Jan 8, 2022, 5:58 pm
Last edit by: rrgg
The Ritz-Carlton Rewards VISA Infinite card was closed for applications in July 2018. The only way to obtain the Ritz card now is to Product Change from a Chase Bonvoy Bountiful or Boundless card, which must be open for a full year to be eligible for Product Change. Upgrades from free Chase Bonvoy Bold will not succeed UNLESS (a) the Bold card was obtained as a downgrade from another Chase Bonvoy card, (b) Or if you convert Bold to Boundless or Bountiful before switching once more to Ritz-Carlton within a few days of the product change (reports here)
Previous thread is here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chas...16-2021-a.html
Ritz card information still available on the Chase SITE.
Feature Summary:
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.
AS upgrades from coach to premium coach or first work.
Frequent Miler has a collection of data points of what has worked in the past. Link
Previous thread is here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chas...16-2021-a.html
Ritz card information still available on the Chase SITE.
Feature Summary:
- Annual fee of $450 NOT waived.
- 6 Marriott points per dollar at Marriott properties, including former Starwood and Ritz-Carltons.
- 3 Marriott points per dollar at restaurants, car rental companies and airline tickets purchased directly from airlines
- 2 Marriott 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 85,000 MRs.
- Automatic Marriott Gold Status.
- Marriott Platinum Status after $75,000 card spending in a card-member year.
- $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." This does not happen automatically. It must be requested by phone or by private message.
- 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. Use code Z34 to check for price; Z38 is club upgrade code and can only be booked by phone
- 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.
AS upgrades from coach to premium coach or first work.
Frequent Miler has a collection of data points of what has worked in the past. Link
Ritz-Carlton VISA Infinite. Available by PC from Bountiful/Boundless. Refreshed 09.22
Jan 29, 2023, 3:40 am
#451
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I had problems doing so from 2015 to 2017, and did not want to lie.
Jan 29, 2023, 12:12 pm
#452
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Offer Details
3 Free Night Awards After You Spend $3,000 On Purchases In The First 3 Months From Account Opening:
This credit card is not available to you if (1) you currently have any of the following cards or (2) you received a new cardmember bonus for any of the following cards within the last 24 months: Marriott Bonvoy® Premier credit card, Marriott Rewards® Premier credit card, Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® credit card, Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus credit card, Marriott Bonvoy Bold® credit card.I thought the Marriott Premier credit card is the old one with $85 fee?
That's good to know. Do you get a different account number or everything stays the same except the card?
Jan 29, 2023, 6:26 pm
#453
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: ATL, BHM, DUB, County Wexford
Programs: DL DM, AA ExPlt, Diamond HH, HY, BW, & Titanium Elite Marriott
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Feb 2, 2023, 10:37 am
#454
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 30
Hi,
I have had the ritz card for 10 years and had a couple questions if someone can help. Haven't travelled much last couple years due to Covid.
1. I upgraded a relatives flight last May just to use the credit since I wasn't flying anywhere in 2022. I forgot the credit isn't automatic and did not manually request it until now. I am being told I can only request credit for the last 4 billing cycles and they can't go back further than that. Is that true? Any way to get the credit from May 2022?
2. I just received a new set of cards this month. I have always had the metal cards and the new cards are plastic. Did they get rid of the metal cards entirely or is there still a way to get it?
I have had the ritz card for 10 years and had a couple questions if someone can help. Haven't travelled much last couple years due to Covid.
1. I upgraded a relatives flight last May just to use the credit since I wasn't flying anywhere in 2022. I forgot the credit isn't automatic and did not manually request it until now. I am being told I can only request credit for the last 4 billing cycles and they can't go back further than that. Is that true? Any way to get the credit from May 2022?
2. I just received a new set of cards this month. I have always had the metal cards and the new cards are plastic. Did they get rid of the metal cards entirely or is there still a way to get it?
Feb 2, 2023, 11:15 am
#455
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 53
Hi,
I have had the ritz card for 10 years and had a couple questions if someone can help. Haven't travelled much last couple years due to Covid.
