Aug 11, 2016, 1:33 pm
Last edit by: RedSun
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)
Oct 10, 2016, 10:58 pm
#421
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 3,720
As far as I can tell, there is NO fee for adding AUs, yeah? Do they get PP?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Oct 11, 2016, 11:56 am
#422
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 274
They will eventually show up in the same place. Mine just showed up today. Met spend a few weeks ago
Oct 11, 2016, 1:37 pm
#423
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
Oct 11, 2016, 7:36 pm
#424
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
is it possible to book a room with the $100 and the club certificates? or is it One or the other? Thanks
Oct 12, 2016, 5:42 am
#426
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
Oct 12, 2016, 8:19 pm
#427
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 401
So I was going through the T&C that came with my new Ritz card and noticed this one the Chase website:
"Each account anniversary year you make purchases totaling $10,000 or more, including during your first account anniversary year, you will qualify for Gold Elite Status through December 31 of the following year." (It also says the same thing concerning Platinum and a $75,000 spend)
In my case, I applied for this last month (September 2016) and already spent more than $80,000 on this. How I interpret the T&C, that means I should have Platinum status all the way until December 2017--effectively giving me ~14 months.
Would I be correct in assuming that if I waited until January 2017 to apply (and then met the same spend requirements), that I would have kept Platinum status all the way until December 2018--effectively giving me ~23 months?
If so, does this mean it would be best for applicants to only apply for this card in January in order to maximize the Gold/Platinum status achieved by spending $10,000/$75,000 during that first Account Anniversary Year?
"Each account anniversary year you make purchases totaling $10,000 or more, including during your first account anniversary year, you will qualify for Gold Elite Status through December 31 of the following year." (It also says the same thing concerning Platinum and a $75,000 spend)
In my case, I applied for this last month (September 2016) and already spent more than $80,000 on this. How I interpret the T&C, that means I should have Platinum status all the way until December 2017--effectively giving me ~14 months.
Would I be correct in assuming that if I waited until January 2017 to apply (and then met the same spend requirements), that I would have kept Platinum status all the way until December 2018--effectively giving me ~23 months?
If so, does this mean it would be best for applicants to only apply for this card in January in order to maximize the Gold/Platinum status achieved by spending $10,000/$75,000 during that first Account Anniversary Year?
Oct 13, 2016, 6:05 am
#429
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: MD/DC
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, TK Gold
Posts: 1,536
So I was going through the T&C that came with my new Ritz card and noticed this one the Chase website:
"Each account anniversary year you make purchases totaling $10,000 or more, including during your first account anniversary year, you will qualify for Gold Elite Status through December 31 of the following year." (It also says the same thing concerning Platinum and a $75,000 spend)
In my case, I applied for this last month (September 2016) and already spent more than $80,000 on this. How I interpret the T&C, that means I should have Platinum status all the way until December 2017--effectively giving me ~14 months.
Would I be correct in assuming that if I waited until January 2017 to apply (and then met the same spend requirements), that I would have kept Platinum status all the way until December 2018--effectively giving me ~23 months?
If so, does this mean it would be best for applicants to only apply for this card in January in order to maximize the Gold/Platinum status achieved by spending $10,000/$75,000 during that first Account Anniversary Year?
"Each account anniversary year you make purchases totaling $10,000 or more, including during your first account anniversary year, you will qualify for Gold Elite Status through December 31 of the following year." (It also says the same thing concerning Platinum and a $75,000 spend)
In my case, I applied for this last month (September 2016) and already spent more than $80,000 on this. How I interpret the T&C, that means I should have Platinum status all the way until December 2017--effectively giving me ~14 months.
Would I be correct in assuming that if I waited until January 2017 to apply (and then met the same spend requirements), that I would have kept Platinum status all the way until December 2018--effectively giving me ~23 months?
If so, does this mean it would be best for applicants to only apply for this card in January in order to maximize the Gold/Platinum status achieved by spending $10,000/$75,000 during that first Account Anniversary Year?
The way I read it, and they way I think it is implemented - the cut off point is the end of your card year. In your case the end of your card year will be September 2017, and the status will carry until December 2018*. That would be the case at least for the Gold status (which you get automatically in the first year), and the trigger for the second year status is the spend in the first year. I assume it would be the same for Platinum (though not know it for sure).
The downside of applying in January would be the "loss" of the double airline credit one can get in the first card year (as the airline credit is calendar year).
