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Marriott’s CMO just made an announcement at the Collision Conference that “a little teaser tomorrow Chase will announce a new Marriott credit card”. I can only assume they are referring to the Chase Marriott Premier Plus, as May 3rd was always the launch date listed. That means that today would be your last day to apply for the Chase Marriott Premier card, currently the sign up bonus is 75,000 points. I don’t think signing up for the regular Premier card makes sense as the launch bonus for the Premier Plus will be 100,000 points.
It also won’t be possible to hold both the Premier & Premier Plus cards, but existing cardholders will receive an offer to upgrade to the Premier Plus. I suspect the upgrade offer will be 20,000 or 25,000 points (that’s the current difference between the Premier an the bonus that will launch with the Premier Plus). If you’re in your first year of being a Premier card holder, when you upgrade you won’t be charged the additional $10 in annual fees.
For those not familiar here are the card details on the Premier Plus card:
- $95 annual fee
- Card earns at the following rates:
- Six Marriott rewards points per dollar spent at participating hotels
- Two points per dollar spent on all other purchases
- Anniversary free night certificate for any property up to 35,000 points
- Silver status, upgraded to gold elite status when you spend $35,000 in purchases each year
- Coming in 2019: Receive 15 nights towards elite status (you can only receive this once regardless of how many Marriott/SPG cards you have)
- Will launch with 100,000 point bonus
This is just an updated version of the Premier card. Annual fee is also increasing by $10. None ‘Plus’ version currently offers:
- $85 annual fee
- 5 Marriott points per dollar at participating hotels
- 2 Marriott points per dollar on purchased directly with the airline, and at car rental agencies & restaurants
- 1 Marriott point on all other purchases
- Anniversary free night certificate category 1-5 properties (up to 25,000 points)
Hat tip to @MGSayah
