The Marriott card also has the Platinum and Gold features.
I know with the Platinum card (75 stays in a Marriott over a year) You get 500 aditional points with each stay and a 15% bonus for each point you spend. 75 stays sounds like a lot but if you do an aircraft initial training, you will aquire close to 30. Then getting another 45 over the course of a year, is not all that hard. Once you get to Platinum, they are very reluctant to remove your status.
You can also call up at anytime and request a challenge. The last time I checked all you had to do was spend 15 nights in 3 months for an upgrade from gold to platinum. I would reccomend doing this just prior to a recurrent. Then you will get 4 or 5 nights, in which case you only need 9 or 10 more over the course of 3 months.
The platinum card also allows you to bump anyone. You are guranteed a room even if the hotel is full, with 48 hours advance notice.
The last time I checked 250,000 points got you 2 round trip tickets to Hawaii, a weeks stay and a rental car discount voucher.
I know with the Platinum card (75 stays in a Marriott over a year) You get 500 aditional points with each stay and a 15% bonus for each point you spend. 75 stays sounds like a lot but if you do an aircraft initial training, you will aquire close to 30. Then getting another 45 over the course of a year, is not all that hard. Once you get to Platinum, they are very reluctant to remove your status.
You can also call up at anytime and request a challenge. The last time I checked all you had to do was spend 15 nights in 3 months for an upgrade from gold to platinum. I would reccomend doing this just prior to a recurrent. Then you will get 4 or 5 nights, in which case you only need 9 or 10 more over the course of 3 months.
The platinum card also allows you to bump anyone. You are guranteed a room even if the hotel is full, with 48 hours advance notice.
The last time I checked 250,000 points got you 2 round trip tickets to Hawaii, a weeks stay and a rental car discount voucher.
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