Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
At 4.30pm EST (9.30pm in the UK) on Monday, Marriott will be hosting an event to reveal the replacement loyalty scheme for Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest. It .....
At 4.30pm EST (9.30pm in the UK) on Monday, Marriott will be hosting an event to reveal the replacement .....
16 Apr 201816 April 2018 • 139 comments
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Finally, after a few relatively dull months, we have had .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
16 Apr 201816 April 2018 • 71 comments
I surprised myself the other day when I realised that I had never written about the Sheraton Family Package. This is despite booking them in the past and being about to book another in Milan. Let .....
I surprised myself the other day when I realised that I had never written about the Sheraton Family Package. .....
12 Apr 201812 April 2018 • 23 comments
Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (now under the same ownership, of course) have unveiled their promotions for Quarter 2. Starwood and Marriott offers have become closer in recent quarters .....
Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (now under the same ownership, of course) have unveiled their .....
10 Apr 201810 April 2018 • 33 comments
SPG Moments, the Starwood Preferred Guest auction site, has failed to sell all of its Harry Styles tickets for Wednesday and Thursday at the O2 in London. The remaining pairs were available last night .....
SPG Moments, the Starwood Preferred Guest auction site, has failed to sell all of its Harry Styles tickets for .....
9 Apr 20189 April 2018 • Leave a comment
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 .....
8 Apr 20188 April 2018 • 47 comments
The secret of maximising the value of hotel loyalty points is to redeem them in ludicrously expensive places, where even the maximum possible price that the loyalty scheme can charge looks like a .....
The secret of maximising the value of hotel loyalty points is to redeem them in ludicrously expensive places, .....
7 Apr 20187 April 2018 • 41 comments
This is the fourth 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 – .....
This is the fourth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....
7 Apr 20187 April 2018 • 42 comments
There was speculation that Marriott, as the new owner of Starwood Hotels, was not keen to renew the lease on the Starwood Preferred Guest box at London’s 02 and at similar AEG-run venues around .....
There was speculation that Marriott, as the new owner of Starwood Hotels, was not keen to renew the lease on .....
29 Mar 201829 March 2018 • 11 comments
It looks like the Trump Turnberry golf resort has – luckily – failed in its plan to introduce ‘resort fees’. You may remember our recent article on how this annoying practice .....
It looks like the Trump Turnberry golf resort has – luckily – failed in its plan to introduce .....
27 Mar 201827 March 2018 • Leave a comment
I try to find an excuse to head over to New York once a year. This year I decided that it was time we reviewed the well-regarded American Airlines Boeing 77W business class seat. This is the .....
I try to find an excuse to head over to New York once a year. This year I decided that it was time we .....
19 Mar 201819 March 2018 • 76 comments
Long term readers may recognise that I ran a version of this article last year. The reason I have updated it today is that there is no guarantee that the Starwood Amex will continue beyond .....
Long term readers may recognise that I ran a version of this article last year. The reason I have .....
19 Mar 201819 March 2018 • 43 comments
This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel and my experience there as a new Marriott Rewards Gold member. The hotel website is here. It is now 18 months since Marriott allowed you to status match .....
This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel and my experience there as a new Marriott Rewards Gold member. .....
17 Mar 201817 March 2018 • 88 comments
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. To be honest, there is more ‘going’ than .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
15 Mar 201815 March 2018 • 109 comments
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