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
Mar 1, 2019, 7:27 pm
#421
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: DTW
Programs: TK E+, WY, Radisson R
Posts: 2,360
https://thepointsguy.com/2015/06/how...awards-points/
My experience/DPs - bonus with MR points, at least 1 full statement period once you hit the spend threshold. For my hotel card (Hilton), they were posted as soon as the last charge hitting threshold became final.
Mar 2, 2019, 6:19 pm
#422
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
Not sure if this has been discussed here. With the fee increase to $125 on the AmEx Bonv*y Business card, I do not see any additional benefits vs Chase Marriott card and the original AmEx personal card (closed now). The free night with $60k spending does not offer anything to me at all.
Worth keeping or time to chop?
Worth keeping or time to chop?
Mar 2, 2019, 10:07 pm
#423
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 35
Not sure if this has been discussed here. With the fee increase to $125 on the AmEx Bonv*y Business card, I do not see any additional benefits vs Chase Marriott card and the original AmEx personal card (closed now). The free night with $60k spending does not offer anything to me at all.
Worth keeping or time to chop?
Worth keeping or time to chop?
Mar 3, 2019, 3:50 am
#424
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,954
Mar 3, 2019, 6:58 am
#425
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
Yes these are additional 4x earnings. But I already have Chase Marriott Biz card. So this does not add anything at all. I believe even the Chase Biz card AF stays the same at $95.
Mar 3, 2019, 9:17 am
#426
Join Date: May 2006
Location: KSNA/KLAX
Programs: IML GOLD, Bonvoy LTPE, WOH Globalist, AAEXPLT
Posts: 645
There's a minor reprieve on the Bonvoy Amex Card (legacy SPG). Seems this promotion will allow $100k of purchases be earning at the non-devalued rates. So for anyone with this card, it'd be worth putting $100k of spend before putting it into the sock drawer.
Register your Card by April 7, 2019 and earn up to 100K bonus points
You can earn 25,000 bonus points after you spend $25,000 in qualifying purchases on your registered Marriott BonvoyTMAmerican Express® Card between the time you complete registration and December 31, 2019. This offer is available up to four times with a maximum amount of 100,000 bonus points after spending $100,000. Registration period ends on April 7, 2019. Terms and Conditions apply.
Mar 3, 2019, 9:22 am
#427
Join Date: May 2006
Location: KSNA/KLAX
Programs: IML GOLD, Bonvoy LTPE, WOH Globalist, AAEXPLT
Posts: 645
Doesn't each card give you a free (35k) night per year? It will almost justify keeping multiple Bonvoy cards open if it's a $200-300 per night room. You are also getting a trade line as well.
Mar 3, 2019, 9:25 am
#428
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Indianapolis
Programs: Hilton-Diamond Lifetime Platinum AA UA, WN-CP, SPG Gold.
Posts: 7,377
There's a minor reprieve on the Bonvoy Amex Card (legacy SPG). Seems this promotion will allow $100k of purchases be earning at the non-devalued rates. So for anyone with this card, it'd be worth putting $100k of spend before putting it into the sock drawer.
Register your Card by April 7, 2019 and earn up to 100K bonus points
You can earn 25,000 bonus points after you spend $25,000 in qualifying purchases on your registered Marriott BonvoyTMAmerican Express® Card between the time you complete registration and December 31, 2019. This offer is available up to four times with a maximum amount of 100,000 bonus points after spending $100,000. Registration period ends on April 7, 2019. Terms and Conditions apply.Total cost 150, my business card is gone, the extra perks are with 25 bucks, but next year, the card my get cut up..
Not happy,,
Mar 3, 2019, 9:33 am
#429
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Indianapolis
Programs: Hilton-Diamond Lifetime Platinum AA UA, WN-CP, SPG Gold.
Posts: 7,377
I guess I need to ask my question again...
If I do nothing, my SPG Luxe card AMEX will convert into the new Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant AMEX card. My concern is - Would that exclude me from applying for this card in the not-too-far-distant-future and getting the sign-up bonus? As far as I can tell, all the co-brand AMEX cards have a "you don't get the sign-up bonus if you had this card before" verbiage.
If it matters, I had the Chase Marriott card 3+ years ago, but won't be able to get another Chase card for another year or so...
So should I cancel my SPG before the February conversion? But risk the relationship with AMEX? On a tangential note, I think I'm already on AMEX's list - the last time I tried to apply for the Hilton Aspire (about 2-3 months ago), I got the dreaded pop-up. However, around the same time, I also got a mailer for the SPG Luxe for 100K points $5000 spend, with verbiage that seem to accommodate my situation, and the application link did not give me the dreaded pop-up... so I applied... today, I have the 100K points.
If I do nothing, my SPG Luxe card AMEX will convert into the new Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant AMEX card. My concern is - Would that exclude me from applying for this card in the not-too-far-distant-future and getting the sign-up bonus? As far as I can tell, all the co-brand AMEX cards have a "you don't get the sign-up bonus if you had this card before" verbiage.
If it matters, I had the Chase Marriott card 3+ years ago, but won't be able to get another Chase card for another year or so...
So should I cancel my SPG before the February conversion? But risk the relationship with AMEX? On a tangential note, I think I'm already on AMEX's list - the last time I tried to apply for the Hilton Aspire (about 2-3 months ago), I got the dreaded pop-up. However, around the same time, I also got a mailer for the SPG Luxe for 100K points $5000 spend, with verbiage that seem to accommodate my situation, and the application link did not give me the dreaded pop-up... so I applied... today, I have the 100K points.
Mar 3, 2019, 2:50 pm
#430
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
This is true. But I already have quite a few Marriott cards, almost all flavors, both Chase and AmEx. After I burn off the Marriott points, I may move on to Hilton. Already heavy with Hyatt now.
Mar 3, 2019, 5:12 pm
#431
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SFO
Posts: 312
I just got an email offer:
Earn 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points after you upgrade from your current Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card and spend $5,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card within the first 3 months.
$450 AF, $300 Marriott credit and 1 free night up to 50K
Also some other benefits I already get from my Platinum card.
Probably worth it. Or are there better offers out there for existing card holders?
Earn 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points after you upgrade from your current Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card and spend $5,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card within the first 3 months.
$450 AF, $300 Marriott credit and 1 free night up to 50K
Also some other benefits I already get from my Platinum card.
Probably worth it. Or are there better offers out there for existing card holders?
Mar 3, 2019, 9:15 pm
#432
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Programs: UA 1K, AA Lifetime Platinum, DL Platinum, Honors Diamond, Bonvoy Titanium, Hertz Platinum
Posts: 7,969
Well, that at least temporarily restores the reduced earning rate on the card, but you still have to deal with the fact that the program itself has been devalued. No thanks.
Mar 4, 2019, 2:30 am
#433
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, Mlife Plat, Caesars Diam, Marriott Tit, UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, invol FT beta tester
Posts: 18,926
I just got an email offer:
Earn 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points after you upgrade from your current Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card and spend $5,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card within the first 3 months.
$450 AF, $300 Marriott credit and 1 free night up to 50K
Also some other benefits I already get from my Platinum card.
Probably worth it. Or are there better offers out there for existing card holders?
Earn 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points after you upgrade from your current Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card and spend $5,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card within the first 3 months.
$450 AF, $300 Marriott credit and 1 free night up to 50K
Also some other benefits I already get from my Platinum card.
Probably worth it. Or are there better offers out there for existing card holders?
Mar 4, 2019, 7:29 am
#434
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
So many people used that card for daily spending. Now with that earning restored, not many want to use that card any more. De-valuation, yes, but seems not very significant IMO.