Nuhusky

zagguru

Will it not work for resort fees?

Nuhusky

escapefromphl

Both myself and spouse have the100K upgrade offer for our SPG cards (I assume everyone gets it). I was considering cancelling both of our SPG cards but for 100K points might make sense. I assume if I upgrade before account anniversary would I get the 50K cert on the anniversary and not the 35K cert?

Intl359Widget

From what I can see this rate does not work on basic room at a RC in Chengdu or Bangkok but to the next category which makes it a bit more expensive imho.

I do not think it will work on resort fees per the Rate Details at 2 different RCs that I looked into.

Rate Details:
The Ritz-Carlton Rewards Credit Card 100 (USD) Credit
-Guest must stay at least 2 nights and pay the retail rate in
order to receive the 100 (USD) credit
-The credit can only be used on Dining, Spa Services, or other
on-property recreational activities (hotel services i.e. golf
or watersports, managed by the property - not a third party)
-Credit must be used during the original reservation and is not
valid on consecutive reservations in the same hotel
-The credit cannot be applied toward the room rate and is not
valid on alcohol, taxes, gratuities or any hotel service
provided by a third party
-There will be no refund issued on any un-used portion of the
credit. It is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any
other offer or promotion. It does not apply to packages,
discounts, negotiated or group rates, STARS, FHR/Centurion,
Virtuoso, Signature or Ritz-Carlton Club Members and Resident
Owner offers booked through HRS
-Guest must pay for their stay with their Ritz-Carlton Rewards
Credit Card

It doesn't seem promising so far unless someone else is paying for the room.

zymm

Maybe it's just poorly written, but when I was checking the benefit terms just now to see when the 15 nights are supposed to post, the 15 nights were only listed under a section headed 'For accounts opened after 01/01/19'

Did they strip this benefit from older accounts or am I being paranoid?

vincewy

Any data point on having regular personal Bonvoy card recently and still being able to get Brilliant Luxury card w/ 100K bonus? I'm not looking at upgrade, but want another personal Marriott card.

I know if you have (or had recently) any of the personal Marriott cards from Chase you're SOL.

Intl359Widget

Zorak

Huh, interesting. However if I click on Benefits while logged in to my AMEX account and then click "Learn More" I get this page:

https://global.americanexpress.com/c...e-night-credit

which I believe requires a login, but it says at the top: "Coming in 2019: Each calendar year you can receive credit for 15 nights towards the next level of Marriott Bonvoy Elite status. Limit one 15 Elite Night Credit per Marriott Bonvoy member. Benefit is not exclusive to Cards offered by American Express. Terms apply.‡"

and then in the footnote it has the same identical language as on the public benefit terms page.

So I think this is just sloppy copywriting, and the "for cards opened after 1/1/2019" is just a modifier of the first paragraph as a blanket policy. The public page *used* to have language about cards opened before 1/1/2019 and someone probably thought they were being clever by removing that paragraph since it's no longer possible to open a new account before 1/1/2019.

If they were stripping it from older cards you would think they would have made a much bigger announcement (and ensuing outcry...)

Same -- I got the upgrade offer, and then the new card offer, so I did them both (new card first) in the latter half of 2018.

vincewy

Not sure if one is allowed to hang on to 2 identical cards but I only want 1 luxury and 1 regular. Without 100K offer I would not have considered this before April 24th, since a huge chunk of my spend would be traveling (at least 4K) and I'd be looking at opportunity cost of 12K TY points from Citi (subsequently miles) out of the 5K spend.

zagguru

My question is, I already have a Brilliant card, as well as regular Bonvoy card. Has anyone had a similar situation and gotten targeted offer to upgrade the Bovoy card for 100k?

controller1

The rate code is needed. As far as the rate not negating the value of the credit.... I love your wishful thinking!

Zorak

I've had two Lux (now Brilliant) cards for over 4 months.

vincewy

Looks like you've just answered my question. The reply earlier also answered your question.

I can see why all bloggers recommend against getting Chase Marriott, not only are you taking up 1 of the 5/24 slots (if you're on Chase bandwagon), you're also locked out of multiple AmEx Bonvoy card offers.

High Technology

As someone who had an AMEX card of some sort for about 30 years, each year they get less and less organized. I know AMEX went from a luxury brand to a mainstream brand, but not having the card design ready to go Day 1 is just stupid. Mine arrived today via UPS, and if had come from MR instead of SPG (and wasn't a frequent visitor here), I might have asked what the heck is SPG and why did they send me a different card?

Poor marketing and branding, for which there is no excuse IMHO...

Oh, and upon application I asked for the instant card number -- the AMEX site reported it was having an issue and couldn't provide it. They did say the'd post a $60 credit though, which I see they did when I registered the card (that's actually better in my opinion)!

By the way, for those with other AMEX cards, they took about $10K from my $30k limit on my Delta Gold card and gave me a $21k limit on this card. I really don't care as I only maintain the Delta card so I can spend my Skypesos as pennies against fares, so maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but they appear to have pulled from the least used card. I guess if asked I would have told them to take from the regular SPG card since I wasn't offered the upgrade so I did a fresh app (and plan to discontinue the regular SPG card shortly). It's only slightly offensive to me that they did this because I've had 30 years with them, never paid late and have an 800+ credit score. But since the Great Recession, Amex has been a very different animal...