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Link for upgrade offers: https://www.chase.com/chasegreatrewards/catchall
Offers reported as of 5/3:
10,000
20,000
Points are to be received after one purchase. Offer is good to yearend
Offers as of 10/9:
Chase is starting to increase offer to 50k, up from 20k and 10k. Check your in-boxes.
Offers reported as of 5/3:
10,000
20,000
Points are to be received after one purchase. Offer is good to yearend
Offers as of 10/9:
Chase is starting to increase offer to 50k, up from 20k and 10k. Check your in-boxes.
Chase Marriott Premier PLUS - post your upgrade offers
#166
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1MM, Marriott LTP, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,003
I will call them tomorrow to see if I am eligible. My anniversary night recently posted (Sept) and I have an active reservation with it, so even if the anniversary date were to move by a few months, that wouldn’t be a big deal. Not sure yet that I am going to keep this card in the long term anyway.
#167
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,935
If you can make "good enough" use of each cert each year at a hotel where the paid rate including tax* would more than the annual fee, you've come out ahead.
I call these types of cards "net negative annual fee" hotel cards. (These exist for Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, and Hilton, though in Hilton it's only in the case of a high-end card for which getting value is more complicated.)
* You do not pay any taxes on most free night stays. In a few cases, you may pay resort fees which are not taxes, or small flat local taxes which are assessed independent of the hotel rate. (I don't know if these exceptions apply in the Marriott program or not.)
Of course, there are several kinds of people for which these cards don't work as well:
1. People who don't do personal stays in chain hotels (costing at least this much) every year.
2. People who only want to stay in hotels that are excluded by the points cap (35000 points in the Plus case, 25000 points in the non-Plus case). In many areas, these points caps exclude most or all "full-service" hotels, in some other areas they don't. In most areas, these points caps do exclude most "luxury" hotels, of course. (I would think people who mostly stay in big city centers or at resorts might fall into this category, while people who often enough stay in suburbs or smaller towns are less likely to have a problem with these points caps.)
3. People who only want to use one hotel program even when they can make money by staying for "free" at another hotel program.
4. People who don't do the math and just "instinctively" balk at annual fees.
I call these types of cards "net negative annual fee" hotel cards. (These exist for Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, and Hilton, though in Hilton it's only in the case of a high-end card for which getting value is more complicated.)
* You do not pay any taxes on most free night stays. In a few cases, you may pay resort fees which are not taxes, or small flat local taxes which are assessed independent of the hotel rate. (I don't know if these exceptions apply in the Marriott program or not.)
Of course, there are several kinds of people for which these cards don't work as well:
1. People who don't do personal stays in chain hotels (costing at least this much) every year.
2. People who only want to stay in hotels that are excluded by the points cap (35000 points in the Plus case, 25000 points in the non-Plus case). In many areas, these points caps exclude most or all "full-service" hotels, in some other areas they don't. In most areas, these points caps do exclude most "luxury" hotels, of course. (I would think people who mostly stay in big city centers or at resorts might fall into this category, while people who often enough stay in suburbs or smaller towns are less likely to have a problem with these points caps.)
3. People who only want to use one hotel program even when they can make money by staying for "free" at another hotel program.
4. People who don't do the math and just "instinctively" balk at annual fees.
Last edited by sdsearch; Nov 6, 2018 at 3:55 pm
#168
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: Whoever Has the Best Bonus
Posts: 5,183
Has anyone upgraded shortly before their legacy 25k cert would have posted and then got a 35k cert on the legacy renewal date? I'm in the bucket that my cert is in December. I'd upgrade now if that cert would be a 35k cert. But so far been holding off if the worst case is that my next cert now comes in November of NEXT year (effectively skipping 11 months).
It seems that people end up with the cert on one annual schedule (staying the same) and the annual fee on a different annual schedule (moving based to when you upgrade) but still not 100% sure.
It seems that people end up with the cert on one annual schedule (staying the same) and the annual fee on a different annual schedule (moving based to when you upgrade) but still not 100% sure.
#169
Join Date: May 2016
Location: In btw SJC & SFO
Programs: Marriott Titanium & LTP, Hilton Diamond (Aspire card), Hyatt Globalist, UA Gold (almost free agent)
Posts: 510
I just upgraded a little two weeks ago after I got a few 20K and this 50K bonus offer emails and received congratulation email from Chase. I received the new card last week and have made spendings still no bonus points posting. Odd enough this morning I got the same Chase 50K offer again to persuade me to upgrade. So inefficient Chase marketing to say the least!
#170
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 56
After upgrading and receiving my new card, I made a purchase and received 10k bonus points (my original offer). Called Chase and was told it could take 6-8 weeks for the other 40k to post. A few days later my statement closed and included was an adjustment for the extra 40k. So all good for me.
#171
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 34
Shortly after my anniversary date in Sept., I was trying to decide if I should take the 10k offer or cancel my card and get the Premier Plus card and 75k bonus (w/ $3000 spend). I procrastinated and now I have the 50k offer. Just wondering if there's any advantage to accepting the offer now or waiting a while to see if they increase it.
#172
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,935
Shortly after my anniversary date in Sept., I was trying to decide if I should take the 10k offer or cancel my card and get the Premier Plus card and 75k bonus (w/ $3000 spend). I procrastinated and now I have the 50k offer. Just wondering if there's any advantage to accepting the offer now or waiting a while to see if they increase it.
