Earn up to 100,000 points on the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card
Jul 17, 2019, 4:05 pm
#17
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,896
No. You normally get 2 points per dollar, plus whatever bonus for dining, Marriott charges, etc. The offer is for every $25k spent, you get an extra 25k on top of the regular points.
Jul 17, 2019, 4:42 pm
#18
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: MSP/DFW
Programs: Priority Club PLT, Marriott Titanium, AA EXP
Posts: 480
Right, but these are indeed Marriott Rewards points, yes? Unless this spend is pretty much all at Marriott properties, it's still an awful return on that amount of spend. Let's say someone spent $100k, and $25k was spent at Marriott, and the other $75k was split amongst regular spend at 2x points and dining/airfare at 3x points. You would end up with 337,500 + 100,000= 437,500 Marriott Points for spending $100k. In most cases, that's an awful return on spend.
Jul 17, 2019, 4:48 pm
#19
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,896
Yes some would rather get $2000 cashback on $100k spent.
The points valuation has already been hashed out over the past year. Some people can get more value from points. Earning 3x MR points is similar to what the old SPG card earned.
If you really earned 437k you could get 8-10 nights at a category 5 property in Europe that goes for 350-400 euro.
The points valuation has already been hashed out over the past year. Some people can get more value from points. Earning 3x MR points is similar to what the old SPG card earned.
If you really earned 437k you could get 8-10 nights at a category 5 property in Europe that goes for 350-400 euro.
Last edited by rrgg; Jul 17, 2019 at 5:47 pm
Dec 31, 2019, 9:19 am
#21
Join Date: Aug 2007
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 1,079
