Chase 6x Groceries (Bonvoy Cards)

[wasCB14]

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@notmyrealname23 wrote:

"New and existing cardholders:

• Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card (previously 2X)

Existing cardholders (since this card no longer accepts new applicants):

• Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card (previously 2X)"

I've probably value 6 Marriott points over 3 cents- in other words, should you want to sell me Marriott points at half a cent a piece I'd buy them ALL DAY.

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Most of my travel is to visit family, or to remote places (think hiking trips) where there may not be a major chain...so I go through miles faster than I do hotel points. If there was a mechanism to sell hotel points without any fear of AA, I'd consider it with all the points I have.

It's not that I've even put a ton of spend on the cards...just various promotions and (at least with other chains) limited award space.

[NRB525]

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@wasCB14 wrote:

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@notmyrealname23 wrote:

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@credit_is_crack wrote:

So got another email for rewards updates due to COVID. 

Chase offering 6x on groceries from 5/01 - 7/31, up to $5k spend. Pretty generous update. I wonder if this is Bonvoy driven or Chase. If it's Bonvoy then we could see something like this on the Amex cards too,

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It's on some of the AMEX cards too (the Brilliant and the $95 one you can't get any more they inherited from SPG), just not the AMEX Bonvoy Business card.

https://uat.credit-cards.marriott.com/chase-6x-grocery

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Didn't get it on my $95 "old SPG" card. But if I had, I'd go with BCP instead. Heck, I'd probably go with BCE instead.

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It isn't an "AMEX Offer" that you select / add to the card.

It's just an additional spend category that begins to work tomorrow. 

Nothing to do, it just starts tomorrow.

[wasCB14]

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@NRB525 wrote:

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@wasCB14 wrote:

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@notmyrealname23 wrote:

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@credit_is_crack wrote:

So got another email for rewards updates due to COVID. 

Chase offering 6x on groceries from 5/01 - 7/31, up to $5k spend. Pretty generous update. I wonder if this is Bonvoy driven or Chase. If it's Bonvoy then we could see something like this on the Amex cards too,

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It's on some of the AMEX cards too (the Brilliant and the $95 one you can't get any more they inherited from SPG), just not the AMEX Bonvoy Business card.

https://uat.credit-cards.marriott.com/chase-6x-grocery

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Didn't get it on my $95 "old SPG" card. But if I had, I'd go with BCP instead. Heck, I'd probably go with BCE instead.

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It isn't an "AMEX Offer" that you select / add to the card.

It's just an additional spend category that begins to work tomorrow. 

Nothing to do, it just starts tomorrow.

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Maybe one will arrive later, but no such email yet.

[Loquat]

What I also found interesting is that I've never seen an Amex offer that gave points to anything other the MR cards.  Most in my experience has been cash back on co-branded cards.  Today I saw this offer...it may not be something new but it was certainly new to me. 

[wasCB14]

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@Loquat wrote:

What I also found interesting is that I've never seen an Amex offer that gave points to anything other the MR cards.  Most in my experience has been cash back on co-branded cards.  Today I saw this offer...it may not be something new but it was certainly new to me. 

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Definitely unusual.

+2 Miles for Tiffany on Delta Platinum, too.

[notmyrealname23]

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@wasCB14 wrote:

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@notmyrealname23 wrote:

"New and existing cardholders:

• Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card (previously 2X)

Existing cardholders (since this card no longer accepts new applicants):

• Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card (previously 2X)"

I've probably value 6 Marriott points over 3 cents- in other words, should you want to sell me Marriott points at half a cent a piece I'd buy them ALL DAY.

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Most of my travel is to visit family, or to remote places (think hiking trips) where there may not be a major chain...so I go through miles faster than I do hotel points. If there was a mechanism to sell hotel points without any fear of AA, I'd consider it with all the points I have.

It's not that I've even put a ton of spend on the cards...just various promotions and (at least with other chains) limited award space.

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Reasonable. I get decent value out of smallish numbers of Marriott points (my last redemption was over a penny per point) so if they were legit on sale for half a penny a point I could get value.

[Citylights18]

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@Remedios wrote:

I wouldn't be surprised if Chase does whatever  it can to encourage their cards get used during this time given the numbers for projected defaults they released themselves.

Those cards wouldn't see light of the day for many right about now, so it provides great incentive, just like adding doordash did to Freedoms and CSP/CSR. 

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I see this as olive branch for consumers who want to invest in an Marriot card but are concerned about having anything to spend the SUB on.

AMEX started the trend with extending the SUBs out to 6 months and soon after Chase started offering 5x for Doordash.

I just got an offer in the mail from Citi for 3x grocery/drugstore through the end of July. But I've got 5x on Chase until the end of June. Nice gesture but probably too little too late for consumers.

[Loquat]

The one nice thing about this offer if one wants to entertain it is that Marriott pairs with lots of airlines at a 3:1 ratio so there's always that option if one finds themselves with some Bonvoy points that they don't want to burn on hotel redemptions.

[Citylights18]

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@Loquat wrote:
The one nice thing about this offer if one wants to entertain it is that Marriott pairs with lots of airlines at a 3:1 ratio so there's always that option if one finds themselves with some Bonvoy points that they don't want to burn on hotel redemptions.

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The problem is the other way around. Chase and AMEX earners have built up an excessive amount of what was planning to be transferable points to airlines but now aren't getting use.

Unloading those points on hotels might be a sensible way to go.

[NRB525]

@wasCB14 there is no email, there is no AMEX offer you need to find. 

Go to TPG and read the article. ALL Marriott cards get this automagically. Except business AMEX.

Sheesh.