trip next month and I will be staying at a Marriott (total cost ~$1000). I could just pay the bill with my Chase Sapphire card and get 2x the URs and also the Marriott Rewards points.

Is there any downside to purchasing $1000 of Marriott gift cards from Staples.com and getting the 5x Ink Bold bonus and 4x Staples.com bonus. Will I still get the Marriott Rewards points if I use a gift card to pay the hotel? I do have a concern about reimbursement for gift cards from my company, but I will check on that.

Finally, if someone were to sell you UR points, what is the most you would be willing to spend? Obviously, at least 1 cpp. If I do get URs transferred into my account does that count toward the year end 7%?

Thanks.
I like that approach to get 9 UR points per dollar since UR points are more flexible than Marriott points. You can up your take even more by going thru the UR Mall to Marriott to book your stay. I can't remeber how many bonus points the UR mall currently gives for Marriott. Maybe 2x?
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