* effectively February 2019
Oct 13, 2016, 12:29 pm
#430
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
So I was going through the T&C that came with my new Ritz card and noticed this one the Chase website:
"Each account anniversary year you make purchases totaling $10,000 or more, including during your first account anniversary year, you will qualify for Gold Elite Status through December 31 of the following year." (It also says the same thing concerning Platinum and a $75,000 spend)
In my case, I applied for this last month (September 2016) and already spent more than $80,000 on this. How I interpret the T&C, that means I should have Platinum status all the way until December 2017--effectively giving me ~14 months.
Would I be correct in assuming that if I waited until January 2017 to apply (and then met the same spend requirements), that I would have kept Platinum status all the way until December 2018--effectively giving me ~23 months?
If so, does this mean it would be best for applicants to only apply for this card in January in order to maximize the Gold/Platinum status achieved by spending $10,000/$75,000 during that first Account Anniversary Year?
"Each account anniversary year you make purchases totaling $10,000 or more, including during your first account anniversary year, you will qualify for Gold Elite Status through December 31 of the following year." (It also says the same thing concerning Platinum and a $75,000 spend)
In my case, I applied for this last month (September 2016) and already spent more than $80,000 on this. How I interpret the T&C, that means I should have Platinum status all the way until December 2017--effectively giving me ~14 months.
Would I be correct in assuming that if I waited until January 2017 to apply (and then met the same spend requirements), that I would have kept Platinum status all the way until December 2018--effectively giving me ~23 months?
If so, does this mean it would be best for applicants to only apply for this card in January in order to maximize the Gold/Platinum status achieved by spending $10,000/$75,000 during that first Account Anniversary Year?
I'm still currently Platinum (even though I did NOT make the 75K spend last card member year), so expect to stay that way through the end of December at least, and likely through mid February when Marriott resets their statuses.
I think that you're likely correct that January is the best time to apply since you'd keep the benefit through the end of the following year. Also as MD/DC flyer mentioned, you'll want to apply late enough in January that you've got some use for the $300 credit right away in case you ever want to cancel the card.
Oct 13, 2016, 7:25 pm
#431
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: TOL
Programs: AA, Delta, Southwest, HHonors, Marriott
Posts: 24
Price Protection
I just received my card packet today and was reading through the card benefits. I have AMEX Platinum, and I believe it had this same benefit...but I never really thought twice about it. It mentioned Price Protection and states you can file a claim for the difference in price of an item 90 days after purchase. My question is, nothing seems to say that I cannot buy something now that I see on a Black Friday ad and file a claim. Assuming there is no rebate involved (because it lists that as an exclusion). Has anyone ever done this before?
Oct 13, 2016, 8:25 pm
#432
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,219
I just received my card packet today and was reading through the card benefits. I have AMEX Platinum, and I believe it had this same benefit...but I never really thought twice about it. It mentioned Price Protection and states you can file a claim for the difference in price of an item 90 days after purchase. My question is, nothing seems to say that I cannot buy something now that I see on a Black Friday ad and file a claim. Assuming there is no rebate involved (because it lists that as an exclusion). Has anyone ever done this before?
Also, welcome to FT RyanS107!
Oct 14, 2016, 6:49 am
#433
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: MD/DC
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, TK Gold
Posts: 1,536
I just received my card packet today and was reading through the card benefits. I have AMEX Platinum, and I believe it had this same benefit...but I never really thought twice about it. It mentioned Price Protection and states you can file a claim for the difference in price of an item 90 days after purchase. My question is, nothing seems to say that I cannot buy something now that I see on a Black Friday ad and file a claim. Assuming there is no rebate involved (because it lists that as an exclusion). Has anyone ever done this before?
They do read the terms very literally. But I did got the difference back.
Oct 14, 2016, 11:52 am
#434
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
I just received my card packet today and was reading through the card benefits. I have AMEX Platinum, and I believe it had this same benefit...but I never really thought twice about it. It mentioned Price Protection and states you can file a claim for the difference in price of an item 90 days after purchase. My question is, nothing seems to say that I cannot buy something now that I see on a Black Friday ad and file a claim. Assuming there is no rebate involved (because it lists that as an exclusion). Has anyone ever done this before?
I used citi price protection last week for some clothing an was pretty painless ^
Oct 14, 2016, 5:02 pm
#435
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: JFK
Programs: AA Platinum
Posts: 325
10/7: sent SM to lower credit limit to $1500
10/9: AF credit posted
Score.
10/9: AF credit posted
Score.