Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
The New Amex Marriott Bonvoy Cards + 60k Signup Bonus
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Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card
- Earn 65,000 Bonvoy points upon spending $3,000 in the first three months
- Earn an additional 30,000 Bonvoy points upon spending $20,000 in the first 12 months
- Plus, earn 15,000 Bonvoy points when you make a purchase between 15 and 17 months of Cardmembership.
- Also, receive an annual Free Night Award worth 35,000 Bonvoy points starting in your second year with the card
- Also, receive 15 elite-qualifying nights every year and automatic Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status
- Bonus Bonvoy points for referring family and friends
- Annual fee: $120
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For the annual free night. Since it is for 35,000 points, can you use it towards a higher category hotel that requires 60,000 points/night and just pay the difference using points?
Hi Arbitrage,
Unfortunately Marriott hasn’t been known to allow individuals to "upgrade" the free night certificates received from credit cards. If you have a certificate, you can always try calling and asking if it can be done, but I wouldn’t count on it.
I had the old SPG card and closed in early 2018. Applied for the new Bonvoy card, exceeded minimum spend requirement in the first billing cycle but did not receive the welcome bonus on the first statement. I only received points matching my spend. Any hope that I might receive the welcome bonus on the second statement or am I SOL?
Wondering if your points every showed up. I’ve read elsewhere that with the Amex Bonvoy, they may deny you the points if you "recently" had a sign up bonus on a different Bonvoy card. Not sure how legit that is. Anyway, would be curious to hear if your points appeared eventually.
There’s always a chance of the points showing up later (I’ve had this happen on more than one occasion on the old SPG products), but by the letter of the law you aren’t supposed to get the repeat bonuses again.
Thanks Ricky for another great post! Don’t know what we would do without your awesome site. I received this card in late Jan with the 50,000 points offer and just now requested a bump up to 60,000. It appears they are not going to offer the 60,000 to those who missed out as a goodwill gesture. 🙁 Here is their reply:
Good afternoon from American Express. I hope your day has been pleasant so far!
I am afraid to inform you that offer cannot be matched with new offers. System trigger the same offer which was available at the time of applying for the card.
We keep changing offers to our prospective card members and sometime we increase the points or sometime we decrease them as well. However, to ensure our card members receives what they applied for, we do not make changes to the offer they applied online and the same has been mentioned under Offer Terms.
We also reduce the offers at times. And even in such cases, we don’t reduce the offer already given to you because that’s been promised to you already. In the same manner, we don’t increase the offer and I hope you understand that
Plus, even if we were to change the offer on just your account, that won’t be fair to the other Card Members now, would it. We take pride in treating everyone equal.
I appreciate your understanding in this regard.
You are most welcome to contact us with any other query that you may have through live chat, over the call and secure message for further assistance.
Wish you a wonderful day!
Sincerely,
*****************
Email Servicing Team
American Express Customer Care
‘Twas worth a try!
I signed up for the personal SPG card early 2018 and cancelled late 2018. Anyone else apply for this card and get the points? Just confirming before signing up
Thanks Ricky great recap, always come to you to see what’s new out there.
If I already hold a Amex cobalt, which points are better for hotel stays? Is it worth switch from cobalt to this new card?
You’d have an unbeatable earn rate on food & drinks with the Cobalt (equivalent to 6 Bonvoy points per dollar spent), although the base-category earn rate is better with the Bonvoy cards (2 Bonvoy points per dollar spent vs. 1.2)
In my view, it’d be worth having both and using each where it’s advantageous, especially given the increased bonus on the Bonvoys at the moment.
Last year I self-referred from SPG personal to SPG Biz but did not get referral points. Upon inquiring I was advised by Amex that you cannot get referral points for self referral. Is this typically the case or was I just unlucky?
I’d say this was unfortunate on your part – most referral bonuses have been posting smoothly. I’ve had SPG referral points show up many months after the fact, though, so don’t be surprised if you suddenly see some points appear in your account.
Is it good idea to buy Marriott gift card to satisfy initial spending requirement?
Fine print seems to indicate that if you previously held an SPG card that you won’t get the bonus points.
Does anyone have any experience in the re-applying game?
Your thoughts on if I already hold what was previously an SPG Biz Amex?
Cancel and re-apply in 3+ months?
Change it to the Bonvoy version and self-refer to the Personal Bonvoy Amex?
Refer to the personal Bonvoy card, get the 10k referral bonus and 61k signup bonus, then cancel the business one and do it again in 3+ months as you described.
Is this considered a new card for churning purposes? Or is it just a rebrand of the SPG cards? If I already hold the SPG card(s) can I still apply, or refer, to these new ones?
It’s a rebrand, so I personally doubt that you’d be able to hold both the old SPG card and the new Bonvoy card at once.
If you currently hold the personal version, though, you can certainly refer yourself to the business version for the 60k bonus, or vice versa.
By doing self referral, can I link both personal card and business card to one Marriott rewards account?
Yes!