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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 10:09 pm
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hsh101
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PHL
Programs: US Gold, Marriott Platinum
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Originally Posted by damon2
Apply for the Marriott premier visa card (the black one, not the silver visa card) to get 20K bonus points, a cat 1-4 free night cert, 2 for 1 golf cert, 15 nights credit towards elite status and 5 points per $ spent at Marriotts, 2 per $ on air/dine/car and 1 point per $ on rest of the charges. The card has a $65 annual fee but the free night cert itself is worth it.
I'd like to point out that the premier visa card's free cert is cat 1-4 for the first year only. You get a cat 1-5 cert every year thereafter. I just used my cert for a cat 5 hotel room ($309 value), which I got for spending only $65 on an annual fee...
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