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.
I first ran this analysis back in July 2013. However, there have been some major changes since then. This is an updated list. Whilst British Airways has its own partner hotels, Iberia .....
I first ran this analysis back in July 2013. However, there have been some major changes since .....
13 Jan 201413 January 2014 • 16 comments
If you ever stay at Mandarin Oriental, Park Hyatt, Four Seasons, Peninsula or similar upscale hotels, you may be surprised to know that you are almost certainly NOT getting the best possible deal if .....
If you ever stay at Mandarin Oriental, Park Hyatt, Four Seasons, Peninsula or similar upscale hotels, you may .....
7 Jan 20147 January 2014 • 23 comments
Marriott Rewards has launched its major promotion for Spring, which will be (yet) another outing for MegaBonus. This promotion is active across all Marriott brands, including Renaissance, Courtyard, .....
Marriott Rewards has launched its major promotion for Spring, which will be (yet) another outing for .....
2 Jan 20142 January 2014 • 12 comments
This is the second part of my look back at 2013. Last time I touched on some of my personal travel highlights and looked back at some of the biggest promotions. Today I want to look at the .....
This is the second part of my look back at 2013. Last time I touched on some of my personal travel .....
28 Dec 201328 December 2013 • 27 comments
I posted last week about the new option to cash out small amounts of SAS EuroBonus miles via an iTunes gift card. It is not the greatest value redemption of all time, but if you’ve got .....
I posted last week about the new option to cash out small amounts of SAS EuroBonus miles via an iTunes gift .....
19 Dec 201319 December 2013 • 17 comments
Just a quick heads up that registration is now open for Starwood‘s ‘Bring on the Nights’ promotion. I wrote about the promotion here. If you think you may be staying in a Sheraton, .....
Just a quick heads up that registration is now open for Starwood‘s ‘Bring on the Nights’ .....
19 Dec 201319 December 2013 • 2 comments
We had a bit of fun yesterday with the error on avios.com that allowed you to buy 40,000 Avios points for just £399. That loophole has now been plugged, though! There are a few other ‘buy .....
We had a bit of fun yesterday with the error on avios.com that allowed you to buy 40,000 Avios points for just .....
10 Dec 201310 December 2013 • 2 comments
Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity amongst hotel programmes. Whilst it works in the same way as other schemes, with different tier .....
Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity amongst .....
9 Dec 20139 December 2013 • 20 comments
I received an email last week from ‘Travelling Connect’ telling me that they have now added the United Arab Emirates to their coverage network. This is a decent boost for the scheme and .....
I received an email last week from ‘Travelling Connect’ telling me that they have now added the .....
8 Dec 20138 December 2013 • 9 comments
The Starwood Preferred Guest Quarter 1 2014 promotion will be called “Bring On The Nights”. This could be of interest if you are likely to be staying at a Sheraton, W, Westin, aloft, Luxury .....
The Starwood Preferred Guest Quarter 1 2014 promotion will be called “Bring On The Nights”. This .....
2 Dec 20132 December 2013 • Leave a comment
Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by converting something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes .....
Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by .....
1 Dec 20131 December 2013 • 2 comments
This is a very interesting offer which has crept out very quietly under the radar. I haven’t seen any other coverage of it so far. In 2011, Marriott acquired a Spanish hotel operator called AC .....
This is a very interesting offer which has crept out very quietly under the radar. I haven’t seen any .....
1 Dec 20131 December 2013 • 13 comments
The Starwood American Express card is currently one of my recommended choices, due to the excellent 20,000 SPG points that you receive as a sign-up bonus. As this offer is now back, I thought that it .....
The Starwood American Express card is currently one of my recommended choices, due to the excellent 20,000 SPG .....
23 Nov 201323 November 2013 • 17 comments
Starwood is offering a 15%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 13th December. The link to buy is here. At the top end, 20,000 points will cost you $525. These can be converted in .....
Starwood is offering a 15%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 13th December. The link to buy .....
19 Nov 201319 November 2013 • 9 comments
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