1. I upgraded a relatives flight last May just to use the credit since I wasn't flying anywhere in 2022. I forgot the credit isn't automatic and did not manually request it until now. I am being told I can only request credit for the last 4 billing cycles and they can't go back further than that. Is that true? Any way to get the credit from May 2022?
2. I just received a new set of cards this month. I have always had the metal cards and the new cards are plastic. Did they get rid of the metal cards entirely or is there still a way to get it?
I have had the ritz card for 10 years and had a couple questions if someone can help. Haven't travelled much last couple years due to Covid.
1. I upgraded a relatives flight last May just to use the credit since I wasn't flying anywhere in 2022. I forgot the credit isn't automatic and did not manually request it until now. I am being told I can only request credit for the last 4 billing cycles and they can't go back further than that. Is that true? Any way to get the credit from May 2022?
2. I just received a new set of cards this month. I have always had the metal cards and the new cards are plastic. Did they get rid of the metal cards entirely or is there still a way to get it?
Here are the T&C for the $300 credit:To request a statement credit to apply towards qualifying airline incidental purchase(s) made with your Ritz-Carlton Credit Card, you must contact J.P. Morgan Priority Services at the number on the back of your Ritz-Carlton Credit Card within 4 billing cycles of the purchase date. 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. Purchases are when you, or an authorized user, use a Ritz-Carlton credit card to make purchases of products and services, minus returns or refunds. Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won’t count and won’t earn points: balance transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers or similar cash-like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable. We do not determine whether merchants correctly identify and bill transactions as being of a certain type. However, we do reserve the right to determine which purchases qualify for statement credits. Statement credit will post to your account within 5-7 business days and will appear on your monthly credit card billing statement within 1-2 billing cycles. Qualifying purchases made by authorized users on your account are eligible for statement credits; however, only the obligor on the account, not authorized users, may request statement credits. Maximum statement credit accumulation for this offer is $300 per calendar year. Annual credit will be issued for the calendar year in which the transaction posts to your account. For example, if you pay baggage fees at the end of 2018, and the airline does not post the transaction until 2019, the cost of the baggage fees will be allocated towards your 2019 calendar year maximum of $300. Marriott Bonvoy is not responsible for offer fulfillment or the provision of or a failure to provide the stated benefits and services.
Feb 3, 2023, 2:11 am
#456
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Plastic cards only
Hi,
I have had the ritz card for 10 years and had a couple questions if someone can help. Haven't travelled much last couple years due to Covid.
...
2. I just received a new set of cards this month. I have always had the metal cards and the new cards are plastic. Did they get rid of the metal cards entirely or is there still a way to get it?
I have had the ritz card for 10 years and had a couple questions if someone can help. Haven't travelled much last couple years due to Covid.
...
2. I just received a new set of cards this month. I have always had the metal cards and the new cards are plastic. Did they get rid of the metal cards entirely or is there still a way to get it?
*perhaps fortunately for those who actually carried the heavy cards in their wallet?
Feb 3, 2023, 1:14 pm
#458
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Feb 3, 2023, 5:29 pm
#460
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I guess you could request one and be told no. They haven't made the old heavy metal card in at least a couple years.
Feb 22, 2023, 5:47 pm
#463
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: SJC (AA PLT 2MM - Marriott LTT - Avis Preferred)
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I've kept both the RC and Boundless cards for some time now. Since points earning is similar on both, my main reason for keeping Boundless active is the FNC which I believe more than pays for the $95 AF. As LTT, I don't need elite night credits. Is there any downside to dropping the Boundless in my situation, other than being out a 35k FNC?
Feb 27, 2023, 3:18 am
#465
Join Date: Mar 2003
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I've kept both the RC and Boundless cards for some time now. Since points earning is similar on both, my main reason for keeping Boundless active is the FNC which I believe more than pays for the $95 AF. As LTT, I don't need elite night credits. Is there any downside to dropping the Boundless in my situation, other than being out a 35k FNC?
also
I received the 5x 50k FNC bonus but I don’t have plat status and my nights will expire in august so I have to get moving… any thoughts on getting plat status or should I just stay at any number of the growing number of Marriott chains that don’t offer bft to use the cc.