Jul 21, 2014, 10:54 pm
Last edit by: StartinSanDiego
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Please continue the discussion here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase-ultimate-rewards/1745852-ritz-carlton-rewards-card-2016-onward.html
===============================================Bes t public available offer:
Two free nights at any tier 1-4 Ritz Carlton Hotel after $3k spent. Annual fee of $395 NOT waived. https://www.theritzcarltonrewardscard.com/2CN
$300 Annual Travel Credit
"Make the most of your trip with a $300 annual travel credit to use for baggage fees, Global Entry fees, seat upgrades, access to your preferred airport lounge and more. Simply use your card for these expenses and call us at 1-855-896-2222, and we will refund the charges after your flight."
Actual T&C language, as of 08.22.15:"Only the following types of non-ticket Net Purchases qualify for this offer: airline lounge day pass, or towards a yearly lounge membership of your choice; airline seat upgrades; airline baggage fees; in-flight internet/entertainment; in-flight meals; Global Entry fees."
As of 1/2/2015, Credit for these charges are based on TRANSACTION (purchase) date, not posting date. If you made an eligible purchase before the end of the year, even if it doesn't post until the following year, you can still receive credit for the previous year. See post #1268
DO NOT attempt to get all $300 in one transaction. Most CSRs will question what incedential charge would be so high. Instead, get multiple smaller gift cards which line up with fees that airline charges. Make sure that whatever amounts you choose, you have an explanation ready for each. For example, AA overweight baggage fee is $150. $50 is first checked bag for 2 ppl. $75 is in the range of upgrade fees, etc.
Reimbursed:
AA e-Giftcards
Southwest eGiftcards - As of 12/30/14 Chase can distinguish between "incidental" and gift card purchase. YMMV depending on CSR.
Delta Giftcards (YMMV)
$78 AA Award flight taxes reimbursed
$22 BA Award flight taxes reimbursed
~$150 AA award fees, taxes, fuel surcharge reimbursed
$246 AA award fees, booking fee, all reported as upgrading to busn award
United Flight Taxes
Spirit Big Front Seats
Spirit Onboard Food and Drinks
DL Ticket Change fee $300
$210 DL first class up-fare
$300 of a $525 AA Admirals Club annual membership
$50 DL Transfer miles fee (2k miles plus $30 fee)
~$160 SQ award fees (circa 2014)
$70 upgraded seats on AA
$34 US award fees
$34 BA Award fees
$90 oneway ticket on AA (paid additional $90 with AA e-gc from last year)
$84.50 x 2 AA award fees
$150 B6change fees er...umm..."seat upgrades"
$75 UA gift registry (no longer works as of Summer 2015)
$49.95 Bags VIP charge. It surprised me that it went since it comes up as BagsVIP and not an airline. I told the CSR it was AA's partner for baggage delivery and that I was (honestly) unsure if it would work.
UA Gift Registry $150 (one worked, one didn't) -- no longer works as of Summer 2015
$274 BA seat selection for 2 J class seats, LAX-LHR (Jan 2016)
Not Reimbursed:
$315 Avianca ticket charge
United giftcards
$150 AA award redeposit fee (YMMV)
UA Gift Registry $150 (one worked, one didn't)
The deal for 140K points is dead. Chase has replaced it with a complimentary night stay at any Tier 1-4 Ritz-Carlton hotel after spending $2,000 in the first 3 months, available here. As of February 12, 2015, there IS A BETTER known public offer (see below).
The 70K offer is long gone.
[EXPIRED] Active link found on blog 12/16 for 140K offer: https://www.theritzcarltonrewardscard.com/offer140k
Many have applied through this link only to find the application was assigned to a different promo for 2 free nights instead of points. Calling JP Morgan Chase CS has indicated they are aware of this issue and CSRs are expecting the 140k points to be honored but no one in this situation has actually received the 140k points as of Dec 28, 2014.
[EXPIRED] As reported by ghitt87: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22807838-post16.html
See also post #483 and following: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23230523-post483.html
Please continue the discussion here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase-ultimate-rewards/1745852-ritz-carlton-rewards-card-2016-onward.html
===============================================Bes t public available offer:
Two free nights at any tier 1-4 Ritz Carlton Hotel after $3k spent. Annual fee of $395 NOT waived. https://www.theritzcarltonrewardscard.com/2CN
$300 Annual Travel Credit
"Make the most of your trip with a $300 annual travel credit to use for baggage fees, Global Entry fees, seat upgrades, access to your preferred airport lounge and more. Simply use your card for these expenses and call us at 1-855-896-2222, and we will refund the charges after your flight."
