All Ritz-Carlton Rewards Card offers [Consolidated]
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#1052
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Best Western Diamond
Posts: 364

#1054
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Best Western Diamond
Posts: 364
I sent a SM
Me: Hi,
I just wanted to check in and see if there was any offer available to waive the annual fee for this card this year. Thanks in advanced!
Them: Thank you for contacting Chase about waiving the annual
fee on your Chase Marriott Rewards® Premier account ending
in XXXX.
Because the fee is consistent with the terms and
conditions that apply to the account, I am unable to
remove it from the open account.
If you have any further questions, please reply using the
Secure Message Center.
Thank you,
Me: I was asking about the fee on my Ritz Carlton Rewards Card.
Thanks!
Them: Thank you for contacting Chase about the annual fee on
your Ritz-Carlton Rewards® credit card from J.P. Morgan
account ending in XXXX.
I can confirm the annual fee of $395 is waived for the
first year on the account.
If you have any further questions, please reply using the
Secure Message Center.
Me: Hi,
I just wanted to check in and see if there was any offer available to waive the annual fee for this card this year. Thanks in advanced!
Them: Thank you for contacting Chase about waiving the annual
fee on your Chase Marriott Rewards® Premier account ending
in XXXX.
Because the fee is consistent with the terms and
conditions that apply to the account, I am unable to
remove it from the open account.
If you have any further questions, please reply using the
Secure Message Center.
Thank you,
Me: I was asking about the fee on my Ritz Carlton Rewards Card.
Thanks!
Them: Thank you for contacting Chase about the annual fee on
your Ritz-Carlton Rewards® credit card from J.P. Morgan
account ending in XXXX.
I can confirm the annual fee of $395 is waived for the
first year on the account.
If you have any further questions, please reply using the
Secure Message Center.

#1055
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
If you go to theritzcarltonrewards.com now, you will see that the certificates offer is in play.
But the other offer is still there: theritzcarltonrewards.com/offer140k
I gave that website to the lady I spoke too. They had better honor that.
But the other offer is still there: theritzcarltonrewards.com/offer140k
I gave that website to the lady I spoke too. They had better honor that.

#1058
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 8,055
Maybe the offer that they thought you signed up through (which apparently does not match reality) includes a waived AF?
In other words, when they switch you to the 140k offer, it wouldn't suprise me if that included an annual fee.
But honestly this is all guesswork on my part since I have no clue what is going on. I didn't sign up for the card because the $300 credit is of no value to me and I don't really want to pay $400 for 140k pts. It's not a terrible deal but there are better ones out there (If I could get the 140k pts AND the waived AF I'd be all over it)

#1059
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
That sounds like they thought that it was already waived, not that they changed anything to waive it.
Maybe the offer that they thought you signed up through (which apparently does not match reality) includes a waived AF?
In other words, when they switch you to the 140k offer, it wouldn't suprise me if that included an annual fee.
But honestly this is all guesswork on my part since I have no clue what is going on. I didn't sign up for the card because the $300 credit is of no value to me and I don't really want to pay $400 for 140k pts. It's not a terrible deal but there are better ones out there (If I could get the 140k pts AND the waived AF I'd be all over it)
Maybe the offer that they thought you signed up through (which apparently does not match reality) includes a waived AF?
In other words, when they switch you to the 140k offer, it wouldn't suprise me if that included an annual fee.
But honestly this is all guesswork on my part since I have no clue what is going on. I didn't sign up for the card because the $300 credit is of no value to me and I don't really want to pay $400 for 140k pts. It's not a terrible deal but there are better ones out there (If I could get the 140k pts AND the waived AF I'd be all over it)

#1060
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 8,055
The $300 can be used to buy gift cards and if you don't intend to use them, you can actually sell those back out to a few websites for 75 to 80% of value. Since it's a calendar award, you cover your AF and then some. So you're basically getting the points for free (which potentially have a 2k+ worth) plus a little extra cash.
Also $2k+ seems a bit optimistic. I figure that 140k pts is worth about $1000.

#1061
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
2 nights at Bachelor Gulch is worth $2,000 (70k each night)
And I'm sure some Marriott Category 7 properties at 35k each (Get to book 5 nights for the price of 4) would translate to some serious cash.

#1062
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 8,055
In short, just because they charge that much for it, doesn't mean that it's worth that much.
(FWIW, you are actually valuing the points at more than it costs to buy them)
Last edited by VegasGambler; Dec 26, 14 at 2:35 am

#1063
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
Would you pay $1000 per night to stay at those hotels if you didn't have the points? I wouldn't, so it's not worth that much to me. Obviously you might value points differently, but IMO if you always look for the most expensive redemption options, you end up with unreasonably high valuations for points.
In short, just because they charge that much for it, doesn't mean that it's worth that much.
(FWIW, you are actually valuing the points at more than it costs to buy them)
In short, just because they charge that much for it, doesn't mean that it's worth that much.
(FWIW, you are actually valuing the points at more than it costs to buy them)

#1064
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: L.A.
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite, Delta platinum, IHG Spire Elite, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 1,130
Please let us know if they do indeed honor that. I'm still waiting to apply because I want to make sure the 140k offer is upheld.

#1065
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 234
What's everyone thoughts on channeling this through one CSR so they can really see how many people this is affecting? I talked to one CSR today who seemed honestly interested in helping and found the 140k offer page which we applied through and agrees we should get 140k points.
