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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.

Lost your Marriott Rewards hotel status this year? Buy it back with points

One of the interesting quirks of the Marriott Rewards programme is that you can use your points to ‘buy back’ your status if you fail to requalify. If you would otherwise have been forced .....

One of the interesting quirks of the Marriott Rewards programme is that you can use your points to ‘buy .....

by Rob Burgess9 comments

Credit cards worth keeping, unused, just for their benefits

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....

by Rob Burgess100 comments

Review: the Starwood Preferred Guest / SPG American Express credit card

This is my review of the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express credit card issued in the UK. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and .....

This is my review of the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express credit card issued in the UK. It is .....

by Rob Burgess48 comments

Bits: £100 Qatar Airways discount, Starwood / Design Hotels competition

News in brief: Get up to £100 off Qatar Airways with a promotional code Qatar Airways has launched a new discount code which is exclusive to small travel sites like HfP. You save £10 on discounted .....

News in brief: Get up to £100 off Qatar Airways with a promotional code Qatar Airways has launched a new .....

by Rob Burgess12 comments

Bits: bonus miles with Virgin Trains, get up to 25% off SPG points

News in brief: Get 50% bonus Virgin Flying Club miles on your next train booking Virgin Trains is running a special promotion when you buy tickets on Virgin West Coast or Virgin East Coast. On your .....

News in brief: Get 50% bonus Virgin Flying Club miles on your next train booking Virgin Trains is running a .....

by Rob Burgess18 comments

Marriott to buy Starwood for $12bn – what do I think?

Marriott surprised us all yesterday by emerging as the winner of the auction to acquire the Starwood hotel group.  Of all the names that had been linked to the transaction, Marriott had not been .....

Marriott surprised us all yesterday by emerging as the winner of the auction to acquire the Starwood hotel .....

by Rob Burgess41 comments

Design Hotels / Starwood partnership now live with full earn and burn details

Two weeks ago I wrote about the new partnership to be launched between Design Hotels (in which Starwood is the majority, but a passive, investor) and Starwood Preferred Guest. The plan was to allow .....

Two weeks ago I wrote about the new partnership to be launched between Design Hotels (in which Starwood is the .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

New American Express statement credit deals launched

A batch of new ‘statement credit’ offers appeared on my American Express online account yesterday. If you have a Gold, Platinum, BA, SPG, Nectar or other Amex-issued Amex card, you should .....

A batch of new ‘statement credit’ offers appeared on my American Express online account yesterday. .....

by Rob Burgess27 comments

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