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Ritz-Carlton Rewards Visa Infinite (closed to new applications)
All card offers are dead as of 7/26/18.
Information still available on the Chase SITE.
The previous version of this card was discussed HERE.
(Expired) New Card Bonus ($4,000 spending): Two free night certificates good at any Ritz Carlton (Marriott) properties up to 60,000 points (possible to book any SPG properties later)
(old: at any tier 1-4 Ritz Carlton Hotel after $4k spend).
current offer (dead): https://creditcards.chase.com/a1/rit...n/naepredirect
Things qualifying/not qualifying under $300 annual travel credit
one member wrote: AA is now showing gift cards as "giftcard" rather than general purchase if the csr looks closely. Last year it worked for me, yesterday it did not and csr told me that's why. However, later the same day I also requested the credit by Secure Message (for "baggage fees) and it was approved. Very YMMV now but still doable. 2/10/2017
Southwest Airlines GCs work fairly easily. I've generally bought them for $150 and said they're excess baggage fees.
Frequent Miler has a collection of data points of what has worked in the past. Link
All card offers are dead as of 7/26/18.
Information still available on the Chase SITE.
The previous version of this card was discussed HERE.
(Expired) New Card Bonus ($4,000 spending): Two free night certificates good at any Ritz Carlton (Marriott) properties up to 60,000 points (possible to book any SPG properties later)
(old: at any tier 1-4 Ritz Carlton Hotel after $4k spend).
current offer (dead): https://creditcards.chase.com/a1/rit...n/naepredirect
- Annual fee of $450 NOT waived.
- 6 points per dollar at Marriott properties, including SPGs and Ritz-Carltons. (same as all Chase & AmEx Marriott cards)
- 3 points per dollar at restaurants, car rental companies and airline tickets purchased directly from airlines
- 2 points per dollar on all other purchases (same as all Chase & AmEx Marriott cards)
- Annual (anniversary) free night award good at any Marriott (including Ritz) property up to 50,000 MRs.
- Automatic Marriott Gold Status.
- Marriott Platinum Status after $75,000 card spending in a card-member year.
$100 companion airfare discount booked through Visa Infinite website.- $100 statement credit for Global Entry after the Global Entry program application fee is charged to an eligible card.
- $300 Annual (calendar) Travel Credit "Only the following types of non-ticket 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."
- Three (3) Ritz Carlton Club Level upgrade certificates each year for up to 7 nights each stay. The stays must be paid stays, excluding point redemption and award night.
- Troon Rewards and PRIV ACCESS golf benefits
- $100 credit for qualifying dining, spa or other hotel recreational activities. Use the credit with any paid stay at The Ritz-Carlton of two nights or more OR get a $100 hotel credit per stay at all Marriott luxury properties. Advance reservations are required. Valid only on non-discounted rates. Cannot be combined with any packages, discounts, negotiated corporate or group rates or point-redemption bookings.
Things qualifying/not qualifying under $300 annual travel credit
one member wrote: AA is now showing gift cards as "giftcard" rather than general purchase if the csr looks closely. Last year it worked for me, yesterday it did not and csr told me that's why. However, later the same day I also requested the credit by Secure Message (for "baggage fees) and it was approved. Very YMMV now but still doable. 2/10/2017
Southwest Airlines GCs work fairly easily. I've generally bought them for $150 and said they're excess baggage fees.
Frequent Miler has a collection of data points of what has worked in the past. Link
Ritz-Carlton Visa Infinite - closed for applications 7.26.2018 (2016-2021)
#2326
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 599
That's a decent offer. My AF is due on Dec and the past two years I paid zero AF so I am hoping to get charged $395 AF and retention offer that you got.
#2327
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Bonvoy Platinum, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,809
Annual fee posting on 9/1 means that your anniversary date was sometime in August - it could be before or after the cut off. My annual fee posted on 9/1 but my anniversary date was before the cut off (8/26). The upgrade certificates were posted as expected in July and I don't expect any free night to post this year.
Not sure if I want to renew this card now..
#2328
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,022
Emailed Marriott and they say that they don't have any record of my $10k spend. I sent them in my statements and we'll see how it goes from here.
#2329
Join Date: Nov 2015
Programs: DL, Marriott & IHG Platty; HH Diamonte
Posts: 859
Basically, for those that valued the breakfast benefit, this is a huge devaluation and is going to reduce the number of people reserving rooms with Marriott. Maybe for some, like red sun, this isn't an issue, but for many of us, it is. Getting a single night free doesn't remotely compare to the breakfast benefit. Of course, that's why Marriott made the change with the card, they have clearly done some type of cost analysis and decided it is more worthwhile to give free rooms than give free breakfasts. I will bet that their analysis didn't factor in how many customers will be lost.
#2330
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,749
I'd have kept the account open, personally. Did you get the anniversary night? I mean you'd be up $55 after the airline credit and get the free night.
