AmEx Bonvoy Brilliant Luxury Card [General Discussion Thread]
Aug 27, 2019, 10:13 pm
#961
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 512
Got the same email. But not planning to stay before end of December .... any Bonvoy Rates that are pre-paid but fully refundable? Hilton has some that charge 50% upfront but not sure about Bonvoy ... not sure about keeping the card and $25 is just one more argument to keep it another year
Aug 29, 2019, 5:47 pm
#962
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: American Airlines Plat Pro, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 207
Does anyone know how the $100 "Luxury Rate" credits at St Regis and Ritz-Carlton are assigned? My wife has the card; I'm an authorized user, and we both have Marriott accounts. For a two-night stay, is there any way we could get the credit for two nights, by making two separate reservations (one per account) for the stay? Or if both accounts are using the same card, are we limited to only using it once?
Aug 29, 2019, 6:22 pm
#963
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
Does anyone know how the $100 "Luxury Rate" credits at St Regis and Ritz-Carlton are assigned? My wife has the card; I'm an authorized user, and we both have Marriott accounts. For a two-night stay, is there any way we could get the credit for two nights, by making two separate reservations (one per account) for the stay? Or if both accounts are using the same card, are we limited to only using it once?
If you have different reservations that are under 2 different persons names and using totally different Luxury Cards, each booked under the Luxury Rate, I supposed they might allow you to get it for both nights.
And then I hope they cancel one of your cards or otherwise penalize you for abusing a rate that is sometimes quite useful for the rest of us. Actions like you are suggesting that abuse a benefit are part of the reason we often lose such nice benefits.
Aug 29, 2019, 6:44 pm
#964
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: La Jolla, CA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Lifetime Titanium, Delta Plat, Hilton Diamond , Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,615
The $100 credit is per stay.
If you have different reservations that are under 2 different persons names and using totally different Luxury Cards, each booked under the Luxury Rate, I supposed they might allow you to get it for both nights.
And then I hope they cancel one of your cards or otherwise penalize you for abusing a rate that is sometimes quite useful for the rest of us. Actions like you are suggesting that abuse a benefit are part of the reason we often lose such nice benefits.
If you have different reservations that are under 2 different persons names and using totally different Luxury Cards, each booked under the Luxury Rate, I supposed they might allow you to get it for both nights.
And then I hope they cancel one of your cards or otherwise penalize you for abusing a rate that is sometimes quite useful for the rest of us. Actions like you are suggesting that abuse a benefit are part of the reason we often lose such nice benefits.
Aug 29, 2019, 6:50 pm
#965
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,215
Aug 29, 2019, 6:51 pm
#966
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
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But I still think it's an abuse of the stay credit.
Aug 30, 2019, 3:24 am
#967
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 78
I already have the Plat and Gold and they have Amex offers too, so I rarely check the Amex offer for this Bonvoy card.
Aug 30, 2019, 9:46 am
#968
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 2
I've just had my anniversary, but the AF hasn't hit yet. I tried chatting with Amex to no avail, trying to find out when the $300 credit resets. Do we know if it's possible to use the credit, and cancel the card towards the end of the grace period after the AF hits?
Aug 30, 2019, 10:25 am
#969
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, HH Gold, AA Lifetime Gold, United Silver, BA Gold
Posts: 864
2 different cards, 2 different reservations and 2 different people booking it.
The rules say 2 night minimum.
How in the world is that abuse?
What they are doing here is called "Playing by the rules"
Aug 30, 2019, 10:29 am
#970
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
I originally thought it was 2 x 1 night stays to get $200 in credits, but I realize now that wouldn't be eligible. (So that latter scenario would've been abuse after all haha.)
Last edited by bhrubin; Aug 30, 2019 at 10:38 am
Aug 30, 2019, 10:31 am
#971
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: LAX
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, AA Lifetime Gold, UA Premier Silver
Posts: 188
The most recent offers I've taken advantage of are...
Marriott - Spend $200 get $40 back.
TV, Internet, Phone - Get 10% back up to $15 when you use the card to pay your bill.
Il Fornaio -- Spend $100 get $20 back.
Salt Creek Grille - Spend $75 get $15 back.
eBags - Spend $100 get $20 back.
Aug 30, 2019, 11:07 am
#972
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Posts: 295
I found out that most offers are overlapped except extra MR offers. You can only register one card if they are duplicated. Since I don't have time to compare the minor differences between 74/85/87/... offers I got, I usually just put Marriott offer to Brilliant, Hilton to Aspire and rest to MR cards.
Aug 30, 2019, 12:18 pm
#973
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,215
I don't carry the Plat or Gold so I don't know which Brilliant offers might or might not be duplicated on those cards.
The most recent offers I've taken advantage of are...
Marriott - Spend $200 get $40 back.
TV, Internet, Phone - Get 10% back up to $15 when you use the card to pay your bill.
Il Fornaio -- Spend $100 get $20 back.
Salt Creek Grille - Spend $75 get $15 back.
eBags - Spend $100 get $20 back.
The most recent offers I've taken advantage of are...
Marriott - Spend $200 get $40 back.
TV, Internet, Phone - Get 10% back up to $15 when you use the card to pay your bill.
Il Fornaio -- Spend $100 get $20 back.
Salt Creek Grille - Spend $75 get $15 back.
eBags - Spend $100 get $20 back.
Aug 30, 2019, 11:40 pm
#974
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 275
Actually that's what I read the question too. I think morphogencc is asking about 2x1 nights. I will caution him that in that case, he likely won't get any credit at all.
Sep 3, 2019, 10:52 am
#975
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 244
I have had the SPG personal Amex for 10 years now and was seriously considering closing this account. (I have hardly used the card for the last year, as most of my spend is going on Citi Prestige and Chase Sapphire Reserve - I am keeping both for now) . My AF will post in a couple of weeks. I called the retention line today and wasn't expecting anything based on DPs, and also since I had received an offer last March, but after some back and forth, I was offered 30,000 points for $3,000 spend in 90 days - so I took it. I was looking through Amex offers online and my account has an upgrade offer to Luxury card as well - 50,000 points for $2,500 spend (understand there have been much better offers in the past). It got me reconsidering upgrading to the Luxury card. If I choose to upgrade will the $3,000 spend from retention offer also apply to the upgrade? So, basically spend $3000 for 80,000 points. Anyone has or seen any DPs where this has worked? Also, if I upgrade now before the AF posts will I get the 35,000 or 50,000 point free night certificate? Any thoughts/DP's appreciated!