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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 Bonvoy has launched a new bonus points promotion, albeit for only a short period.

It isn’t hugely generous BUT it has virtually no small print and no silly restrictions, so there’s nothing to complain about.  If you tend to do one-night stays in the cheaper brands it could work out nicely.

You must register, however.

How many bonus Bonvoy points do I earn?

You earn 2,500 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points per stay.

You get a one-off bonus of 5,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points on your third stay.

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What are the key dates?

The offer runs from 13th August to 18th October.

You MUST register via this link before your stay.

Existing bookings DO count – there is no need to rebook.  Reward bookings do not count

Is this a good offer?

It’s not life-changing, but as every cash stay, every brand and every country are participating, Marriott Bonvoy has at least made it easy.  You don’t need to rebook anything and there is no silly ‘starting with your 2nd stay’ rule.

I value a Marriott Bonvoy point at 0.5p.  This means that the bonus is worth £12.50 per stay.  That’s not a bad return if you are doing cheap one night stays.  It is clearly a bad return if you’re doing five nights for £3,000 at the St Regis Mallorca, reviewed here, of course.

If you do three stays to trigger the additional 5,000 points, you would have received 12,500 bonus points – £62.50-worth.  This is an average bonus of almost £21 per stay PLUS your standard points.  This is pretty good.

You should definitely register if you might have any Marriott Bonvoy stays in the next two months.  If you already have one or two booked, I would recommend looking at ways of getting to three stays in order to unlock the additional 5,000 (£25-worth) points.

You can register, and find out more, on this page of the Marriott website.

PS.  Remember that the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card now comes with 15 elite night credits.  This could be very helpful as you will recently have received some additional elite night credits from Marriott.  Adding on a further 15 nights from the credit card could help you reach a higher status or unlock the ’50 nights’ additional bonus.

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 (33)

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  • YC says:
    13 Aug13 August 12:03

    T&Cs – A “stay” is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel. Does this mean 1-night stay will not count for the bonus?

    • Nick says:
      13 Aug13 August 12:13

      No, it means that two separate bookings for adjoining nights won’t count twice.

  • Matt says:
    13 Aug13 August 12:47

    I get an error message when I try to register – is it not live yet/targeted/some other issue?

  • Harry T says:
    13 Aug13 August 12:58

    Almost wish I wasn’t visiting three Luxury Collection priorities in the next two months 😂. Still, at least my four booked stays will earn some extra points!

  • Tariq says:
    13 Aug13 August 13:05

    One click registration available within the app.

  • KBuffett says:
    13 Aug13 August 16:58

    Would someone mind explaining the “five Suite Night Award certificates” available after 50 nights?
    For example, can they be used five times for one night each?

    • HPN-HRL says:
      13 Aug13 August 19:21

      Each Suite Night Award Certificate can be used to request (not guaranteed) a one-night upgrade to a suite (or a “better” non-suite room if you choose to include those). Suite Night Awards must be applied to an entire stay, but the stay can be for as few or as many nights as you wish (up to the number of Suite Night Awards you have. You can use them on 5 stays of one night each, or one stay of 3 nights and two stays of one night, etc. As stated above, Suite Night Awards are not guaranteed; at five nights before your stay the upgrade is attempted. (Under SPG this was done by corporate, who could directly apply the upgrade, I’m not sure of the process under Marriott.) If unsuccessful at first, the upgrade attempt is tried again daily until your arrival (or the day before?); if the upgrade never clears your Suite Night Award(s) are returned to your account.

      Anecdotal evidence suggests that using Suite Night Awards at former SPG properties (Sheraton/Westin/Le Meridien/…) has a higher success rate versus non-former-SPG properties (Marriott/Renaissance/…).

      I hope this helps!

      • KBuffett says:
        14 Aug14 August 08:39

        Very helpful, thank you so much.

      • TGLoyalty says:
        14 Aug14 August 15:08

        Just used mine for 4 nights in the St Regis Venice upgraded to an amazing grand canal view suite. Rate for this room when I booked mine was over 4k EUR a night. I’d never pay that but then I’d never get to experience a room with a view like this either.

        So far so good with this property.

        • Harry T says:
          14 Aug14 August 15:16

          @TGLoyalty
          Have you stayed at the Augustine?

          • TGLoyalty says:
            14 Aug14 August 18:02

            I haven’t it was sold out when I visited Prague but flyertalk speaks very highly of it.

          • Harry T says:
            14 Aug14 August 18:21

            No worries. Got it booked for next week. Problem is they’ve “upgraded” me from a junior suite to a premium castle view room, after initially upgrading me to a proper suite. Bit of a pain. Wondered if you knew if the castle view rooms were actually a good upgrade.

          • Lady London says:
            14 Aug14 August 18:33

            If you go to Prague I hope the library at the Strahov Monastery is still open. Apparently it’s an amazing pharmaceutical source with info on herbal remedies that we’re still finding out about written by hand in Latin into medieval books.

            Got a feeling the Augustine might be the hotel that’s quite near to it? was a while back.

          • Harry T says:
            14 Aug14 August 20:22

            @LL the Augustine is in a monastery, but probably not the same one. I’ll see if I can find it. There was a fantastic library in Vienna I visited last year, but cannot recall the name.

        • Rob says:
          14 Aug14 August 16:54

          Tempted to do a few days in Venice once the kids are back in school ….

          • TGLoyalty says:
            14 Aug14 August 18:03

            Never been before but just walking around you can tell this is massively down on the heights of summer

        • Lady London says:
          14 Aug14 August 18:35

          Lucky you, @TGLoyalty. A chance of a lifetime.

  • Neil says:
    14 Aug14 August 07:59

    I get an error message and there’s nothing in my app under promotions.

    • Rhi says:
      14 Aug14 August 09:35

      I can’t even sign in at the moment. I think it must be a wider issue. I’ve tried the app and the browser and neither let me log in.

  • Anthony says:
    14 Aug14 August 12:07

    I get this error:

    A Note About This Promotion
    We’re sorry, but there was an error in directing you to this promotion.
    The reason for this error could be:
    You’re trying to access a miles promotion and are a points-earner, or vice versa
    You are not eligible for this promotion
    This promotion has expired

    • Timothy Firmager says:
      14 Aug14 August 12:18

      I seem to get the same error message. Will try again tomorrow.

      • KBuffett says:
        14 Aug14 August 13:22

        Not working for me either. I’ve tried various browsers.

        • mutley says:
          14 Aug14 August 17:45

          Ditto

          • Stuart Evans says:
            14 Aug14 August 20:03

            I’m Lifetime Titanium and typically (and irritatingly) get this error message on about 50% of the promotions I try and enrol for.

            Best solution I have found is to use the ‘contact us’ function and ask that the promition be added. Has always been sorted for me with 48 hours

          • KBuffett says:
            14 Aug14 August 20:52

            I’ve tweeted them asking them to add the promotion to my account. Hopefully they will oblige.

  • N says:
    14 Aug14 August 13:03

    I can’t apply an SNA to a Welcome Back rate booking at a Marriott.

    First time I use an SNA – is this normal?

    • Adam says:
      14 Aug14 August 15:02

      If this is a prepaid rate, you cannot use SNA.

    • TGLoyalty says:
      14 Aug14 August 18:25

      Yes if the hotel allows you to use SNA’s.

      Re prepaid there used to be a trick to applying them it probably still works worth looking at flyertalk.

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