Originally Posted by ejrkhp
I'm a newbie posting this on both Marriott and AA forums to get advice on a dilemma I have. I have had my Citibank AAdvantage card for a long time, paying the $85 annual fee but accumulating signifcant miles (have close to 200,000) on AA through this and other programs. My wife and I just purchased a timeshare through Marriott (about 200,000 points incentive) and signed up for the Marriott Rewards card. So the question is which are more valuable/versatile, AA miles or Marriott Rewards? Should we keep both credit cards or cancel one? Thanks in advance for the advice.
Ed
Not sure if you did this or not, but, in the future, run your interval purchases through the MR card. Quick way to pick up 100K points. Also, IMO, pay everything Marriott-related with that card, like MF's, interval rentals and incidentals. Also, since the MR card gives Silver status, you'll get a 20% bonus on many stay-related items. Also, be advised you can surrender your interval for points, at a rate and interval determined by resort purchased, and use the points to round out a travel package, or any other reward purchase other than a timeshare award stay.
We own multiple intervals with Marriott...
Don't forget to watch out for the good promos on the MR business card, and be sure to get your spouse/s-o one of each too. All-told, worth about 60K points usually. You can always cancel the ones you don't want when the fees come due after the first year.
I'll leave all the fancy math to others...
FWIW, I have two MR cards, the SPG AMEX and the UA MP card. YMMV.....
Pat