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 of dollars needed to be spent for Ambassador status has been reduced by 30%.   

-There will be a double night and double points promotion meaning you will earning double night credits for stays of two nights or longer from Feb. 16th – April 27th.  In order to get double nights, one night of the stay must be a paid night (i.e. not an award).

This means for 2021, the following will apply:

Some interesting things to note:

– If you have Platinum, Gold, or Silver status and have both a personal and business Marriott credit card, your status will remain the same (or improve if you were Silver in 2020).

– Where it gets interesting is adding the double night promotion to having both a personal and business Marriott credit card.   If you had Titanium status in 2020 and use 1 paid night coupled with 3 award nights in 1 stay, you will earn 8 nights, which will give you Titanium again through Jan 2023.

Reduced award pricing

–Off peak-award redemption rates will decrease by 10% for travel through Sept. 30th if booked between Jan 11th and Feb 21st.

–The promotion also states you can save up to 40% when redeeming free award nights, but I’m not sure off what rate the 40% applies.

Overall this is great news and very fair.