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Marriott Bonvoy is offering 1,000 bonus points per night and double elite night credits on stays between 13th February and 29th April. Click here to read more and click here to register.

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Marriott Rewards, the loyalty scheme for Marriott, Renaissance, The Ritz-Carlton, Autograph and many other hotel brands, has launched a very attractive sign-up bonus.  To put it mildly.

Marriott will give you 1,000 Avios points, for free, purely for signing up to Marriott Rewards.  No stay is required.

This isn’t just for British Airways Executive Members.  You can also earn 1,000 miles in:

  • Aeromexico Club Premier
  • Air Canada Aeroplan
  • Avianca-TACA LifeMiles
  • Etihad Guest
  • Lufthansa Miles & More
  • Qatar Privilege Club

The offer runs until 2nd September.  The page to join is here.

There is also a second part to the deal.  If you choose to credit your Marriott stays to Avios, or any of the other airline programmes listed, you will earn double miles on all stays until 2nd September.

You can see the earning rates for crediting Marriott stays to Avios on this page of ba.com.

At most brands you earn 2 Avios per $1 spent, so that would double to 4 Avios per $1 under this promotion.

The snag …..

…. of course, is that the majority of Head for Points readers will already be members of Marriott Rewards.  However, there may be members of your household account, or other family members whose accounts you look after, who are not.  This is an excellent opportunity to ensure that they sign up.

You need to sign-up via this special page of the Marriott website.

PS.  Do not necessarily sign-up for Avios if you have miles in some of the other programmes included.  In some cases, this offer may help reset an upcoming expiry date for miles you have elsewhere.  It is also harder to earn, say, Air Canada miles than Avios if you live in the UK so that may be a better choice if you accounts with both.

How to earn Marriott Bonvoy points and status from UK credit cards

How to earn Marriott Bonvoy points and status from UK credit cards (April 2024)

There are various ways of earning Marriott Bonvoy points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

The official Marriott Bonvoy American Express card comes with 20,000 points for signing up, 2 points for every £1 you spend and 15 elite night credits per year.

You can apply here.

Marriott Bonvoy American Express

20,000 points sign-up bonus and 15 elite night credits each year Read our full review

You can also earn Marriott Bonvoy points by converting American Express Membership Rewards points at the rate of 2:3.

Do you know that holders of The Platinum Card from American Express receive FREE Marriott Bonvoy Gold status for as long as they hold the card?  It also comes with Hilton Honors Gold, Radisson Rewards Premium and MeliaRewards Gold status.  We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here and you can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

You can also earn Marriott Bonvoy points indirectly:

and for small business owners:

The conversion rate from American Express to Marriott Bonvoy points is 2:3.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which can be used to earn Marriott Bonvoy points. 

(Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)

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Comments (112)

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  • Chris C says:
    5 Jun5 June 12:17

    OT – If I create a household avios account from my individual account will my avios from the Lloyds Amex still be routed to the correct account?

    • the real harry1 says:
      5 Jun5 June 12:24

      yes

      everybody in the HHA keeps their original details – the main difference is the points are pooled and used up by all the members regardless of whether some members fly or not etc

    • Adam says:
      5 Jun5 June 12:31

      Don’t create an avios.com household account if you ever use combine my avios as it stops working.
      It’s fine to have a BA household account as that restriction doesn’t apply to it, so that is a work around.

      • Chris C says:
        5 Jun5 June 13:22

        I plan to split the account back to individual after combining my partner’s account balance. It appears to be able to do this easier on Avios rather than BA. I am happy to be go via BA if this is a better solution.

        • the real harry1 says:
          5 Jun5 June 13:32

          complete cinch on avios.com – takes a couple of days & you can decide to keep 100% of the points (or whatever) if you like

        • Rob says:
          5 Jun5 June 13:46

          You can’t combine your partners with yours via BA. If you split a BA HHA everyone just goes back to having their own balance again. Only Avios.com lets you do this.

  • Matt says:
    5 Jun5 June 12:38

    Hi. Do the bonus points go straight to my BA account (that I have linked) or do I need to transfer them from the Marriott account that I have just set up? (Sorry if this has already been asked and answered)

    Matt

  • Ronan says:
    5 Jun5 June 12:40

    Signed up to Marriott via the link and created my account but my points value is showing 0. And there is no Avios added to my BA club account.

