Marriott Bonvoy: Soft Landings for 2026
Marriott Bonvoy will continue a "soft landing" policy this year for the 2026 member year.
This means that no matter what status you earned, you...
Round Up: Cathay F Award Space + Transfer Bonus, Marriott Promo, Amex’s New “Trip...
Plenty of Cathay Pacific First Class Award Space To/From Hong Kong and beyond to Asia
If you've been wanting to try Cathay Pacific's First Class...
Updated: CitizenM+ / Marriott Deal – CitizenM+ Continues; Confers Gold Status; Price to Rise
This article has been updated on Aug 28th. I incorrectly read the email from Marriott as being an absorption of CitizenM+ with members getting...
UPDATE: Marriott Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador Elites Have ALL Lost Guaranteed Available Suite Upgrades
Yesterday, I wrote a rant about how Marriott changed the verbiage related to suite upgrades for Platinum members, changing the terms from guaranteeing an...
Marriott Platinums Now Suite Upgrade Eligible at Ritz Carlton
One extremely interesting quirk since the launch of Marriott Bonvoy has been the one brand exception that does not require (and I know that...
Marriott Offering Gift Card Discount at Various Percentages (10-20%)
If you are in the market for a discounted Marriott eGiftcard and have any Marriott Bonvoy credit card, check your email.
They are sending out...
It’s Not You. It’s the Marriott Bonvoy Refer-a-Friend Program
Ostensibly, Marriott has a program for you to refer people to Bonvoy.You are supposed to start on this page and enter your friend's email.
And...
Marriott’s Bonvoy Devaluation is Pretty Bad….
A few days ago, we started hearing about how many (most?) Marriott properties suddenly were requiring anywhere from about 10% more points than the...
Marriott’s New Promo is Out: Double Elite Nights + 1,000 Points Per Night
It's been widely expected for a week or two now and registration is now open.
Hopefully you have some (paid) Marriott travel coming up during...
Bonvoy Bold Adds Pay Yourself Back + Best Ever Bonus Offer
Long a feature of Chase's own Ultimate Rewards cards, the Pay Yourself Back feature (where you can redeem points for statement credits against various...






















