by Eric Lipkind If you want to boost your Marriott Bonvoy balance, there is an easy way to do so weekly that won’t cost you anything if you’re targeted. Marriott recently partnered with MGM Casinos. As such, you can transfer MGM Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy points at a 10:8 ratio. But there is an even […]
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Get 200 free Marriott Bonvoy points!
By Eric Lipkind Everybody likes free points. Well, Marriott is offering 200 free Bonvoy points for every Bonvoy card you register at this link. This includes both Chase and American Express Bonvoy Cards. Additionally, you can earn an extra 10,000 Bonvoy points by spending $7,000 by September 21, 2024. This one is easy. Register! Let me help […]
Nearly $7,000 of travel for $1,000 – Bahamas
Nearly $7,000 of travel for $1,000 – Bahamas October 7, 2021|Bonvoy, Caesars Rewards, Casino, Hyatt, Priority Pass by Eric Lipkind My wife, sons, and I recently went to Nassau and Paradise Island. We broke the stay into two nights at the Atlantis and two nights at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar. I’ll start off with how […]
Latest round of retention offers
September 16, 2021|AMEX, Bonvoy, Retention Bonus by Eric Lipkind Every year after the annual fee posts to one of my cards, I call the card issuer to see if there are any retention offers to keep the card. Here are my latest findings from my attempts in the last month. American Express: I had two different AMEX […]
Update on value gained out of credit cards with annual fees
June 17, 2021|AMEX, Annual Fee, Bonvoy, Chase, Frontier, Retention Bonus by Eric Lipkind Last month I wrote about how I get value out of credit cards with annual fees. In May, I added two more credit cards bringing the total number of cards with fees between my wife and me to 27 with total annual fees of […]
Major change to Marriott Bonvoy Points Advance
May 27, 2021|Bonvoy, Marriott Marriott just announced a major change to how you can book award reservations. Until now, there was a feature called Points Advance which would allow you to book award reservations prior to having enough points, as long as you had enough points by the time of your stay. Today that changed. […]
Why Its Worth It To Pay For Credit Cards With Annual Fees
May 10, 2021|AMEX, Annual Fee, Bonvoy, Chase, Retention Bonus My wife and I have many credit cards. We have many credit cards that charge annual fees. 26 to be exact. In total, we are currently paying $6,585 in annual fees. That is a LOT of money. However, with targeted spending as well as signing up […]
Trip review – Tampa, FL
May 7, 2021|Autoslash, Bonvoy, Frontier, Hertz, Priority Pass Earlier this week I moved my son out of college in Tampa, FL. I’ll review the flight, hotel, car rental, as well as the amazing restaurant where we ate. Flight I flew Frontier out of Newark. Being 50K Elite from their status match program, I was able […]
Marriott extends free night and point expiration
April 29, 2021|Bonvoy, Marriott Following on a prior extension, Marriott is extending Bonvoy points expiration and free night certificate expiration as follows per Marriott: Eligible Free Night Awards redemption has been extended to January 3, 2022. Effective May 7th, 2021 members who currently have a Free Night Award that has an original expiration date in […]
San Juan: Latest travel hack 94% off – $7,021 of travel for $391
April 6, 2021|Bonvoy, Frontier, Marriott, Uber For Spring Break, we wanted to travel domestically to avoid a COVID test on our return. We were able to find a great deal in Puerto Rico. I will post a separate trip review. Airfare I found that the lowest fare to San Juan would be to fly from Philadelphia […]
New Amex Bonvoy Offers
February 1, 2021|Bonvoy Some new Amex offers just came out on the Amex Bonvoy cards. Some help largely offset the annual fees. Both Bonvoy Brilliant and Bonvoy Business cards: Spend $7,500 and get 7,500 bonus points, up to 10 times until 12/31/21. Bonvoy Brilliant card: Spend $20 and get $20 back at restaurants once a […]
Great Bonvoy News for 2021
January 11, 2021|Bonvoy Today Marriott rolled out some great enhancements to itw Bonvoy program. This is in addition to enhancements added last year. The new enhancements are as follows: 2021 Bonvoy Elite Status -Like last year, Marriott will add 50% of the nights required for your tier from 2020 to your account. -The number […]
Trip Review – Punta de Mita, Mexico
December 24, 2020|Bonvoy, Marriott, United by Eric Lipkind Last month, amid rising Covid cases in the US, my wife, son, and I went to Punta de Mita Mexico. I had been keeping a close watch on cases in Nayarit, Mexico and compared to the US, they were miniscule. So off we went. My prior post mentioned how […]
Homes and Villas by Marriott Promotion
December 15, 2020|Bonvoy, Marriott If you didn’t know, Marriott has a new program called Homes and Villas by Marriott International. From what I can tell, it seems similar to AirBnB. There is currently a promotion that gives 10% off the most popular destinations when you book now for the year ahead. Book before 12/31. […]
Free Bonvoy Nights Promotion
December 14, 2020|Bonvoy, Marriott Some Bonvoy members have a promotion in their accounts for two free nights. You will get one free night after a paid stay and another free night after a second paid stay through March 31, 2021. You will get free night certificates worth up to 35,000 points per certificate. There are […]
My latest great points booking for $10,846 of travel for $339!
November 10, 2020|Airfare, Bonvoy, Marriott, Turkish Airlines, United By Eric Lipkind With Covid raging out of control and feeling a bit cooped up, we decided to book a vacation where Covid was low. After much research, we found the St. Regis in Punta Mita, Mexico. We had been there before and it is amazing. With Covid cases […]
Amazing Amex Bonvoy card offers
October 22, 2020|AMEX, Bonvoy American Express currently has amazing sign-up offers for the Amex Bonvoy Brilliant Card and the Amex Bonvoy Business Card. Amex Bonvoy Brilliant Receive 125,000 Bonvoy points with a $5,000 spend in the first 3 months. The sign up bonus is worth at least $1,000. This card has a $450 annual fee, but comes […]
HUGE AMEX Bonvoy Brilliant Retention Offer
October 13, 2020|AMEX, Bonvoy, Marriott The $450 annual fee just got charged to my AMEX Bonvoy Brilliant card today. I called the AMEX retention line at 800-452-3945 to see if there was anything they could do to incent me to keep the card given the large annual fee. They came back with an offer of 65,000 Bonvoy […]
Some great Amex offers
August 3, 2020|AMEX, Bonvoy There are some great Amex offers that you can add to your card: $100 off $100 purchase at Dell (Platinum card) 7 extra Marriott points for dining spend (Bonvoy card) 4 extra Marriott points per dollar for Marriott spend (Bonvoy card) 8 extra Marriott points per dollar for gas station spend […]
Missing annual free night with Bonvoy Amex card
January 22, 2020|AMEX, Bonvoy Over a year ago the Amex Starwood cards were revamped and became the Amex Bonvoy cards. Upon the annual renewal, you are supposed to get a free night certificate in your Marriott Bonvoy account. I have two cards – the Bonvoy Brilliant and the Bonvoy Business. The certificate for the Bonvoy […]