Actual T&C language, as of 08.22.15:"Only the following types of non-ticket Net Purchases qualify for this offer: airline lounge day pass, or towards a yearly lounge membership of your choice; airline seat upgrades; airline baggage fees; in-flight internet/entertainment; in-flight meals; Global Entry fees."
As of 1/2/2015, Credit for these charges are based on TRANSACTION (purchase) date, not posting date. If you made an eligible purchase before the end of the year, even if it doesn't post until the following year, you can still receive credit for the previous year. See post #1268
DO NOT attempt to get all $300 in one transaction. Most CSRs will question what incedential charge would be so high. Instead, get multiple smaller gift cards which line up with fees that airline charges. Make sure that whatever amounts you choose, you have an explanation ready for each. For example, AA overweight baggage fee is $150. $50 is first checked bag for 2 ppl. $75 is in the range of upgrade fees, etc.
Reimbursed:
AA e-Giftcards
Southwest eGiftcards - As of 12/30/14 Chase can distinguish between "incidental" and gift card purchase. YMMV depending on CSR.
Delta Giftcards (YMMV)
$78 AA Award flight taxes reimbursed
$22 BA Award flight taxes reimbursed
~$150 AA award fees, taxes, fuel surcharge reimbursed
$246 AA award fees, booking fee, all reported as upgrading to busn award
United Flight Taxes
Spirit Big Front Seats
Spirit Onboard Food and Drinks
DL Ticket Change fee $300
$210 DL first class up-fare
$300 of a $525 AA Admirals Club annual membership
$50 DL Transfer miles fee (2k miles plus $30 fee)
~$160 SQ award fees (circa 2014)
$70 upgraded seats on AA
$34 US award fees
$34 BA Award fees
$90 oneway ticket on AA (paid additional $90 with AA e-gc from last year)
$84.50 x 2 AA award fees
$150 B6
$75 UA gift registry (no longer works as of Summer 2015)
$49.95 Bags VIP charge. It surprised me that it went since it comes up as BagsVIP and not an airline. I told the CSR it was AA's partner for baggage delivery and that I was (honestly) unsure if it would work.
UA Gift Registry $150 (one worked, one didn't) -- no longer works as of Summer 2015
$274 BA seat selection for 2 J class seats, LAX-LHR (Jan 2016)
Not Reimbursed:
$315 Avianca ticket charge
United giftcards
$150 AA award redeposit fee (YMMV)
UA Gift Registry $150 (one worked, one didn't)
The deal for 140K points is dead. Chase has replaced it with a complimentary night stay at any Tier 1-4 Ritz-Carlton hotel after spending $2,000 in the first 3 months, available here. As of February 12, 2015, there IS A BETTER known public offer (see below).
The 70K offer is long gone.
[EXPIRED] Active link found on blog 12/16 for 140K offer: https://www.theritzcarltonrewardscard.com/offer140k
Many have applied through this link only to find the application was assigned to a different promo for 2 free nights instead of points. Calling JP Morgan Chase CS has indicated they are aware of this issue and CSRs are expecting the 140k points to be honored but no one in this situation has actually received the 140k points as of Dec 28, 2014.
[EXPIRED] As reported by ghitt87: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22807838-post16.html
Call 1-888-846-7004 to apply.
Mention these RSVP:
F5BP - 140k points after 2k spend in 3 months. Annual fee of $395 not waived first year. - DEAD 9/25
F53K - 70k points, $395 waived first year.
I wasn't targeted, but called and used the RSVP code (5/2). Just act like you got it in the mail.
Mention these RSVP:
F5BP - 140k points after 2k spend in 3 months. Annual fee of $395 not waived first year. - DEAD 9/25
F53K - 70k points, $395 waived first year.
I wasn't targeted, but called and used the RSVP code (5/2). Just act like you got it in the mail.
All Ritz-Carlton Rewards Card offers [Consolidated]
May 25, 2015, 8:57 pm
#2221
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Best Western Diamond
Posts: 364
No breakfast or lounge access at JW Marriots, Renaissance & Marriot resort hotels?
