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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, 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 two-part 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.

When is it worth transferring hotel loyalty points to frequent flyer miles?

All of the major hotel points currencies allow you to transfer your points into airline miles.  You will often find the airlines encouraging it – every 9-10 months, British Airways offers a 35% .....

All of the major hotel points currencies allow you to transfer your points into airline miles.  You will .....

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What is happening to the Starwood and Marriott UK credit cards?

Over in the US, a major rebranding of the Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest credit cards has been announced ahead of the launch of Marriott Bonvoy on 13th February. Over here …. .....

Over in the US, a major rebranding of the Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest credit cards has been .....

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My review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona

This is my review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The Hotel Arts Barcelona is one of the hotels taking part in our current EXCLUSIVE ‘10,000 Marriott Rewards points for .....

This is my review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The Hotel Arts Barcelona is one of the .....

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My review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona – Part 2

This is part two of my review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel.  You can read Part 1 by clicking here. The Hotel Arts Barcelona is one of the hotels taking part in our .....

This is part two of my review of the Hotel Arts Barcelona, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel.  You can read Part .....

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Marriott Bonvoy officially launches on 13th February

It’s official – the new name for the combined Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest is, as we revealed a few weeks ago, Marriott Bonvoy. The programme .....

It’s official – the new name for the combined Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and .....

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See England v France at Twickenham using your Marriott Rewards points

Marriott Rewards has put two packages to watch England v France at Twickenham on 10th February up for auction. Each package is for two tickets.  It includes: Tickets to watch the England vs. France .....

Marriott Rewards has put two packages to watch England v France at Twickenham on 10th February up for auction. .....

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Is the Aloft Dublin City hotel finally opening?

After numerous delays, it seems that Marriott’s new Aloft Dublin City hotel is finally about to open. It is a new eight-storey hotel with 202 “loft-like” rooms.  It is located in the .....

After numerous delays, it seems that Marriott’s new Aloft Dublin City hotel is finally about to open. It .....

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QHotels switching its UK hotels to Marriott’s Delta brand

QHotels is a small chain of 25 four-star UK hotels.  Some are run as DoubleTree by Hilton franchises, others trade under their historical names. Properties include: DoubleTree by Hilton hotels in .....

QHotels is a small chain of 25 four-star UK hotels.  Some are run as DoubleTree by Hilton franchises, others .....

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