#2331
Join Date: Nov 2015
Programs: DL, Marriott & IHG Platty; HH Diamonte
Posts: 859
$55 bucks is great for sure, but is paltry compared to the previous benefit (if you actually travel some). Just as an example, when my wife and I were recently on a 7 night vacation, the charge for the breakfast buffet was approximately ~$30 pp. We received that for free for 2 people. So 6 breakfasts @ $30 X 2 = $360. That was just one trip. We do many each year. Do the math related to the devaluation...a standard Ritz room typically is hovering around our breakfast price for a single stay. The swap for a free room vs. breakfast is clearly a deval.
#2332
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,749
I mean the status devaluation clearly sucks only getting new gold, but I wasn't referring to that, more that I would have kept the card for another year regardless if I was presented with that retention offer.
#2333
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NGS
Programs: UA Silver, ANA MC, HH Diamond, Hyatt Explorist, Bonvoy Plat, IHG Plat, Shangri-La GC, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,214
Same situation, although my statement closed on the 21st, and met the spend on the 21st (I did receive all the points for the $4000, so there was no delay there). If the full spend didn't post as points I would figure it still didn't make the cut-off, but they did so I expected the certs as well.
I did SM Chase and they confirmed the offer and I had met the spend, but gave me the standard 1-2 statement cycle excuse.
Anyone else get there's lately after recently applying for the card?
I did SM Chase and they confirmed the offer and I had met the spend, but gave me the standard 1-2 statement cycle excuse.
Anyone else get there's lately after recently applying for the card?
#2334
I completed the $4,000 bonus spend at the end of August for the 2-free nights award, which I needed to complete by Sept. 6 to get the award, but neither have the points posted nor have I received the 2-free night certificates. The statement closed on Sept. 3. I sent a secure message to Chase about it and they said they would look into it and get back to me within 6 days. Usually, they respond more quickly, but the 6 days needed suggests that they may be getting a lot of similar requests for the RC Rewards card. Still no reply from Chase after waiting 2 days. I wonder if the non-posting of points for spend is a Marriott problem rather than Chase?
#2335
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 211
I did see the total points went up but it is not shown in Activity tab. (which is the same behavior for my AMEX card and one recent stay.)
I suspect Marriott IT is delaying posting the FN since the cert is now "up to 60k" instead of Tier 1-4 which Chase sent.
#2336
$55 bucks is great for sure, but is paltry compared to the previous benefit (if you actually travel some). Just as an example, when my wife and I were recently on a 7 night vacation, the charge for the breakfast buffet was approximately ~$30 pp. We received that for free for 2 people. So 6 breakfasts @ $30 X 2 = $360. That was just one trip. We do many each year. Do the math related to the devaluation...a standard Ritz room typically is hovering around our breakfast price for a single stay. The swap for a free room vs. breakfast is clearly a deval.
If you enjoy a leisure (retired) life like you described, you should be able to manage the $75,000 spending without any problem. I probably do that too. So we do not have to lament the devaluation. We can't live in yesteryear. A lot of good things die.
#2337
My statement closed more than 2 weeks ago with over $4000 spending, but no FN deposited to my account.
I did see the total points went up but it is not shown in Activity tab. (which is the same behavior for my AMEX card and one recent stay.)
I suspect Marriott IT is delaying posting the FN since the cert is now "up to 60k" instead of Tier 1-4 which Chase sent.
I did see the total points went up but it is not shown in Activity tab. (which is the same behavior for my AMEX card and one recent stay.)
I suspect Marriott IT is delaying posting the FN since the cert is now "up to 60k" instead of Tier 1-4 which Chase sent.
Some of the info is missing on the Marriott side, particularly with the SPG stays. You may see the total points up, but no activity reported. Nothing we can do about it.
#2338
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 483
$55 bucks is great for sure, but is paltry compared to the previous benefit (if you actually travel some). Just as an example, when my wife and I were recently on a 7 night vacation, the charge for the breakfast buffet was approximately ~$30 pp. We received that for free for 2 people. So 6 breakfasts @ $30 X 2 = $360. That was just one trip. We do many each year. Do the math related to the devaluation...a standard Ritz room typically is hovering around our breakfast price for a single stay. The swap for a free room vs. breakfast is clearly a deval.
#2339
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 8
Ritz Carlton replacement cards are now cheap metal plastics.
I had them send me a secondary card for an authorized user and now they send the cheap CSP metal plastic card.
I think Chase is cutting costs, making a super premium card is costing them money.
I voiced my opinion to them and what utter garbage the whole situation is, they said I am not the only person, other people voiced the same concerns, especially coming from a hefty card to a cheap plastic card...
I had them send me a secondary card for an authorized user and now they send the cheap CSP metal plastic card.
I think Chase is cutting costs, making a super premium card is costing them money.
I voiced my opinion to them and what utter garbage the whole situation is, they said I am not the only person, other people voiced the same concerns, especially coming from a hefty card to a cheap plastic card...
#2340
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,749
Or they depleted their stock of the normal heavy metal Ritz cards and didn't see the point in spending the extra money to reorder them for a card that isn't open to new applications anymore. I'd be slightly annoyed too, but I fully get why Chase would do it.