Marriott Rewards finally launches its new online points-earning game

UPDATE – JUNE 2025:  This Marriott article is now out of date, but don’t worry.  We produce a monthly summary of the top hotel bonus point offers – please click HERE or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ menu above.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 15th July 2025, the sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card is TRIPLED to 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points. This would convert into 25,000 Avios or into 40 other airline schemes. It would also get you at least £300 of Marriott hotel stays based on our 0.5p per point low-end valuation. Other T&C apply and remain unchanged. Click here for our full card review and click here to apply.

Marriott Bonvoy is offering a 30% to 50% bonus (varies by individual) when you buy points by 16th July 2025. Click here to buy.

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As part of Marriott’s latest MegaBonus promotion, it announced a ‘daily play’ competition called ’29 Ways To Stay’ with 2 MILLION prizes to be won.  Whilst MegaBonus is already underway, the competition only started yesterday after some technical delays.

You can click to play here.

First, a quick reminder about MegaBonus which has now got better ….

The new MegaBonus offer is called ‘MegaBonus In More Places’.  It runs from 26th September to 31st January.

You receive:

2,000 bonus points for every 2+ night stay plus

1,000 bonus points for each new brand, starting with your 2nd brand

Marriott has now added two extra bonuses to spice up the deal:

10,000 bonus points when you stay at 10 brands

29,000 bonus points when you stay at all 29 brands

The last one is surely a joke – awarding 290,000 points would have been more realistic.  The geographical spread of the brands means that you’d need to do a world tour to hit them all.  Protea is only in Africa for example.

Given that Marriott / Starwood now covers all of these brands – AC Hotels, Aloft, Autograph, Courtyard, Delta Hotels, Design Hotels, Edition, Element, Fairfield Inn, Four Points, Gaylord, Le Meridien, Marriott, Protea, Renaissance, Residence Inn, St Regis, Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, The Ritz-Carlton, Springhill Suites, Towneplace Suites, W, Westin – you won’t be struggling for places to stay.

Our main article on MegaBonus In More Places is here.  You can register for the promotion here.  Note that the home page has not yet been adjusted to reflect the new 10 brand and 29 brand bonuses.

But what about the competition?

The competition is called ’29 Ways To Stay’.  Today (Friday) is Day 2 and it will run for 29 days in total.

Click here to enter.  I won 50 points today!

You will be shown six playing cards to click.  When you match a pair, you’ll be asked a question about the hotel pictured.  Get all three right and you may get a prize.

Weirdly, it seems that you can only win ONE instant win prize irrespective of how many days you play.

Every entry goes into a final draw to win a fairly bonkers master prize – a 2-night stay at EVERY Marriott hotel brand.  That means you get 29 x 2-night stays!  You don’t get your travel costs paid.  Whoever wins this will have some very interesting travel planning to do – luckily you have five years to use all the vouchers.

The other prizes are:

• 87 prizes of 4-night hotel stays (3 winners per brand, you don’t get to choose the brand you get)
• 75,000 DAILY prizes of 50 Marriott Rewards points
• 5,000 DAILY prizes of 500 Marriott Rewards points
• 2,500 DAILY prizes of 1,000 Marriott Rewards points
• 500 DAILY prizes of 2,000 Marriott Rewards points
• 250 DAILY prizes of 3,000 Marriott Rewards points
• 100 DAILY prizes of 4,000 Marriott Rewards points
• 75 DAILY prizes of 5,000 Marriott Rewards points
• 50 DAILY prizes of 10,000 Marriott Rewards points
• 16 DAILY prizes of 20,000 Marriott Rewards points

Marriott states that it expects you to have a 50/50 chance each day of winning a prize although most of us will only get 50 points.

The competition is open to residents of the United States (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), Argentina (excluding Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta and Tierra del Fuego), Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, South Africa and United Kingdom.  That’s a slightly odd mix – I’m not sure what the Spanish or Irish did to upset Marriott.

Conclusion

I’d value 50 Marriott points at around 25p, so it is not necessarily a great use of your time.  However, there is a chance that you get a better prize – statistically I would expect at least one HfP reader to win a hotel stay.

More importantly, the 50 points will reset the expiry date on your Marriott Rewards account.  If you are overseeing any accounts with no recent activity it is worth playing for a couple of days until you win 50 points.

The link to enter is here.

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How to earn Marriott Bonvoy points and status from UK credit cards (June 2025)

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 15th July 2025, the sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card is TRIPLED to 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points. This would convert into 25,000 Avios or into 40 other airline schemes. It would also get you at least £300 of Marriott hotel stays based on our 0.5p per point low-end valuation. Other T&C apply and remain unchanged. Click here for our full card review and click here to apply.

You can apply here.

Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card

60,000 points (to 15th July) 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 The Platinum Card from American Express in detail here and you can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

50,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

You can also earn Marriott Bonvoy points indirectly:

• American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card (20,000 bonus Amex points)
• The American Express Rewards Credit Card (10,000 bonus Amex points)

and for small business owners:

• The American Express Business Gold Card (20,000 bonus Amex points)
• The American Express Business Platinum Card (50,000 bonus Amex points)

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.