Aug 11, 2016, 1:33 pm
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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 PRIVÉ 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)
Mar 10, 2019, 1:41 pm
#2986
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 79
Pretty similar here, been Platinum based on $10k spend for a couple years. I emailed Lurker and last week when my status bumped down to gold. She forwarded my info on but so far no change, still gold. After reading some posts from others in this forum, not expecting to get a bump back up but we'll see.
Mar 10, 2019, 6:19 pm
#2987
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 39
Mar 11, 2019, 7:22 am
#2988
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: RIC
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Delta Plat, Bonvoy Platinum, Honors Diamond, WOH Globalist
Posts: 126
So I'm about to use the "club level upgrade" from the RC card for the first time; we're going to the RC Laguna Niguel for Spring Break. Marriott has two promos running right now, and I've signed up for both of them (and they appear in my Promotions section on the web site). One is for double elite nights for every paid stay, the other is for double points starting with your second paid stay. I'm trying to develop the best strategy, as this will be our most expensive hotel stay of the year, by far (everything else is with points or lower end hotels). Questions/thoughts:
1. Are these promos stackable? Can our 4 day stay count for 8 elite nights and get double points?
2. Does it make sense to book a cheap one night stay before this trip? That first stay would be paid trip number 1, and now our RC stay would be paid stay number 2 and qualify for double points.
Thanks for any advice you may have. This is my first year with the RC card; trying to decide by August whether to renew. While it's a pain to call or SM to get travel credits so far it has worked well, with no denials.
1. Are these promos stackable? Can our 4 day stay count for 8 elite nights and get double points?
2. Does it make sense to book a cheap one night stay before this trip? That first stay would be paid trip number 1, and now our RC stay would be paid stay number 2 and qualify for double points.
Thanks for any advice you may have. This is my first year with the RC card; trying to decide by August whether to renew. While it's a pain to call or SM to get travel credits so far it has worked well, with no denials.
Mar 11, 2019, 10:32 am
#2989
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: DL PM; IHG PlatAmb; Hilton Dia; Marriott Plat; Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 7,320
So I'm about to use the "club level upgrade" from the RC card for the first time; we're going to the RC Laguna Niguel for Spring Break. Marriott has two promos running right now, and I've signed up for both of them (and they appear in my Promotions section on the web site). One is for double elite nights for every paid stay, the other is for double points starting with your second paid stay. I'm trying to develop the best strategy, as this will be our most expensive hotel stay of the year, by far (everything else is with points or lower end hotels). Questions/thoughts:
1. Are these promos stackable? Can our 4 day stay count for 8 elite nights and get double points?
2. Does it make sense to book a cheap one night stay before this trip? That first stay would be paid trip number 1, and now our RC stay would be paid stay number 2 and qualify for double points.
Thanks for any advice you may have. This is my first year with the RC card; trying to decide by August whether to renew. While it's a pain to call or SM to get travel credits so far it has worked well, with no denials.
1. Are these promos stackable? Can our 4 day stay count for 8 elite nights and get double points?
2. Does it make sense to book a cheap one night stay before this trip? That first stay would be paid trip number 1, and now our RC stay would be paid stay number 2 and qualify for double points.
Thanks for any advice you may have. This is my first year with the RC card; trying to decide by August whether to renew. While it's a pain to call or SM to get travel credits so far it has worked well, with no denials.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...ter-5-mar.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...ry-2019-a.html
Mar 11, 2019, 1:50 pm
#2990
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
Posts: 937
Do this! I'm in a similar situation with Ritz Cancun later this month. I just booked a throwaway night at a local Courtyard for $63.00 to make sure we get the double points on the Ritz stay.
Mar 11, 2019, 5:04 pm
#2991
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SJC
Programs: AAdvantage 2MM+ Lifetime PLT; BA, CO, UA, US; SPG; HHonors Gold
Posts: 757
Mar 11, 2019, 5:27 pm
#2992
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NGS
Programs: UA Silver, ANA MC, HH Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist, Bonvoy Plat, IHG Plat, Shangri-La GC, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,233
I had the same experience at RC Kyoto in late-February. The Marriott app showed my status as Platinum (since downgraded to Gold despite having spent 10k+ on the RC card in 1H2018), but the hotel's records nonetheless had me as Gold for the duration of the stay. You may be on to something with this thought that Marriott and RC databases aren't quite integrated yet either, among all the other post-merger issues members are having to suffer.
