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Marriott Bonvoy Bold Review – 60,000 Points And A Free Night With No Annual Fee

by | Sep 16, 2024 | chase, credit cards, marriott | 0 comments

KEY LINK – Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card – Earn 60,000 Bonus Points plus 1 Free Night Award after you spend $2,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. Free Night valued at 50,000 points. Certain hotels have resort fees. $0 annual fee

I’ve often said that one of the best ways to get lots of miles and points is through applying for new credit cards. It’s just too hard to get any appreciable amount of miles by just your regular everyday spending (unless you are spending a LOT). So for most people, regularly applying for new credit cards every couple of months is the best way to get enough miles and points to go somewhere fun. Of course, that also goes right into the other thing that I regularly say, and that is to not apply for a credit card just because some guy on the Internet said that you should.

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Marriott Bonvoy Bold Welcome Offer

The Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card just came out with a brand new offer and it’s pretty compelling. We have seen before welcome offers that give you a certain number of points, and we have seen welcome offers give you free night certificates. This offer is both – you can earn 60,000 Bonus Points plus 1 Free Night Award (up to 50,000 points) after you spend $2,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. Keep in mind sometimes free hotel nights can be tricky to use, and some hotels might have resort fees so your “free” night may not be completely free, but this is a pretty decent offer for a card with no annual fee.

Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Earning Rates

Keep in mind that with the Marriott Bonvoy Bold card, you’ll also get:

  • 3x Bonvoy points for every $1 spent at over 7,000 hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy®
  • 2X Bonvoy points at grocery stores, rideshare, select food delivery, and select streaming, and internet, cable and phone services
  • 1X Bonvoy points on all other purchases.
  • Complimentary Marriott Silver elite status
  • 5 elite nights towards status each year

The Bonvoy Bold card has a $0 annual fee

Marriott Bonvoy Bold Benefits

Like many cards with no annual fee, the Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold® card does not come with a ton of benefits other than its welcome offer. The earning rates are not great, even for stays at Marriott hotels, and there aren’t a ton of travel or other ancillary benefits. You do get complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status, along with 5 elite night credits each year that you hold the card. Silver Elite status is the lowest tier of Bonvoy status, so you won’t get much with that other than late checkout (sometimes) and 10% extra points on your Marriott stays.

Where to use Marriott free nights

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The 50,000 point cap will rule out some of the ultra-luxurious Marriott hotels out there, but that’s okay because I hate “fancy” hotels anyways, with one of the reasons being that they seem to charge you for every last little thing.

(SEE ALSO: How hotels categorize themselves (the difference between upscale and “upper upscale”))

Remember that you can now top off your Marriott free night awards with up to 15,000 points per night, meaning that you can look for hotels and resorts at up to 65,000 points. You do also get the 5th night free with points bookings, but I don’t think that using a free night certificate would qualify for this. Here’s an example at the Royalton Riviera Cancun all-inclusive

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Yes, you do have to pay 14,000 points / night on top of your free night certificates, but you’re also getting a room that is running for $687 / night (plus tax).

We also compiled a list of 6 Marriott hotels you can stay at for free that you can use to help get some travel inspiration

Who’s Eligible for this Marriott Bonvoy Bold offer

The terms of the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card offer state that you are not eligible for the welcome offer if you:

  1. currently have any of the following cards or (2) you received a new cardmember bonus for any of the following cards within the last 24 months: Marriott Bonvoy® Premier credit card, Marriott Rewards® Premier credit card, Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® credit card, Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus credit card, Marriott Bonvoy Bold® credit card.
  2. currently have or had any of the following cards within the last 30 days: Marriott Bonvoy® American Express® Card, The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express
  3. applied and were approved for any of the following cards within the last 90 days or received a new cardmember bonus or upgrade bonus for any of the following cards within the last 24 months: Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card, Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express, Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express®Card, Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card, Marriott Bonvoy Bevy™ American Express® Card.

As a Chase card, the Marriott Bonvoy Bold offer is subject to Chase 5/24 so you are unlikely to be approved if you have applied for 5 or more credit cards within the past 24 months.

Other Marriott Credit Cards

If you’re looking for a Marriott card with a bit more oomph, there are a few other Marriott cards that you could consider

Personally, I think that most people will get much more value out of the 3 free nights with the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless, at least during the first year. You can then downgrade to the Bonvoy Bold after the first year if you don’t want to pay the annual fee again.

One thing to consider with this offer is that you are getting Marriott Bonvoy points, so you are locked into using them to stay at Marriott hotels. If you are looking for other hotel credit cards with no annual fee, you could consider the IHG One Rewards Traveler Credit Card – read our full review here, or the Hilton Honors American Express Card – see rates and fees or read our full review here.

The Bottom Line

KEY LINK – Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card – Earn 60,000 Bonus Points plus 1 Free Night Award after you spend $2,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. Free Night valued at 50,000 points. Certain hotels have resort fees.

This is an outstanding offer for a card with no annual fee

As always, feel free to email me at dan at pointswithacrew dot com if you have any questions about your specific situation, or this or any other credit card offer.

What do you think of this Marriott Bonvoy Bold credit card offer? Are you planning on signing up for it?


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