Jun 28, 2018, 2:47 pm
Last edit by: RedSun
Existing and new SPG cards as of August 1 2018
The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Card) $95 fee
Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Business Card) $95 fee ($125 starting from 3/28/2019)
The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Card) $95 fee
- 6X Marriott Bonvoy points on eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels.
- 2X Marriott Bonvoy points on all other eligible purchases.
- 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status, with an opportunity to earn Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status after making $35,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- 15 Nights Elite Credit (Non Stackable)
Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Business Card) $95 fee ($125 starting from 3/28/2019)
- 6X Marriott Bonvoy points on eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels.
- 4X points at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services purchased directly from U.S. service providers and on U.S. purchases for shipping
- 2X Marriott Bonvoy points on all other eligible purchases.
- 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Additional Free Night after $60K spend
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status, with an opportunity to earn Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status after making $35,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- 15 Nights Elite Credit (Non Stackable)
- 6X Marriott Bonvoy points on eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels.
- 3X Marriott Bonvoy points at at U.S. restaurants and on flights booked directly with airlines.
- 2X Marriott Bonvoy points on all other eligible purchases.
- $300 MARRIOTT BONVOY STATEMENT CREDIT each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- COMPLIMENTARY GOLD ELITE STATUS with your Card. Earn Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status after making $75,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year
New and refreshed Amex SPG/Bonvoy cards - August 2018 & February 2019
Aug 23, 2018, 8:14 am
#182
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
Platinum Elite Status Upgrade
If, in any calendar year of Card Membership your total eligible purchases on your Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card account reach $75,000, you (the Basic Card Member) will be enrolled in Platinum Elite status. This upgrade to Platinum Elite status benefit is only available to the Basic Card Member; however, eligible purchases made by Additional Card Members will contribute to the purchase requirement. Eligible purchases means purchases for goods and services minus returns and other credits. Eligible purchases do NOT include fees or interest charges, balance transfers, cash advances, purchases of traveler's checks, purchases of gift cards, person-to-person payments, the purchase or reloading of prepaid cards, and purchases of other cash equivalents.
A calendar year is from January 1 to December 31 regardless of when you open your Card Account. Allow 12-16 weeks from the time your total eligible purchases reach $75,000 for your enrollment in Platinum Elite status to become effective.
Your upgrade to Platinum Elite status is valid for the remainder of the calendar year in which it was earned and the subsequent calendar year. Your enrollment will expire after that subsequent calendar year unless your eligible purchases during the next calendar year again qualifies you for enrollment, or you qualify for Platinum Elite status under the loyalty program terms.
You cannot receive enrollment in Platinum Elite status through this reward program if you are already enrolled at Platinum Elite status or any higher status.
For more information about Platinum Elite status and complete Terms and Conditions, visit members.marriott.com.
In order to receive Platinum Elite status benefits at participating SPG® and Marriott Rewards® hotels, you will need to combine your loyalty member accounts online prior to arrival at the hotel. Log into spg.com and follow the prompts in order to combine your accounts.
If, in any calendar year of Card Membership your total eligible purchases on your Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card account reach $75,000, you (the Basic Card Member) will be enrolled in Platinum Elite status. This upgrade to Platinum Elite status benefit is only available to the Basic Card Member; however, eligible purchases made by Additional Card Members will contribute to the purchase requirement. Eligible purchases means purchases for goods and services minus returns and other credits. Eligible purchases do NOT include fees or interest charges, balance transfers, cash advances, purchases of traveler's checks, purchases of gift cards, person-to-person payments, the purchase or reloading of prepaid cards, and purchases of other cash equivalents.
A calendar year is from January 1 to December 31 regardless of when you open your Card Account. Allow 12-16 weeks from the time your total eligible purchases reach $75,000 for your enrollment in Platinum Elite status to become effective.
Your upgrade to Platinum Elite status is valid for the remainder of the calendar year in which it was earned and the subsequent calendar year. Your enrollment will expire after that subsequent calendar year unless your eligible purchases during the next calendar year again qualifies you for enrollment, or you qualify for Platinum Elite status under the loyalty program terms.
You cannot receive enrollment in Platinum Elite status through this reward program if you are already enrolled at Platinum Elite status or any higher status.
For more information about Platinum Elite status and complete Terms and Conditions, visit members.marriott.com.
In order to receive Platinum Elite status benefits at participating SPG® and Marriott Rewards® hotels, you will need to combine your loyalty member accounts online prior to arrival at the hotel. Log into spg.com and follow the prompts in order to combine your accounts.
Aug 23, 2018, 9:14 am
#185
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,792
I think I'm going to pass on the Lux card at 100k bonus. I might have gone for it at 125k as the rumor was. I rarely have paid stays at SPG/Marriott properties so the $300 credit isn't worth quite the full $300 to me and pretty much all the other benefits are duplicative with at least one other card in my wallet since I also have the SPG Biz and Ritz cards. If I decide to cancel the Ritz card I can always come back to this one, but I think the Ritz is a better value proposition than the Lux card if you happen to have one.
Aug 23, 2018, 11:11 am
#187
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 128
Applied for the SPG Lux card and got the 14 day message. I have 5 AmEx credit cards, so that's probably why. May need to figure out which one to close. I currently have SPG Personal, SPG Bus, Blue Personal, Hilton Aspire (just got in Feb.) and Hilton Bus (just got in May). I never use my Blue personal card, but I have had it since 1988 so I'm reluctant to close it -- am I wrong on that? If it doesn't make sense to close my Blue personal card, I probably will choose between my SPG personal card or my SPG bus card - thoughts on which one is better to keep-- the bus card? Thanks.
Aug 23, 2018, 11:42 am
#189
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 128
Aug 23, 2018, 11:43 am
#190
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
High probability that you will be able to downgrade Luxury to personal in a year, but if not you would still have the Business card which I believe has the highest category multiples.
Aug 23, 2018, 11:56 am
#193
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,792
I mean considering nobody has the card in hand yet it's a bit premature for anybody to know, but I would guess that as long as you purchase them at and they're charged by a physical hotel, it will likely work. Just my guess based off how credits and Amex typically work.
Aug 23, 2018, 1:20 pm
#194
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 600
I think I'm going to pass on the Lux card at 100k bonus. I might have gone for it at 125k as the rumor was. I rarely have paid stays at SPG/Marriott properties so the $300 credit isn't worth quite the full $300 to me and pretty much all the other benefits are duplicative with at least one other card in my wallet since I also have the SPG Biz and Ritz cards. If I decide to cancel the Ritz card I can always come back to this one, but I think the Ritz is a better value proposition than the Lux card if you happen to have one.