Lounge Access/Free Breakfast
Free daily continental breakfast, light snacks and beverages for members and one guest in the Executive Lounge*. In the U.S. and Canada, choose between 750 bonus points or breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant if the lounge is closed. Select hotels will provide 1,000 points in lieu of breakfast in the event the lounge is closed. Learn more
* At JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection®, Renaissance® and Marriott Hotels® (resorts excluded)
Lounge Access/Free Breakfast
Free daily continental breakfast, light snacks and beverages for members and one guest in the Executive Lounge*. In the U.S. and Canada, choose between 750 bonus points or breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant if the lounge is closed. Select hotels will provide 1,000 points in lieu of breakfast in the event the lounge is closed. Learn more
* At JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection®, Renaissance® and Marriott Hotels® (resorts excluded)
Free daily continental breakfast, light snacks and beverages for members and one guest in the Executive Lounge*. In the U.S. and Canada, choose between 750 bonus points or breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant if the lounge is closed. Select hotels will provide 1,000 points in lieu of breakfast in the event the lounge is closed. Learn more
* At JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection®, Renaissance® and Marriott Hotels® (resorts excluded)
* At JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection®, Renaissance® and Marriott Hotels® (resorts excluded)
No free ANYTHING (except wifi) at resorts as a rule. Some may offer free parking, or a reduced/waived resort fee. Don't expect ANYTHING at a resort.
You get lounge access or free breakfast (if the lounge is closed or the hotel doesn't have a lounge) at EVERY Marriott, JW Marriott, Autograph Collection and Rennaisance hotel UNLESS they are a resort. Some hotels are on a list of excluded properties. They will give you 1,000 points. Never opt for points if you don't have to (excluded hotels on the list) as breakfast will always cost you more than the value of 750 points.
You get free wifi and a room upgrade (excluding suites and club level) at the ritz carlton UNLESS you use one of your club level upgrade certificates (or pay for a club level room). You can also get a $100 hotel credit.
Springhill Suites, Fairfield Inn and Suites, Towneplace Suites, and Residence Inn all offer FREE breakfast to ALL guests. You can also request a room upgrade but there is usually not too much to be had. Maybe a corner room or high floor. Some may give you extra perks depending on the management. Expect nothing special.
AC hotels, BVLGARI, Edition, and Gaylord are all weird. You're allowed to ask for whatever you want here, but don't expect anything special.
There is also a list of about ~20 hotels that dont participate in free wifi (including atlantis, and the cosmopolitan) and NO protea hotels offer free wifi.
May 25, 2015, 10:07 pm
#2222
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 514
Do you have any info about what are the elite benefits in Protea Hotels (including African Pride, Fire and Ice, etc) ? Nothing about elite benefits in Protea Hotels can be found in Marriott Rewards website. Marriott sent a meaningless email a while back, saying members will receive full elite benefits in those Protea Hotels that joined the program. The problem is that "full elite benefits" has no material meaning!
Last edited by mizzou1; May 26, 2015 at 7:55 am
May 25, 2015, 10:31 pm
#2223
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Saipan, MP 96950 USA (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands = the CNMI)
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton Silver. Life: UA .57 MM, United & Admirals Clubs (spousal), Marriott Platinum
Posts: 15,036
However, there are different promos focusing on Ritz-Carlton or Marriott properties, as the case may be, for members with that respective account type.
Usually they will assign you based on what you signed up for first, perhaps your previous stay history upon getting the R-C card, or if you request a conversion to the other program.
May 26, 2015, 2:01 pm
#2225
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: PHX, ORD, MDW
Programs: WN A-List, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 292
May 26, 2015, 5:20 pm
#2227
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: PHX, ORD, MDW
Programs: WN A-List, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 292
May 26, 2015, 10:06 pm
#2228
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Best Western Diamond
Posts: 364
Do you have any info about what are the elite benefits in Protea Hotels (including African Pride, Fire and Ice, etc) ? Nothing about elite benefits in Protea Hotels can be found in Marriott Rewards website. Marriott sent a meaningless email a while back, saying members will receive full elite benefits in those Protea Hotels that joined the program. The problem is that "full elite benefits" has no material meaning!
