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Marriott Bonvoy regularly runs promos for buying points. Currently, Bonvoy members are able to buy points with up to a 50% bonus if you purchase at least 2,000 points. The exact bonus offer you get could be lower. For example, I received 40% bonus offer. This promo runs through September 23, 2024.
For context, a 50% bonus is as high as we've seen. bonus points.
Typically, you can only buy 100,000 Marriott points per year. However, the cap has been increased to 150,000 points for this promo. With a 50% bonus, you can buy 150,000 points and get 75,000 bonus points for a total of 225,000 points.
You can transfer up to 100,000 points with another Marriott Bonvoy member each year.
Points Wire Note:
These purchases are via points.com so it won't qualify for a credit card travel bonus category. Your best bet is to use a card that earns 2x on all spend such as a Capital One Venture, Capital One Venture X, Amex Blue Business Plus, or Citi Double Cash.
To really get the most out of your Marriott points, book a five-night stay and get the fifth night free.
Hilton Honors has announced its promo for the fourth quarter of 2024 which they're calling Power Up Promotion. For stays between September 3 and December 31, 2024, members can earn 2,500 bonus points on all stays.
Even if your stay has already been booked, you'll be eligible for the bonus points. You can even earn the bonus points on award stays. There isn't a limit to the points you can earn.
Points can take 6-8 weeks to post to your account.
Current Promo
Earn double points on all stays through September 2, 2024.
If you've been looking for a group of people who love points and travel as much as you do or you're simply trying to get a better understanding of points and miles, check out the Chicago Seminars at Hyatt Regency O'Hare!
I've been attending and speaking at the Chicago Seminars for years. It's still one of my favorite points and miles conferences!
One of the reasons I've loved this event is that it's a chance a wide variety of experience levels to come together.
Neither the organizers or speakers get paid for this event. Instead, the focus of the event is giving back to the points community. To be transparent, I believe using my promo code potentially helps offset some of my flight and hotel costs.
If you'd like to attend, my promo code can get you a discount on the event ticket and afterparty ticket.
Event Details
If you get an general admission ticket and an afterparty ticket with my promo code the total cost will be $339.
Hope to see you there!
American Express has released an Amex Offer for flights on the low-cost carrier French Bee. You can get a $150 statement credit if you spend $750+ on one or more purchases with French Bee. Please note that French Bee operates flights to/from Paris-Orly (ORY), not Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG).
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Royal Jordanian is offering a status match opportunity that could be a great way to get oneworld Sapphire status - the sweet spot of oneworld status, if you ask me.
Status Match Offers
Important Details
Eligible Countries
Eligible Airline And Hotel Statuses For Match
You can match to Gold Sparrow (oneworld Sapphire) with mid tier or top tier status from one of the following airlines. You can match low tier status to Silver Jay (oneworld Ruby), but I don't think it's worth it for most people.
Hotel status can only be matched to Silver Jay (oneworld Ruby). I don't think this is worth it for most people.
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World of Hyatt is currently offering a 20% discount when buying points. To take advantage of this promo, you must make the purchase by October 8, 2024. Additionally, you must purchase at least 5,000 Hyatt points to get the discount.
You can buy up to 55,000 Hyatt points for $1,056 thanks to the 20% discount. For context, we haven't seen a higher bonus since September 2023 when Hyatt sold points with a 25% discount.
Keep in mind that Hyatt caps the number of points you can buy per year at 55,000 points.
If you're traveling with friends or family, keep in mind that you can only transfer points between accounts once every 30 days.
These purchases are via points.com so it won't qualify for a credit card travel bonus category. Your best bet is to use a card that earns 2x on all spend such as a Capital One Venture, Capital One Venture X, Amex Blue Business Plus, or Citi Double Cash.
Since you can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards and/or Bilt Rewards points to Hyatt, you may not need to purchase points to book hotel stays.
American Express has a new Amex Offer for stays at Relais & Châteaux hotels in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. If you spend $500+ at a Relais & Châteaux property, you can get $100 back as a statement credit. That's up to 20% back.
Important Terms
Points Wire Note:
We can book you a stay with Relais & Chateaux Preferred Partner or Virtuoso benefits such as an upgrade (if available), daily breakfast for 2, a $100 property credit, and more.
You can search for a property with our self-serve portal or submit a request once you've found the hotel you want to book.
Chase Ultimate Rewards is offering a 70% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy if you transfer points by 1:59pm ET on August 14, 2024. To be blunt, this is almost always a terrible use of Ultimate Rewards points. I'd only consider this if you need to top off your Marriott Bonvoy account with a few points to book an award night. Otherwise, you're better off using Chase points for flights.
Amex Membership Rewards has a lucrative transfer bonus to British Airways Executive Club. You can get a 30% bonus on the points you transfer to British Airways if you transfer by 11:59pm MT on September 30, 2024.
While British Airways has devalued quite a bit recently, you can combine Avios from British Airways with Qatar Airways Privilege Club, Finnair Plus, and Iberia Plus which each have some great sweet spot redemptions.
I do not recommend speculative transfers for most people.
Amex Membership Rewards has launched a transfer bonus to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles. If you transfers Amex points to Hawaiian by 11:59pm MT on August 31, 2024, you can receive a 20% bonus.
HawaiianMiles are pretty niche but they can be used to book Hawaiian's own flights. Oddly enough, using miles to upgrade to first class (it's really business class), can be a great way to book - especially if there isn't award space.
Of course, if Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines' planned merger is finalized, you may end up with a bunch of Alaska miles. This is not something I would gamble on currently.
I do not recommend speculative transfers for most people.
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