The Marriott Rewards Premiere credit card is now offering an increased sign up bonus of 100,000 Marriott Rewards Points! That’s a lot of Marriott points. I’ll show you the details of this new offer and give you some ideas on how to use your points.
Highlights of the Marriott Rewards Premiere Credit Card
- 100,000 point bonus after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months
- 7,500 points after you add an authorized user who makes a purchase in the first 3 months
- 5x points at Marriott and Starwood properties
- 2x points on airline tickets purchased directly with the airline, car rental agencies and restaurants
- 1x points on all other purchases
- Free night certificate for Category 1-5 hotel each year after account anniversary
- Automatic Marriott Elite Silver status
- Earn 1 additional elite night credit for every $3,000 you spend on purchases
- $85 Annual Fee
Keep in mind that this card is only available to you if you do not already have it and have not received a new card member bonus for this card in the past 24 months.
Link: How To Earn and Use Marriott Rewards Points
How Much Are Marriott Points Worth?
According to The Points Guy’s monthly valuations, Marriott points are worth about .9 cents per point. That means this bonus is worth roughly $900. Once you add in the 7,500 points from adding an authorized user and the 5,000 points from the required spend, you will have 112,500 points that are worth about $1,013. Not bad from one credit card sign up!
Link: Marriott Elite Status
What Can You Do With 100,000 Marriott Rewards Points?
Courtyard Bonaire
This is a category 3 hotel that costs 15,000 points per night. This one credit card bonus will get you 7 nights in this tropical paradise! This property features a restaurant, bar, free wi-fi, and an outdoor pool. In April 2017, a brand new diving center will be opening, making this a great choice for a scuba diving trip.
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Autograph Collection
This is a category 9 requiring 45,000 points per night. This credit card bonus will give you 2 free nights at this luxury property on the Big Island of Hawaii. Rooms at this hotel start at $432 per night so this would be a great way use your points to splurge on a few nights of luxury
Courtyard Edinburgh
If Europe is more your style, you can stay 3 nights at the Courtyard Edinburgh in Scotland with the points from your bonus. This is a category 7 property requiring 35,000 points per night.
Transfer to Starwood Preferred Guest
Last year, Marriott acquired Starwood Hotels so now you can freely transfer your points between the 2 brands. The transfer rate for Marriott to Starwood is 3:1, meaning you will get 1 Starwood point for every 3 Marriott points you transfer. Starwood points are worth close to 2.5 cents per point so the transfer isn’t as lopsided as it seems at first glance.
Link: Starwood Preferred Guest – How To Earn and Use Points
Aloft New Orleans Downtown
This SPG property in New Orleans costs 10,000 Starwood points per night. So, if you transfer 90,000 of your Marriott points to Starwood, you will have 30,00 SPG points which is enough for 3 nights at this property
Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15
This hotel in Thailand costs only 7,000 SPG points per night. Your 112,500 Marriott points will transfer to 37,5000 SPG points which is enough for 5 nights in Bangkok!
*While this is a great sign up bonus that will net you a lot of points, I don’t recommend using the Marriott Rewards credit card for your everyday spend after you earn the bonus. I explain why in my recent post, Which Credit Card Is Best For Earning Marriott Points.
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Great options! We’re more budget travelers and we go with our little kids, so the Edinburgh property would be perfect for us.
sticking with one brand does have it’s advantages. some of these properties are interesting and not what I would expect from Marriott, especially the one in Edinburgh.
I have been s member and fan for years thanks for the update,
I love how you broke down the redemption options! Most times I don’t even know what I’m earning towards. Too bad that I’m off credit cards sign-ups for a while till I finish purchasing a house.
This is great. I burned almost all of my Marriott points last year, staying in great properties in Berlin, South florida, and Budapest. Perhaps I will sign up for a new credit card and bank another 100K.
Travel Happy!
Go for it! Earn and burn 🙂