Originally Posted by
sdsearch
That's what I referring to, but I had a typo (which I just corrected now) which said "past years" when I meant "past 2 years" (ie, past 24 months). And if you read carefully, DoC is not just mentioning the Ritz card, he puts "/Marriott" after it and then says "including Marriott business". So he's mentioning all Chase Marrriott + Ritz cards.
As to the speculation that Chase may add this same rule to their Marriott cards, that's just speculation at this point. I didn't say it was going to happen, just that it might happen.
I thought the way your comment was originally written said that the new card would be unavailable to any recent Marriott cardholder, which is different from saying that you can't earn a bonus on the new card if you received one in the last two years or have a been a recent RC cardholder.
I have both a personal and a business Marriott card, but haven't received a bonus in over two years. Since I plan to apply for the new Amex card in August, I was concerned that I might be ineligible because I am a current cardholder.