Originally Posted by
Frequent Miler
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?
I've never used UR Mall so cannot speak about specifics, but AmEx network (or whatever a similar vehicle for AmEx is called) requires you to pay with the AmEx card. In other words, you don't get points if you pay with gift cards - if UR Mall is similar it probably requires you to pay with your Chase card and thus cannot be double-stacked with credit cards from staples.com.
However it seems like cashback sites not affiliated with particular credit cards (ebates, mrrebates) do offer some cashback so this idea may very well work.