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 have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a relatively quiet month, although a number of excellent promotions are still running. You .....
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a .....
2 Jul 20132 July 2013 • 29 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. This is my original article on the 20,000 .....
The Starwood American Express card is currently one of my recommended choices, due to the excellent 20,000 SPG .....
1 Jul 20131 July 2013 • 28 comments
Just a quick reminder that June 30th is the last day to register for Starwood‘s ‘Double Take’ promotion. My original post on this promotion is here. Basically, you will earn double .....
Just a quick reminder that June 30th is the last day to register for Starwood‘s ‘Double .....
28 Jun 201328 June 2013 • Leave a comment
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Sheraton / Westin / W / aloft etc hotel group, has always been very switched on in allowing SPG members to earn points when eating in their hotels if you are not a .....
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Sheraton / Westin / W / aloft etc hotel group, has always been very switched on .....
24 Jun 201324 June 2013 • 4 comments
Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus when you convert hotel loyalty points into Avios points. Yesterday, I received an email from .....
Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus .....
22 Jun 201322 June 2013 • 25 comments
Ritz-Carlton Rewards, the loyalty scheme for the 5-star Ritz-Carlton hotel group, has launched a Summer promotion which could potentially be very lucrative for the high-end traveller. For every two .....
Ritz-Carlton Rewards, the loyalty scheme for the 5-star Ritz-Carlton hotel group, has launched a Summer .....
17 Jun 201317 June 2013 • 6 comments
The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. It is inevitable .....
The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....
1 Jun 20131 June 2013 • 17 comments
Marriott recently announced that Iberia Plus has become a partner in Marriott Rewards. I didn’t bother to write about it, as Marriott Rewards has been a British Airways partner for years so it .....
Marriott recently announced that Iberia Plus has become a partner in Marriott Rewards. I didn’t bother .....
30 May 201330 May 2013 • 1 comment
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Sheraton / Westin / W / aloft etc programme, has launched ‘SPG Social’. Full details can be found here. Now, at this stage it is not entirely clear what is .....
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Sheraton / Westin / W / aloft etc programme, has launched ‘SPG .....
26 May 201326 May 2013 • 4 comments
Yesterday, I did my best to respond to an email I received asking ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you can earn Avios points both directly and .....
Yesterday, I did my best to respond to an email I received asking ‘What is the best credit card for .....
24 May 201324 May 2013 • 4 comments
I recently had an email asking ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. This is not as easy an answer as you might think. Whilst there are the BA and Lloyds / TSB cards .....
I recently had an email asking ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. This is .....
23 May 201323 May 2013 • 21 comments
Another great way to earn a pile of Avios points from a credit card sign-up has appeared. I was very surprised last night to see that the sign-up bonus on the SPG / Starwood American Express card had .....
Another great way to earn a pile of Avios points from a credit card sign-up has appeared. I was very surprised .....
10 May 201310 May 2013 • 42 comments
The Summer hotel promotions are starting to drift out from the major chains. Starwood launched ‘Double Take’ on May 1st. Marriott Rewards is now following up bringing back .....
The Summer hotel promotions are starting to drift out from the major chains. Starwood launched .....
7 May 20137 May 2013 • 3 comments
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft etc scheme, has brought in a special gift for members who qualify for Gold or Platinum for the first time in 2013, or who manage to .....
Starwood Preferred Guest, the Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft etc scheme, has brought in a special gift for .....
2 May 20132 May 2013 • 3 comments
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