May 27, 2015, 12:34 pm
#2229
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: PHX, ORD, MDW
Programs: WN A-List, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 292
Code:
Dear ryanmcv, Your current enrollment offer is two Complimentary Free Night stays at The Ritz-Carlton, tiers 1-4, after you spend $3,000 in the first three months of opening your account. We're pleased to be able to match another enrollment bonus to receive 140,000 points for spending $3,000 within the first 3 months of opening your account. The Complimentary Free Night would be canceled and we will add 140,000 points to your account. Here's what you need to do next: -Spend $3,000 within the first 3 months of opening your account, then; -Allow 4-6 weeks from meeting the qualified spend for the 2 Complimentary Free Night stays to be issued then; -Contact us after the 2 Complimentary Free Night stays have been electronically issued to your account at Ritz-Carlton Purchases do not include balance transfers, cash advances, cash-like charges such as travelers checks, foreign currency, and money orders, any checks that access your account, overdraft advances, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable. Please keep in mind that the bonus point offer is available to you as long as you have not received a new Cardmember bonus for this product in the past 24 months. Thank you again for choosing The Ritz-Carlton Rewards credit card from J.P. Morgan. If you have any further questions, please reply using the Secure Message Center. Sincerely, Customer Service Specialist
May 27, 2015, 12:37 pm
#2230
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 42
Great! Thank you for your report. Will pull my trigger soon!
I just received a response stating that they will match the 140k offer:
Code:
Dear ryanmcv, Your current enrollment offer is two Complimentary Free Night stays at The Ritz-Carlton, tiers 1-4, after you spend $3,000 in the first three months of opening your account. We're pleased to be able to match another enrollment bonus to receive 140,000 points for spending $3,000 within the first 3 months of opening your account. The Complimentary Free Night would be canceled and we will add 140,000 points to your account. Here's what you need to do next: -Spend $3,000 within the first 3 months of opening your account, then; -Allow 4-6 weeks from meeting the qualified spend for the 2 Complimentary Free Night stays to be issued then; -Contact us after the 2 Complimentary Free Night stays have been electronically issued to your account at Ritz-Carlton Purchases do not include balance transfers, cash advances, cash-like charges such as travelers checks, foreign currency, and money orders, any checks that access your account, overdraft advances, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable. Please keep in mind that the bonus point offer is available to you as long as you have not received a new Cardmember bonus for this product in the past 24 months. Thank you again for choosing The Ritz-Carlton Rewards credit card from J.P. Morgan. If you have any further questions, please reply using the Secure Message Center. Sincerely, Customer Service Specialist
May 27, 2015, 5:48 pm
#2231
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Best Western Diamond
Posts: 364
The $300 airline incidental credit WILL count towards your $3,000 spend, heads up. 
May 28, 2015, 4:10 am
#2232
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,210
May 28, 2015, 9:43 am
#2233
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,363
I just received a response stating that they will match the 140k offer:
Code:
Dear ryanmcv, Your current enrollment offer is two Complimentary Free Night stays at The Ritz-Carlton, tiers 1-4, after you spend $3,000 in the first three months of opening your account. We're pleased to be able to match another enrollment bonus to receive 140,000 points for spending $3,000 within the first 3 months of opening your account. The Complimentary Free Night would be canceled and we will add 140,000 points to your account. Here's what you need to do next: -Spend $3,000 within the first 3 months of opening your account, then; -Allow 4-6 weeks from meeting the qualified spend for the 2 Complimentary Free Night stays to be issued then; -Contact us after the 2 Complimentary Free Night stays have been electronically issued to your account at Ritz-Carlton Purchases do not include balance transfers, cash advances, cash-like charges such as travelers checks, foreign currency, and money orders, any checks that access your account, overdraft advances, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable. Please keep in mind that the bonus point offer is available to you as long as you have not received a new Cardmember bonus for this product in the past 24 months. Thank you again for choosing The Ritz-Carlton Rewards credit card from J.P. Morgan. If you have any further questions, please reply using the Secure Message Center. Sincerely, Customer Service Specialist
Last edited by ZBigFam; May 28, 2015 at 10:12 am Reason: new info
May 28, 2015, 11:07 am
#2234
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: DFW
Posts: 246
Just applied with the 2 free night offer link...and sent them an SMS to switch to points. I hope that they honor this. Can you give me more detail as to how you sent the SMS? Did you already have your account number or did you do it right after application? EDIT - sorry I see you did it after application. It hasn't shown up on my account and i sent the inquiry, hopefully I see success as well!
May 28, 2015, 12:14 pm
#2235
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,363
Thanks for the response, is everyone using this as a way to get the SW companion pass plus enjoy a few nights at a Marriott or is there a better redemption option out there?