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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.

Credit cards worth keeping, unused, just for their benefits

Back in August, I wrote this article about the three different types of credit cards you can hold. To summarise, these are: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus, and will cancel soon afterwards .....

Back in August, I wrote this article about the three different types of credit cards you can hold. To .....

by Rob Burgess24 comments

Introducing Starwood’s ‘Earn Your Dreams’ hotel promotion

I recently wrote about ‘Double Take’, the official Starwood promotion for the May to July period.  This offers double points on all stays and 500 additional points if you book via the .....

I recently wrote about ‘Double Take’, the official Starwood promotion for the May to July .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

Last chance: buy SPG Starpoints at 25% discount

As I posted back in mid-March, Starwood is currently offering a 15%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 30th April. The link to buy is here. At the top end, 20,000 points will cost .....

As I posted back in mid-March, Starwood is currently offering a 15%-25% discount when you purchase SPG .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

Starwood launches ‘Double Take’ double points promotion

Starwood, the aloft, Element, Four Points, Le Meridien, The Luxury Collection, St Regis. Sheraton, W, Westin hotel group, has released details of its new promotion. Called ‘Double Take’, .....

Starwood, the aloft, Element, Four Points, Le Meridien, The Luxury Collection, St Regis. Sheraton, W, Westin .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

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

This is the 15th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These articles will be linked to the relevant sections .....

This is the 15th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest now only sending membership cards on request

Starwood Preferred Guest – the Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft etc loyalty scheme – is one that many Head for Points readers will be elite members of, since Gold status is a free benefit of .....

Starwood Preferred Guest – the Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft etc loyalty scheme – is one that .....

by Rob Burgess5 comments

Marriott + Ikea = Moxy

Moxy Hotels is a new hotel brand that is coming to a city near you soon. (Well, it is if you live in Milan!  There is a medium term plan to open 150 hotels across 10 European countries, though, .....

Moxy Hotels is a new hotel brand that is coming to a city near you soon. (Well, it is if you live in Milan! .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

What are the most valuable UK credit card sign-up bonuses?

I first wrote on this topic back in November 2012. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time to re-run the analysis. Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals .....

I first wrote on this topic back in November 2012. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

Get a 25% discount when you buy Starwood Preferred Guest hotel points

Starwood Preferred Guest is offering a 15%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 30th April.  The link to buy is here. At the top end, 20,000 points will cost you $525. These can be .....

Starwood Preferred Guest is offering a 15%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 30th April.  .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

Get aggressive Starwood hotel discounts via an exclusive code

Last week in Berlin was Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB), the biggest travel show in Europe with 110,000 visitors. Starwood, the Westin / W / Sheraton / aloft etc hotel group, was running a .....

Last week in Berlin was Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB), the biggest travel show in Europe with 110,000 .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

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