Second, keep in mind that upgrading doesn't affect your 5/24 count, but closing and applying from scratch does.
#173
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 34
I'm well aware of 5/24. It's not an issue for me.
#174
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 34
Shortly after my anniversary date in Sept., I was trying to decide if I should take the 10k offer or cancel my card and get the Premier Plus card and 75k bonus (w/ $3000 spend). I procrastinated and now I have the 50k offer. Just wondering if there's any advantage to accepting the offer now or waiting a while to see if they increase it.
#175
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1MM, Marriott LTP, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,003
Can someone who received the PLUS card through this offer share how long it took for the card to arrive? Did they send it via regular mail or overnight? I upgraded 5 days ago and still no card, although the agent said that "I would receive the card in 3 -5 business days."
#176
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,935
The current offer requires the purchase to be done with the new card after you get it, and yet requires that purchase to be done by Dec 31. So it seems to me the offer is likely to either end or be extended or replaced before the end of the year, as it's pretty impossible to apply, say, on or after Christmas and be sure get the card in time to do a purchase on it by Mon Dec 31. But how long before, I can't guess.
#177
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA plt 2 mm, Marriott LTT, HH dia
Posts: 1,215
Can someone who received the PLUS card through this offer share how long it took for the card to arrive? Did they send it via regular mail or overnight? I upgraded 5 days ago and still no card, although the agent said that "I would receive the card in 3 -5 business days."
#178
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA plt 2 mm, Marriott LTT, HH dia
Posts: 1,215
If you can make "good enough" use of each cert each year at a hotel where the paid rate including tax* would more than the annual fee, you've come out ahead.
I call these types of cards "net negative annual fee" hotel cards. (These exist for Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, and Hilton, though in Hilton it's only in the case of a high-end card for which getting value is more complicated.)
* You do not pay any taxes on most free night stays. In a few cases, you may pay resort fees which are not taxes, or small flat local taxes which are assessed independent of the hotel rate. (I don't know if these exceptions apply in the Marriott program or not.)
Of course, there are several kinds of people for which these cards don't work as well:
1. People who don't do personal stays in chain hotels (costing at least this much) every year.
2. People who only want to stay in hotels that are excluded by the points cap (35000 points in the Plus case, 25000 points in the non-Plus case). In many areas, these points caps exclude most or all "full-service" hotels, in some other areas they don't. In most areas, these points caps do exclude most "luxury" hotels, of course. (I would think people who mostly stay in big city centers or at resorts might fall into this category, while people who often enough stay in suburbs or smaller towns are less likely to have a problem with these points caps.)
3. People who only want to use one hotel program even when they can make money by staying for "free" at another hotel program.
4. People who don't do the math and just "instinctively" balk at annual fees.
I call these types of cards "net negative annual fee" hotel cards. (These exist for Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, and Hilton, though in Hilton it's only in the case of a high-end card for which getting value is more complicated.)
* You do not pay any taxes on most free night stays. In a few cases, you may pay resort fees which are not taxes, or small flat local taxes which are assessed independent of the hotel rate. (I don't know if these exceptions apply in the Marriott program or not.)
Of course, there are several kinds of people for which these cards don't work as well:
1. People who don't do personal stays in chain hotels (costing at least this much) every year.
2. People who only want to stay in hotels that are excluded by the points cap (35000 points in the Plus case, 25000 points in the non-Plus case). In many areas, these points caps exclude most or all "full-service" hotels, in some other areas they don't. In most areas, these points caps do exclude most "luxury" hotels, of course. (I would think people who mostly stay in big city centers or at resorts might fall into this category, while people who often enough stay in suburbs or smaller towns are less likely to have a problem with these points caps.)
3. People who only want to use one hotel program even when they can make money by staying for "free" at another hotel program.
4. People who don't do the math and just "instinctively" balk at annual fees.
So for me, there are a lot of 'ifs' associated with determining whether the card is worth the annual fee or not. If I already have plans to stay in a hotel that qualifies for the certificate, and if I can use a certificate for that date, then it may be worth it. Otherwise, I would use points for the stay.
I appreciate this post from sdsearch because it recognizes that different people have different needs instead of criticizing someone for not spending all rewards points on travel. For me, there needs to be a convenient use of the reward for it to be worth it. If I have to go out of my way to redeem it, then it is best for me to get a different rewards card.
#179
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 34
The current offer requires the purchase to be done with the new card after you get it, and yet requires that purchase to be done by Dec 31. So it seems to me the offer is likely to either end or be extended or replaced before the end of the year, as it's pretty impossible to apply, say, on or after Christmas and be sure get the card in time to do a purchase on it by Mon Dec 31. But how long before, I can't guess.
#180
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: Whoever Has the Best Bonus
Posts: 5,183
The current offer requires the purchase to be done with the new card after you get it, and yet requires that purchase to be done by Dec 31. So it seems to me the offer is likely to either end or be extended or replaced before the end of the year, as it's pretty impossible to apply, say, on or after Christmas and be sure get the card in time to do a purchase on it by Mon Dec 31. But how long before, I can't guess.
While I have no direct experience with Chase in a similar situation with Amex I get all my SPG Luxury benefits even though I am using my old card.. and expect to not receive my Luxury card for a long time due to shortages at Amex (over a month now)