Marriott will be making a number of changes to the co-branded credit cards they offer with Chase & American Express. These changes will go into effect after February 12th, this coincides with the loyalty program changing name to ‘Marriott Bonvoy‘.
American Express
- The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express becomes Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card. This card will also stop being issued, existing cardholders that signed up before January 23rd, 2019 will be eligible to earn 25,000 bonus points for every $25,000 in eligible spend up to 100,000 points maximum until December 31st, 2019.
- Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card will become Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card. Starting March 28th, 2019 they will be offering a $100 property credit at The Ritz-Carlton® or St. Regis with a two night minimum stay that is booked directly.
- The Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express will become Marriott Bonvoy Business™ American Express® Card. Annual fee will be increasing from $95 to $125 (If your application is received before 3/28/2019, the introductory annual fee will be $0 for the first year of Card Membership, then $95)
Bonvoy Brilliant & Bonvoy Business will offer sign up bonuses of 100,000 points after $5,000 in spend from February 13th until April 24th, 2019.
Chase
- Chase will launch a new no annual fee consumer card sometime this summer.
- Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Credit Card will become Marriott Bonvoy Boundlessâ„¢ Credit Card from Chase.Â
- Marriott Rewards® Premier Credit Card will become Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier Credit Card from Chase. This card is no longer issued.
- Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Business Credit Card will become Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier Plus Business Credit Card from Chase. This card will no longer being issued starting February 12th, 2019.
- Marriott Rewards® Signature Credit Card will become Marriott Bonvoy™ Credit Card from Chase. This card is no longer issued.
- Marriott Rewards® Business Credit Card will become Marriott Bonvoy Business™ Credit Card from Chase. This card is no longer issued.
- The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card will become The Ritz-Carlton™ Credit Card from JPMorgan. This card is no longer issued. Starting March 28th, 2019 they will be offering a $100 property credit at The Ritz-Carlton® or St. Regis with a two night minimum stay that is booked directly. Chase is stating this benefit will begin in April?
Our Thoughts
I’m guessing somebody at Marriott likes alliteration (Marriott Bonvoy Boundless, Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant). Aside from the card names being cringe these changes aren’t surprising. When American Express & Chase signed new deals with Marriott we knew that Chase would stop issuing business cards/luxury and American Express would stop issuing low/no annual fee consumer cards. I’m surprised it has taken this long to go into effect, but I guess it makes sense with the rebranding.
The extra 25,000 points per $25,000 in spend just means that card earns at 3x points again if you spend exactly in intervals of $25,000 (what it used to earn at before a devaluation).