    Does it take a few days/weeks for the 1000 bonus miles to be added to the Marriott account?

  • Gavin says:
    5 Jun5 June 13:17

    Signed up myself and my own Mrs G. Schoolboy error in that I used my own BAEC number for both accounts. I corrected it when I logged in after activation so hopefully I will get away with it.

    I had no problems with zip code if I selected the FFP first

  • Hardik says:
    5 Jun5 June 14:20

    You might also want to run an article on 30,000 points on Nectar Amex. Nectar has sent out an email to its customers that it will give 10k points on top of 20k by Amex by 30 June. Seems like a good deal worth £150 with no fee for first year.

    • the real harry1 says:
      5 Jun5 June 14:24

      wonder how widespread this is?

      • the real harry1 says:
        5 Jun5 June 14:30

        not me, being the answer

        they seem to treat me with the same disdain with which I treat them 🙂

        • Alan says:
          6 Jun6 June 00:08

          Not had that offer, although did get 40k Nectar in their offer last year so can’t really complain!

      • Genghis says:
        5 Jun5 June 14:30

        I didn’t receive anything…

      • Rob says:
        5 Jun5 June 15:14

        I got it. Vaguely tempted but I still want to get the IHG card this week ….

  • transferer says:
    5 Jun5 June 17:17

    Am positive this has been asked numerous times, but is there a definitive answer; how long does a transfer from Amex MR’s to BA Exec Club (Avios) take?

    • Rob says:
      5 Jun5 June 17:32

      If you’ve done one before (or you have linked the accounts already) then overnight. If it is your first one or the accounts are not linked it might take another day as Amex only makes the transfer once it has confirmation from BA that the BA account number is yours.

      • transferer says:
        5 Jun5 June 18:52

        Hi, my own account was already linked. I requested the transfer yesterday (Sunday) morning. Maybe nothing occurs at the weekend. I can imagine some back office team still working (Mon-Fri) manually from a spreadsheet.

        • transferer says:
          6 Jun6 June 11:08

          Update (for anyone interested). As anticipated, the transfer (between previously linked accounts) took from Sunday morning til Tuesday morning.

    • Genghis says:
      5 Jun5 June 17:51

      Just got an email from Iberia. They’re doing the same Deliveroo deal as BA.

  • Anna says:
    5 Jun5 June 17:58

    OT – got a dispatch email for my first HP ink order, so hopefully Tesco are honouring the orders placed before they realised their mistake!

    • the real harry1 says:
      5 Jun5 June 18:10

      Tesco will probably just charge the promotional costs to HP anyway, regardless of possibly making a mistake

      so they won’t be that bothered about cancelling existing orders IMV

      that’s completely different to some people reporting that points haven’t posted but they’re getting the delivery

      this is a different long-standing problem – then you’ll have the devil’s own job persuading Tesco to add on your points later, regardless of any screenshots you might have

      they’ll say you’re getting them at the end of the quarter etc (a convenient ‘go away’ lie) – or else start to argue fair usage or simply a mistake they won’t be honouring

      the reality is: the bonus points should post automatically within a couple of days max; if they don’t: you’ve got problems

    • Grimz says:
      6 Jun6 June 15:23

      Iv got mine as well

  • Jamie says:
    6 Jun6 June 03:45

    O/T I booked a one way economy flight from London to Melbourne with emirates and upgraded to business with my skywards miles. I’ve reviewed the ticket but I still only have 30kg luggage allowance. Whereas for business class it should be 40kg. I’ve managed to get the complimentary chauffeur, so I thought I’d get the extra 10kg which I actually need! Am I entitled to this or not?

    • Talay says:
      6 Jun6 June 05:25

      Is Emirates really only 40k ?

      Etihad is 2 x 32kg, BA is the same (was 3 x 32kg).

      Do they only allow you one bag as well ?

      • Jamie says:
        6 Jun6 June 07:00

        According to the website you can carry under 10 checked in bags. For business it still just says 40kg, so I’m guessing any amount of bags you check in must total 40kg. Hearing the amount that Etihad and BA allow is quite upsetting! Lol

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