New Benefits for Ritz CC

[09Lexie]

Just received this email with new benefits for the Ritz Card.... increased travel credit to $300!

It is our pleasure to announce that beginning May 1, 2014, your  Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card from J.P. Morgan will now entitle you to the following new benefits designed to elevate every journey.

$300 ANNUAL TRAVEL CREDIT  You’ll have the opportunity to make the most of your trip with a $300 annual travel credit to use for baggage fees, Global Entry fees, seat upgrades, access to your preferred airport lounge and more.  10% ANNUAL POINTS PREMIUM  Each calendar year, you will receive a 10% annual points premium on Ritz-Carlton Rewards® points earned through card purchases made during the previous year. Your first premium, awarded at the beginning of 2015, will be based on all points earned in 2014.  PLATINUM ELITE STATUS  Attain and keep Platinum Elite Status in the Ritz-Carlton Rewards®when you spend $75,000 on your card per account year, and you can enjoy arrival gifts, room guarantees, 50 percent added value on Ritz-Carlton Rewards points and more.  Visit ritzcarltonrewards.com/platinum for details.

And remember, you can also continue to enjoy the exceptional benefits and privileges that have always come with your card, including complimentary upgrades to The Ritz-Carlton Club® Level, $100 Hotel Credits, the opportunity to earn rewards with every purchase and much more.

[azguy13]

The $300 Annual travel credit almost makes the AF reasonable for a lot of people if you use this card to it's full extent. Still, I do not stay at the Ritz nearly enough to justify the card, but to those who do, this is fantastic

[dilettante]

Just got it today, too. Makes this card the best value for all the perks. I just hope it doesn't mean that they may raise the annual fee.  Don't know if I'd spend that much for Plat status though.

[newUser0]

The link below describes all the new features.

http://www.ritzcarltonrewardscard.com/extraordinary-rewards.php#plat

But still $75K is too much na?

[eagle2013]

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@azguy13 wrote:

The $300 Annual travel credit almost makes the AF reasonable for a lot of people if you use this card to it's full extent. Still, I do not stay at the Ritz nearly enough to justify the card, but to those who do, this is fantastic

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The $300 credit combined with lounge access for those who travel is a great deal. 

[azguy13]

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@eagle2013 wrote:

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@azguy13 wrote:

The $300 Annual travel credit almost makes the AF reasonable for a lot of people if you use this card to it's full extent. Still, I do not stay at the Ritz nearly enough to justify the card, but to those who do, this is fantastic

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The $300 credit combined with lounge access for those who travel is a great deal. 

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If I still had my position where I traveled internationally I would consider it with these new perks but now it is absolutely not worth it, lol. Unless of course Chase EO wanted to waive the fee for life

[eagle2013]

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@azguy13 wrote:

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@eagle2013 wrote:

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@azguy13 wrote:

The $300 Annual travel credit almost makes the AF reasonable for a lot of people if you use this card to it's full extent. Still, I do not stay at the Ritz nearly enough to justify the card, but to those who do, this is fantastic

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The $300 credit combined with lounge access for those who travel is a great deal. 

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If I still had my position where I traveled internationally I would consider it with these new perks but now it is absolutely not worth it, lol. Unless of course Chase EO wanted to waive the fee for life

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Lol, exactly!!! 

[CreditScholar]

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@dilettante wrote:

Just got it today, too. Makes this card the best value for all the perks. I just hope it doesn't mean that they may raise the annual fee.  Don't know if I'd spend that much for Plat status though.

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+1. I got the email today as well and overall, I'm quite happy with the improvements.

I agree that 75k isn't worth it for platinum. I'll happily spend 10k for gold, but the difference between plat and gold isn't worth the extra 65k.

If that 65k is put on the UA Club card instead, it'd equate to 97,500 UA miles.

97.5k UA + 10k RCR + Gold >> 75k RCR + Plat

[newUser0]

What is RCR means? You hae gold status with United? Any ways to get status cards with United?

[CreditScholar]

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@newUser0 wrote:

What is RCR means? You hae gold status with United? Any ways to get status cards with United?

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RCR = Ritz Carlton Rewards points. When I compared gold and plat, I meant Ritz gold vs Ritz plat.

The only ways to get gold with united are either fly 50k miles per year, achieve MM status, or spend 250k per year on the old PP card to get 50k Flex-EQMs.

You can get UA Silver by achieving Marriott Platinum due to the new partnership. That requires pushing 180k through the Marriott Premier card.