I'll be moving all my future 2019 stays over to Hilton until (if at all?) Marriott can fix this status discrepancy.
I'll be moving all my future 2019 stays over to Hilton until (if at all?) Marriott can fix this status discrepancy.
Mar 11, 2019, 9:16 pm
#2993
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: IHG platinum
Posts: 21
Does anyone know if the Ritz Carlton card still gives double elite night credit when using it to pay for Ritz stay? I can't find anywhere mentioning if this benefit stayed or gone .
Mar 12, 2019, 8:24 am
#2994
Join Date: Nov 2015
Programs: DL, Marriott & IHG Platty; HH Diamonte
Posts: 861
Glad to see the status restorations are rolling out! Really nice to see things be handled the right way. Mine isn't restored yet, but I'll probably need to just give it a little time.
Excellent job @Marriott Bonvoy Lurker II and Marriott!
Excellent job @Marriott Bonvoy Lurker II and Marriott!
Mar 12, 2019, 9:18 am
#2995
Join Date: Nov 2015
Programs: DL, Marriott & IHG Platty; HH Diamonte
Posts: 861
Re downgrade from Platinum Elite to Gold...I have had the Ritz Chase card for at least 3 years and always have qualified for old Gold/ new Platinum Elite based on spending, not nights. Last week both the app and website starting showing me as Gold. I contacted the Lurker March 5 via the email and they said they would forward my request to the right department. As luck would have it, i was booked at the Westin Hapuna Resort in Hawaii starting March 8. Lurker said they would contact the hotel for me to let them know about my status issue. They did not say one way or another whether my status would be restored, just that they would send on my request. I arrived at the Westin Hapuna who didnt know anything about any of this, just that I was listed as Gold. They said they would give me Platinum breakfast vouchers if I could get my status restored. I called Marriott, and talked to 2 customer service reps the second more senior one being very very definite that minimum spend would no longer get you Platinum, only nights will, and that he has been telling callers this all day and so, my Platinum status will not be restored. On all the online chatter about this issue, I have not seen anyone with this outcome. Anyone else???? It's possible I missed some new developments on this issue in the last day or so since I am on vacation. Thanks for any wisdom anyone might have.
sari75: PM
Last edited by pharmawalk; Mar 12, 2019 at 11:03 am
Mar 12, 2019, 8:22 pm
#2996
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 1,084
got bumped back to platinum elite (was plat due to $10k spend on ritz card pre merger). my united silver is gone, however.
Mar 12, 2019, 9:35 pm
#2997
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: Kettle Class
Posts: 796
I don't believe I was given a room upgrade, which did not take away from the overall experience of the hotel (great). The service at the RC Kyoto is impeccable so I had a good stay, but I don't think Plats really get much in terms of elite benefits at an RC property officially. I did not ask for or require a late check-out.
Mar 12, 2019, 10:06 pm
#2998
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NGS
Programs: UA Silver, ANA MC, HH Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist, Bonvoy Plat, IHG Plat, Shangri-La GC, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,233
I don't believe I was given a room upgrade, which did not take away from the overall experience of the hotel (great). The service at the RC Kyoto is impeccable so I had a good stay, but I don't think Plats really get much in terms of elite benefits at an RC property officially. I did not ask for or require a late check-out.
Mar 12, 2019, 11:49 pm
#2999
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SFO/YYZ
Programs: AC 25K, AS MVP Gold, BA Bronze, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,469
I don't believe I was given a room upgrade, which did not take away from the overall experience of the hotel (great). The service at the RC Kyoto is impeccable so I had a good stay, but I don't think Plats really get much in terms of elite benefits at an RC property officially. I did not ask for or require a late check-out.
Mar 13, 2019, 3:51 am
#3000
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NGS
Programs: UA Silver, ANA MC, HH Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist, Bonvoy Plat, IHG Plat, Shangri-La GC, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,233