It's already November 15 in Japan. I hope this works out for you.

The AA terms are pretty specific and mention 11:59pm CT November 14, so I should be OK.

But I won't feel totally safe until I see those bonus points hit.

Just booked the 270K package for 152k UA miles ^_^

Cert issued instantly, they said points will be transferred in 1-3 days. I never fly Southwest and don't have a companion so I skipped the CP, and am pretty excited to use these UA miles for somewhere cool.

Never mind. thought the website was already showing the bonus.

Did the UA 20% bonus post instantly? I'm bout the initiate a transfer in a couple of days

Already has cert in account but the site not recognizes it?
 

Ordered the Cat6 package yesterday morning.

Now went to make a booking to use the cert.

However the Marriott site does not recognize there is already an existing cert to be used. Instead it told me how much more pts needed for the reservation I want to make.

Also there is no button next to the cert that I think I have seen in the past that if you want to use the cert to make a booking you can click it.

IIRC if you have a cert existing, the site would ask you whether you want to use the cert (that is from the certs earned from Megabonus as well as the credit card free night cert experiences).

So you have to call Marriott again to make the hotel booking?!

Still waiting for mine and I ordered in October.

According to terms should be in January.

Just make the reservation yourself and message them asking for help in swapping in the certificate. Yes, it is a pain to not be able to do it yourself, but it is relatively easy.

You mean a total of 10 business days?

The Marriott rep said for AS it would take a week. However DPs from SPG forum it usually took just 2 days.

Redeemed on 11/14 2pm (time stamp of the confirmation email).

No miles in AS account yet on 11/16 morning.

just did the UA redemption. cert posted instantly in my acc

Marriott Travel Package to CP strategy
 

**Please note that I'm fairly new to all of this, so I'll apologize in advance, for too much or too little info and too many and/or dumb question!**

Got my CP for 2016-2017 in early 2016 thanks to Chase Southwest credit cards. I've been trying to put together a strategy to get it again in early 2018. I need to have bonuses to accomplish this.

A few facts
- My debt to credit ratio for revolving credit is about 5% and I have about $45,000 in available credit (I have no idea if this is a lot or not!)
- My average account age is only 4 years
-Originally, I applied for the Marriott Rewards Card for the 80K +7500 offer, but was declined because I am over 5/24. After more research, I applied for the SPG personal and business cards and received them over the last couple of weeks. Using my credit card to pay all bills that I can (excluding loans and mortgage), I average about $2000 spend a month on a credit card. If I were to pay loans and mortgage on the credit card, it would be about another $1500 a month (which I think would be about $37.50 in fees at 2.5%). I will be at 4/24 after May 2017.

So, here are my questions.

1. I was receiving targeted mail offers for 100K MR for Amex but have always just thrown them away because I was not aware of how they could get me to the CP. Will I still receive them now that I have Amex accounts? If so, what is the likelyhood of being approved for another Amex card (the 2 I have both have $10,000 limits).

2. If I were going to apply for Chase Marriott Reward visa in June, should I just forego the personal card and go straight for the business card to keep it off of my credit report (knowing that I'll be back to Chase Southwest in late 2019 for the sign-up bonuses)?

2a. I see a lot of posts about moving credit around on Chase cards and am wondering if this is something that I might need to do. Currently, I have an Chase Amazon reward visa from 2012 ($2200 limit), a SW Premier Personal ($5500 limit), a SW Plus Personal ($5500 limit) and a SW Premier Business ($10,000 limit). I also have a car loan with Chase. I am planning to close the SW personal cards and keep the business card in case I ever need to use the convenience check at 0% interest option.

3. I am worried about the SPG/Marriott merger affecting the travel packages, but indications seem to be that no changes will be made until 2018 regarding them. If they are still available, would I be able to cash in my points for a travel package with the SW points on 12/31 and have them post to Southwest a few days later in 2018?

4. Are there very obvious things that I'm missing?

2. CHASE business cards count towards 5/24 but you won't get denied for cards not covered under 5/24 (Hyatt, IHG, Marriott Business, etc) based solely on being over 5/24.........If you haven't had the Marriott BUSINESS signup bonus in the past 24 months ( I would give it 25 to be safe) you can apply for the Business card today.

If you got CP via credit card signups for 2016/17 you ( if the rules don't change and you are at 3/24 or lower come 2018) can go back for those cards 24 months after the bonus posted so in early to mid 2018 you could get the SW cards again and have 104K points towards CP for 2018/19.

From the Wiki

"If you can't use your certificate within the year, then as close to the one year anniversary (without going over!) call to extend the certificate for one more year. That's as long as they will typically allow, one extension."

I was wondering if anyone who has actually extended the certificate could tell me how it went.

Thanks

I have extended many times. Works exactly as advertised. Call Marriott rewards as close to the one year anniversary without going over a year. Ask for it to be extended. They extend it for one year from the day you call in.

Just that easy. Then I book and use the extended certificate within the year. I have never tried to extend it twice and would expect to hear a no if I asked.

Billy

Perfect, thanks. I am just throwing around ideas to get CP for 2018/19 ( should the CC route not work and TP route does) and I don't have any use for the 7 night stay until April of the following year so I wouldn't even have to cut the extension close.