Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
Marriott Bonvoy’s Generous Temporary Perks for 2020
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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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Just checked in yesterday for a 7 night mattress run at an Edmonton Cat 1 that has points saver nights available right now, so 24,000 points to get platinum. My wife will check in on July 5 for 6 nights for 20,000 points to do the same. This will definitely make the 12-15 (35,000 point) free night certificates (we currently have 6 between us) we will have while we are platinum much more valuable. For those of you in the Edmonton area looking to do the same, Four Points by Sheraton Edmonton South seems to have pointsaver nights available for quite a few nights
Thanks.
I find the January 31, 2021 expiration for certs absolutely ridiculous when other programs extended it well into 2021.
Hi Ricky,
First of all thank you for your valuable information, my query is as follows, In February 2020, I lost my platinum status, and they degraded me to silver, then I got the AMEX PLATINUM card and went back to gold, according to your understanding how many nights I would have What to expect to return to platinum status at bonboy?
Waiting for your news
Luis.
P.S
sorry for my english but i am and live in spain and my english is not fluent i would like
Hey Ricky I spend 1/2 hour with all kinds of math combos trying to figure it out! Lol. Anyways we still get the annual birthday day 1 elite nite per year? Or has that been taken away?
Seems like that’s been put on hold for now.
Sorry what am I missing? 49 plus 38= 87 nites. Why do you say 77nites. Did I not read the article correctly? Thx. Al
You’re missing the fact that I can be a bit of a simpleton sometimes and mess up basic mental math. My mistake there, fixed now.
You mentioned "up to 30 elite nights from holding US- and Canadian-issued Marriott Bonvoy credit cards", but am I understanding correctly that only two US Amex Marriott cards would stack up to 30, and a Canadian one wouldn’t work? Thanks!
Yes – only a personal and a business US-issued card would stack up to 30. Hence, "up to" 30 elite nights.
Why is the JW Muskoka (cat6) still sitting at 50k pts/night?
While it was originally reported that all hotels are going off-peak, it seems that it’s being applied to 5,500+ out of the total portfolio of 7,000+. I’d imagine the JW Muskoka is one of the 1,500+ hotels that are excluded.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Definitely puts Platinum back in reach for us lowly Golds after the meeting trick nerf, exciting stuff. Cat 1 mattress run here I come!
Will the bonus Elite nights count towards Lifetime status?
I believe so!
50k certificate at the RITZ carlton in MTL could be fun.
Great shout! There’s a 50k cert sitting in Jessy’s account right now, so I’d have to reach out and see if the hotel’s willing to honour my Titanium benefits instead for our staycation.
I haven’t applied for gold status yet, will I receive the extra nights if I make gold during this promotion?
I don’t believe so, as it’s based on the status you earned in 2019.