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Marriott Bonvoy

Marriott Bonvoy is the loyalty scheme for Marriott hotels, which includes these brands: AC Hotels, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Bulgari, City Express, Courtyard, Delta Hotels, Design Hotels, Edition, Element, Fairfield Inn, Four Points, Gaylord, JW Marriott, Le Meridien, Marriott, Moxy, Protea, Renaissance, Residence Inn, St Regis, Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, The Ritz-Carlton, Tribute Portfolio, Springhill Suites, Towneplace Suites, W Hotels and Westin.

Our main introduction to Marriott Bonvoy is here and you can learn more about the program on marriott.com here.

Check out our ‘Hotel Offers’ page here to see what bonus point offers are currently running.

More information on how you can earn more Marriott Bonvoy points with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card is here.

You can also transfer points earned from American Express Platinum (high fee, high bonus), American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (free for a year, good bonus) and Amex Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).

If you need to top up your Marriott Bonvoy account, you can buy points here.

Review: The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto hotel

This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this month, it is less comprehensive than usual.  We were not on a review trip, we did not get a hotel tour, we did .....

This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this month, it is less .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

What is the best hotel scheme? – Starwood Preferred Guest – The Facts

This is the sixth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two posts on consecutive days.  One will list the basic facts of the scheme, the other .....

This is the sixth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....

by Rob Burgess18 comments

Review: Is Marriott Rewards the best hotel loyalty scheme? (Part 2)

In my article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Marriott Rewards loyalty scheme. This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want to focus. .....

In my article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Marriott Rewards loyalty scheme. This .....

by Rob Burgess26 comments

Review: Is Marriott Rewards the best hotel loyalty scheme? (Part 1)

This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two posts on consecutive days. One will list the basic facts of the scheme, the other will .....

This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....

by Rob Burgess21 comments

What are the best hotel promos for April 2017?

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in this article can be found on our ‘Hotel Promos’ page which contains details of .....

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in .....

by Rob Burgess42 comments

What is the best hotel loyalty scheme? – an introduction

Starting tomorrow and continuing over Easter, I am running updated versions of our overviews of the major hotel loyalty schemes.   Every single scheme has seen big changes since I last looked at .....

Starting tomorrow and continuing over Easter, I am running updated versions of our overviews of the major .....

by Rob Burgess70 comments

Which hotel chains let you collect Avios points?

It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you stay. I ran a sister article to this in November which listed hotel chains which do NOT .....

It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

Does the weak £ make Starwood’s flight ticket redemptions a good deal?

Back in 2013 Rob wrote about SPG Flights, the Starwood Preferred Guest redemption option where you exchange your Starwood points for a flight ticket. Two facts made this offer sound quite attractive. .....

Back in 2013 Rob wrote about SPG Flights, the Starwood Preferred Guest redemption option where you exchange .....

by Anika Burnett38 comments

American Express Platinum gains a seventh hotel status partner, indirectly

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, changing property every night to maximise your stay .....

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start .....

by Rob Burgess112 comments

Some lessons in redeeming miles and points from our Easter trip to Asia

If all goes to plan, we will be flying to Hong Kong next week for a whistle-stop tour of Asia over Easter.   Whilst there will, at some point, be a slug of flight and hotel reviews published, I .....

If all goes to plan, we will be flying to Hong Kong next week for a whistle-stop tour of Asia over Easter.   .....

by Rob Burgess138 comments

Two things about Marriott Rewards that I am growing to love

Long-term readers of Head for Points will know that I have not been the greatest fan of Marriott Rewards although I have always acknowledged that people who commit enough to earn top-tier status (75 .....

Long-term readers of Head for Points will know that I have not been the greatest fan of Marriott .....

by Rob Burgess42 comments

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