AmEx Bonvoy Brilliant Luxury Card [General Discussion Thread]
#391
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: SEA/NYC/IAD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 1,901
#392
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 512
I posted this a month ago though maybe there's a more recent data point.
#393
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 244
I currently have the SPG personal card (had it for a long time) and my AF hit last month. I have decided to pay the AF and keep it for at least one more year. As I mentioned in my earlier post, since I am paying $95 does it make sense to upgrade to the luxury card, w/o a hard pull, and get 100,000 points for an effective additional $55. I do not want a hard pull on my credit so wanted to be absolutely sure that the upgrade wouldn't trigger one before I seriously considered the upgrade. No I don't plan to have both.
#394
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 107
I currently have the SPG personal card (had it for a long time) and my AF hit last month. I have decided to pay the AF and keep it for at least one more year. As I mentioned in my earlier post, since I am paying $95 does it make sense to upgrade to the luxury card, w/o a hard pull, and get 100,000 points for an effective additional $55. I do not want a hard pull on my credit so wanted to be absolutely sure that the upgrade wouldn't trigger one before I seriously considered the upgrade. No I don't plan to have both.
#397
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, Mlife Plat, Caesars Diam, Marriott Tit, UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, invol FT beta tester
Posts: 18,819
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...-0#offer-terms
"Please note, Additional Card Members are not eligible for membership."
#398
Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: McKinney, TX, USA
Programs: United Silver; AA Plat/2MM; Marriott LT Titanium; IHG Plat; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 11,721
#400
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Bay Area - East Bay
Programs: UA 1k, AS 75k, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 633
Has anyone tried stacking one of the Marriott AMEX offers with the $300 credit? I have the $100 off $500 RC offer added to my card, and I just upgraded, so if I spend the $500 would it still trigger the offer? Seems like it should, but I'm never certain about these things!
#401
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 158
Yes, my post around Labor Day is an example.
#402
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: SoCal, CA
Programs: AA 1MM GO, SW A-List
Posts: 53
Update: Just upgraded my card (spg to spg luxury), I got the original offer of 100k for $5K spend in 3 months which got downgraded to 15k for $1k recently online.
I just needed to mention that I got the original offer email plus had to tell them the promotional code listed. The promotional code is only valid for those that received the invitational email. So if you got that and use that code you will be good to go, my offer expired at 10/31. I know some people who got physical mailers offering 150k and those were also private invitation mailers w/ codes with expiration date of the end of the year.
So they honored the original deal, they say the upgrade takes immediately so now just need to spend going into the holiday season now!
I just needed to mention that I got the original offer email plus had to tell them the promotional code listed. The promotional code is only valid for those that received the invitational email. So if you got that and use that code you will be good to go, my offer expired at 10/31. I know some people who got physical mailers offering 150k and those were also private invitation mailers w/ codes with expiration date of the end of the year.
So they honored the original deal, they say the upgrade takes immediately so now just need to spend going into the holiday season now!
#403
Join Date: Apr 2003
Programs: B6 Mosaic, Bonvoy LT Titanium (x SPG LT), IHG Spire, UA Silver
Posts: 5,834
#404
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 595
Managed to snag this card in August during the three day window. I will be staying at a Marriott resort over the NYE holiday 12/29 - 1/3. My question is about the $300 travel credit. Since I received the card in August I am slightly confused about the credit, especially since my trip is planned for the end of the year...do I have to redeem the $300 credit by 12/31/18 and then it will reset again on 1/1/19?
#405
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 107
Managed to snag this card in August during the three day window. I will be staying at a Marriott resort over the NYE holiday 12/29 - 1/3. My question is about the $300 travel credit. Since I received the card in August I am slightly confused about the credit, especially since my trip is planned for the end of the year...do I have to redeem the $300 credit by 12/31/18 and then it will reset again on 1/1/19?