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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 The Platinum Card from American Express (high fee, high bonus), the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card (free for a year, good bonus) and The American Express Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).
If you need to top up your Marriott Bonvoy account, you can buy points here.
Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty programme for Sheraton, Westin, Le Meridien etc, has an interesting redemption option called SPG Moments. This lets you use your points for tickets to sport, .....
Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty programme for Sheraton, Westin, Le Meridien etc, has an interesting .....
8 Apr 20158 April 2015 • 20 comments
Starting tomorrow and continuing over Easter, I am running updated versions of our overviews of the major hotel loyalty schemes. Each programme will be covered in two posts on consecutive days: The .....
Starting tomorrow and continuing over Easter, I am running updated versions of our overviews of the major .....
1 Apr 20151 April 2015 • 46 comments
My friend Andy was in a British Airways lounge in the US last week when he got talking to a fellow passenger who turned out to be a senior UK Amex employee. The conversation turned to the Starwood .....
My friend Andy was in a British Airways lounge in the US last week when he got talking to a fellow passenger .....
25 Mar 201525 March 2015 • 80 comments
Marriott Rewards is currently offering a very interesting deal for new members – a free night after just two stays. The good news is that you have up to 150 days to complete the two stays. .....
Marriott Rewards is currently offering a very interesting deal for new members – a free night after just .....
24 Mar 201524 March 2015 • 19 comments
News in brief: Get a 60% bonus on IHG Rewards Club points purchases IHG Rewards Club is offering a 60% bonus when you buy 5,000 points or more before March 29th. This is not, in itself, a fantastic .....
News in brief: Get a 60% bonus on IHG Rewards Club points purchases IHG Rewards Club is offering a 60% bonus .....
20 Mar 201520 March 2015 • 2 comments
Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend. It is usually a terrible deal. The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but .....
Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend. It is usually a terrible .....
11 Mar 201511 March 2015 • 16 comments
News in brief: British Airways files another patent for next-generation seats Skift reports on the latest patent filing by British Airways in relation to new seating. We have been here before, of .....
News in brief: British Airways files another patent for next-generation seats Skift reports on the latest .....
6 Mar 20156 March 2015 • 26 comments
Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin offering free wi-fi to all guests. Well, almost all guests …. From August, wi-fi in all .....
Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin .....
4 Mar 20154 March 2015 • 18 comments
Starwood Preferred Guest has announced its annual category changes, This PDF document contains a list of all the changes. Most are straight one category moves and, to be fair to Starwood, there are .....
Starwood Preferred Guest has announced its annual category changes, This PDF document contains a list of all .....
2 Mar 20152 March 2015 • 15 comments
Yesterday I outlined the new partnership between Starwood Preferred Guest and Uber. You can now earn 1 SPG point for every $1 or equivalent you spend with Uber anywhere in the world – as long as .....
Yesterday I outlined the new partnership between Starwood Preferred Guest and Uber. You can now earn 1 SPG .....
27 Feb 201527 February 2015 • 69 comments
This one certainly came out of nowhere. It is a very decent offer, especially if you are concerned about SPG points expiring due to lack of activity. Full details can be found here. You earn 1 .....
This one certainly came out of nowhere. It is a very decent offer, especially if you are concerned about SPG .....
26 Feb 201526 February 2015 • 35 comments
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be. I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does .....
20 Feb 201520 February 2015 • 75 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. .....
19 Feb 201519 February 2015 • 58 comments
In December I told you that Hilton had been dropping hints that ‘Lifetime Diamond’ status would soon be available. Hyatt, Marriott and Starwood already have lifetime status schemes .....
In December I told you that Hilton had been dropping hints that ‘Lifetime Diamond’ status would .....
17 Feb 201517 February 2015 • 8 comments
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