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AmEx Marriott Bonvoy Business Credit Card Review (Formerly AmEx SPG Business) (2019.9 Update: 100k Offer Available Again!)

2019-09-05 2019-09-05 17 Comments

Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card (Formerly Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card from American Express) Review 2019.9 Update: The 100k offer has returned! You need to spend $5000 within 3 months to get the 100k Marriott Bonvoy points. This offer expires at 10/23/19. Application Link AmEx Marriott Bonvoy Business (If you can’t open it, try incognito mode) Benefits 100k offer: earn 100,000…
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Marriott Bonvoy Bold™ Credit Card Review (2019.8 Update: 50k Offer)

2019-06-11 2019-08-05 27 Comments

Marriott Bonvoy Bold™ Credit Card Review Application Link Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Benefits 50k offer: Earn 50,000 Marriott points by spending $2,000 in the first 3 months from account opening. Marriott point is now the most flexible points (after the merger with SPG). We estimate that Marriott points are worth about 0.7 cents/point, see below for a brief introduction. So…
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Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Credit Card Review (Formerly Chase Marriott Premier Plus) (2019.8 Update: 75k Offer)

2019-02-28 2019-08-30 23 Comments

Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Credit Card (Formerly Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Plus Credit Card) Review Application Link Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless 75k offer Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless 3FN offer Benefits 75k offer: Earn 75,000 Marriott points by spending $3,000 in the first 3 months from account opening. The recent best offer is 100k. Marriott point is now the most flexible points…
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AmEx Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Credit Card Review (Formerly AmEx SPG Luxury) (2019.4 Update: 100k Offer Is Expired)

2019-02-13 2019-07-17 20 Comments

Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card (Formerly Starwood Preferred Guest American Express Luxury Card) Review 2019.4 Update: The 100k offer is expired. The new offer is only 75k. 2019.2 Update: The AmEx SPG Luxury card is now rebranded as AmEx Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card, and the benefits remain the same. At the same time, the offer is raised to 100k, and…
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AmEx Marriott Bonvoy Credit Card Review (Formerly AmEx SPG) (2019.8 Update: Still Available via Product Change)

2019-02-13 2019-08-25 48 Comments

Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card (Formerly The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express) Review 2019.8 Update: This card is still available via product change. 2019.2 Update: AmEx SPG is rebranded as AmEx Marriott Bonvoy for current card holders (it does not accept new applications). Application Link This card is no longer available to apply, but you can get it by…
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Marriott Quietly Loosened Its “No Blackout Dates” Policy

2018-12-15 2019-07-17 2 Comments

After its merge with SPG program, Marriott incorporated a lot of legacy SPG policies, including the No Blackout Dates policy, stating that if a standard room is available for sale by any means, it should be redeemable using points. However, we recently found that Marriott has changed its no Blackout Dates policy without announcement. Here’s the new policy: 3.2.n.  The…
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Summary of Marriott & SPG Co-branded Credit Cards Bonus Limits

2018-08-26 2019-07-17 12 Comments

Starting from Aug 26, 2018, AmEx and Chase work together to limit the bonuses on their Marriott & SPG co-branded credit cards. Now AmEx SPG cards can affect the eligibility of Chase Marriott credit cards, and vice versa. Here’s a summary of the limits. Chase Co-branded Credit Cards Chase cards have their own limits: Chase 5/24 rule: Chase Marriott Premier…
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Chase Ritz-Carlton Credit Card Review (2019.8 Update: Still Available via Product Change)

2018-07-26 2019-08-25 42 Comments

Chase Ritz-Carlton Credit Card Review 2019.8 Update: This card is still available via product change. 2019.1 Update: This card stopped accepting new applications since 2018.7. But it is still available via product change. Note that you won’t get sign up bonus by product change. FIY, it seems since 2018.7, Chase has changed the material of the card to the same one…
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“Suite” Dreams Are Made of This: St. Regis Suites, The St. Regis Changsha

2018-07-07 2019-07-17 3 Comments

We now have an Instagram account: instagram.com/uscreditcardguide , follow us if you like our trip reports! Changsha is an “under-the-radar” city in central China. You may have never heard of it, but it is actually the powerhouse of China’s domestic TV entertainment industry. In recent years Changsha, like other cities in China, saw a rapid expansion of the tourism industry. China…
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Data speaks for itself: who scores a big win after Marriott’s August revamp?

2018-06-29 2019-07-17 0 Comments

(For better viewing experiences, a desktop browser is recommended.) Data exclusively provided by Yeek. Marriott has just revealed its revamped award charts for more than 6,000 hotels worldwide yesterday. Here we will walk you through some important analyses of the new chart. Overall distribution of Marriott hotel categories post-August  To our delight, most (~90%) of the hotels will be classified…
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Old Chase Marriott Premier Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

2018-05-02 2019-09-08 61 Comments

Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card Review 2019 Update: You can upgrade this card to the new Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card. Here is the upgrade link. The best upgrade offer recently seen is 50k. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original…
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Why I DON’T think Marriott is giving (virtually) everyone Platinum Status this year

2018-04-17 2019-07-17 4 Comments

Disclaimer: The following passage is the author’s sole interpretations of Marriott’s policy and may not reflect the opinions held by US Credit Card Guide or Marriott International and its affiliates.  The author bears no responsibility for the inaccuracies/inconsistencies of such interpretations and any consequences arising from such inaccuracies/inconsistencies. Everyone in the game of points-and-miles by now should have probably heard…
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[Rumor] SPG & Marriott merger update: no more free breakfast for Gold member?

2018-04-09 2019-07-17 5 Comments

Well this was developing FAST! A couple of days ago we shared the news that the SPG website will go down on August 1st. Back then we were wondering why Marriott and SPG had not made any official announcement, particularly given how close we were to the purported deadline. Now, two pieces of new information just emerged and may shed…
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Marriott Rewards Program (2018 Update)

2018-03-08 2019-07-17 4 Comments

1. Brief Introduction to Marriott Hotel Group Established in 1957, Marriott Hotel’s headquarters lies in Washington D.C, with over 4,000 hotels and resorts across the world. After they acquired the Starwood Hotels Group in November 2015, this number increased to over 6,000 hotels in 122 countries all over the world. This is the hotel breakdown: Marriott hotels (the top half)…
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