New bonuses for buying Marriott Bonvoy and World of Hyatt hotel points

Two new hotel ‘buy points’ bonuses have popped up:

Get a 40% bonus buying Marriott Bonvoy points

Marriott Bonvoy has launched a new deal if you buy their hotel points.

Via this page of the website, you will get a bonus of up to 40% on all points purchases. There appear to be three versions of the offer, topping out at either 30%, 35% or 40%.

The minimum purchase to get the bonus is 2,000 points. There are two things to note:

• the bonus is NOT tapered – you get 40% extra even if you only buy 2,000 points

• the annual purchase cap has been temporarily raised to 150,000 points – allowing you to buy 210,000 points, including the bonus, for $1,875

You are paying 0.73p per point here which is more than my rule of thumb that a Marriott Bonvoy point is worth 0.5p. 

However, you might find it worthwhile if:

• you are topping off your account before making a points booking, or
• you are close to 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points and want to make a transfer into airline miles (you get a bonus of 5,000 airline miles when you transfer 60,000 Bonvoy points into 20,000 airline miles in most programmes), or
• you are planning a stay at a property where you know you will get outsized value

Outsize value is still possible, despite Marriott Bonvoy moving towards revenue-based redemptions. With no reward charts still available, however, you need to look at it on a case by case basis. I recently saw the Courtyard Oxford hotel at 20,000 points or £360, for example – a whopping 1.8p per point.

The page to buy is here. The offer runs to 8th November, following which it will drop to a 30% bonus until 20th December.

Get a 20% bonus buying World of Hyatt points

Hyatt has also launched a ‘buy points’ bonus, but at 20% extra it is the weakest deal of the year.

You can buy via this link. The offer runs to 4th December.

You usually see a 25% or 33% bonus so this is not the greatest ever. However it is debatable whether you will see a better offer before your annual purchase cap of 55,000 points (pre bonus) runs out.

It may still be worthwhile if you are considering a stay in a top tier Park Hyatt such as Paris, where buying the points may be cheaper than paying cash – here’s my Park Hyatt New York review from last month where I did just that.

Hyatt has lets you book suites online for points and there are some bargains to be had. Here is how I used that feature in Paris in 2021. Looking at suite upgrades, you are paying 6,000 points per night – or 9,000 for a premium suite – which would cost you £105 – £160 per night under this offer. This is good value, especially if the suite automatically gets you lounge access too.

The Hyatt ‘buy points’ site is here.

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Hotel offers update – September 2024:

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.

Want to buy hotel points?

• Hilton Honors is offering a 100% bonus (some may see less) when you buy points by 24th September. Click here.

• Marriott Bonvoy is offering a personalised bonus when you buy points by 23rd September 2024. Click here.

• World of Hyatt is offering a 20% discount when you buy points by 8th October 2024. Click here.