This seems like a good offer. You get Gold Status through 2008 and 30k points
Enjoy!
GREEN GREEN GREEN
mespin
Ancient Member
posted: Sep. 19, 2007 @ 1:12a
The points are a good deal. Is the Gold Elite status all that valuable? You get: GOLD ELITE (stay 15-49 nights or earn 20,000 points in a calendar year) Receive all Club benefits, plus: • Priority Check-in™ on guaranteed reservations • 10% bonus on base points • Exclusive Gold Customer Service Phone Number No free upgrades at that level. The 10% bonus is good, but is Priority Check-in a big deal? Does that just mean you get to use the carpeted line when it's busy?
retire35
Senior Member
posted: Sep. 19, 2007 @ 1:16a
mespin said: The points are a good deal. Is the Gold Elite status all that valuable? You get: GOLD ELITE (stay 15-49 nights or earn 20,000 points in a calendar year) Receive all Club benefits, plus: • Priority Check-in™ on guaranteed reservations • 10% bonus on base points • Exclusive Gold Customer Service Phone Number No free upgrades at that level. The 10% bonus is good, but is Priority Check-in a big deal? Does that just mean you get to use the carpeted line when it's busy?
I think you can purchase an ambassador level account with the free upgrades for 20000 points or $150. I have never had one. On this deal, I just want the points for hotel stays.
hawdey
Member
posted: Sep. 19, 2007 @ 2:27a
The Gold status really is bunk. I am a platinum member and almost never get upgrades at Holiday Inn's or any real benefits except earning extra points as free newspapers don't do much for me. However status does help if you stay at Intercontinental properties and you sometimes get nice upgrades there like I did in NYC. However IC hotels are usually pretty overpriced when you compare them to Hilton, Westin etc.. The only real way to get good upgrades is if you spend 20,000 points or $150 on becoming an "ambassador"
Thanks for posting, OP. Took a look at what you can get with the points and it looks like it takes a ton of points to get retail/dining GC's - 20k for a $50 GC and 38k for a $100 GC. So the points are basically good for free nights at IC hotels and not much else. Still a great bonus if you need that.
Not really the Marriott card has higher BT fees, and a higher interst rate. No 0% for purchases or BT, no statement credit etc. read the terms of the two to compare 3.90% fixed APR for the first 6 billing cycles following the opening of your account. After that, 18.24% variable.
dhobi
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Sep. 19, 2007 @ 11:27a
Donedealzz said: dhobi said: Not a bad deal, however IMHO the Marriott Visa card is a better deal which gets you 2 free nights or more at category 1-4 hotels.
Not really the Marriott card has higher BT fees, and a higher interst rate. No 0% for purchases or BT, no statement credit etc. read the terms of the two to compare 3.90% fixed APR for the first 6 billing cycles following the opening of your account. After that, 18.24% variable. May not be best for AOR, but gives one free night at a category 1-4 hotel + 20000 points that can be redeemed for 1 to 3 nights. First year no annual fee, $30 after that. I think you can combine the free certificate and points with your spouse.
How many pts dose it take to stay at thier hotel? Is this good for 1 or is it good for 2 nights? LMK Thanks
Neidman
Member
posted: Sep. 20, 2007 @ 5:27a
jolapo said: Can anyone share the experience of redeeming the points? Are there many restrictions when/where you can use the points?
The points are easy to use. Just recently they had a special where you could get a room for 5 thousand points at many hotels. I got 3 nights at a NYC hotel for the 15 thousand points I got from a previous credit card offer.
This is a great deal, but I am planning a AOR near the Holidays to help out with presents. There will be a lot better deals coming out in the next month or so.
shorunner
Broke Member
posted: Sep. 20, 2007 @ 1:39p
MarcSL said: ive churned this deal 2 times now and got 60,000 priority points. Im thinking of doing it again.
did you cancel the card? or do they allow multiple cards?
jolapo said: Can anyone share the experience of redeeming the points? Are there many restrictions when/where you can use the points?
No restriction as long as there are room availability.
Instant deduction of the points and instant re-instate of the points if you cancel the reward booking.
Tons more locations than Marriott group, especially if you use the points for overseas travel.
MR customer service line is not even a toll-free line. And if you cancel an award booking, it takes forever and you have to jump thru hoops to get your points back.
As far as for hotel night redemption, PC is superior than MR in my book.
Also, you will NOT get the free night cert on your 2nd MR card - MR does keep track of that closely. Sometimes you dont even get the 20K bonus even that are sent by Chase.
retire35 said: poordealguy said: $1000 credit limit !!! are u freaking kidding me ?!?!?!?! I am hurt !!
I was also initially told 1000. When I logged into Chase Banking, I found the limit to be much higher.
thanks for the info..logged on to my Chase account and viola $22,000 !!!! thats quite an increase !!!
and a romantic night at the nearby BIG intercontinental hotel for my wife's birthday !!!! cannot beat this deal !! (the $250 cash deals do..but they dont come very often..and I do snag them when they do..)
Edit: I thought I wasn't going to get the 15k Biz card points, but when I checked today I found that I was given 30k for the Personal card and another 30K for the Biz Card!!!!
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ProfessorEd
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Dec. 8, 2007 @ 11:18a
If you do not wish to keep the card cancel before the fee is charged.
I just tried to exchange the card for another and learned they could give me a Freedom Dynamic, but a product exchange would not eliminate the fee. I cancelled.
If I had called a bit earlier I could have done the exchange ending up with a useful card for spending for rebates.
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