While I wouldn’t say this is the most exciting offer ever, I’m sure it’ll still come in handy for some. A similar promotion was offered last year, and it’s now available once again.
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Chase Sapphire Reserve Marriott Gold fast track
At the moment the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card (review) is offering Marriott Bonvoy Gold status, with the opportunity to extend it in conjunction with stays:
- Register between July 1 and September 30, 2024, by logging into your Chase account and going to the benefits tab; alternatively, you can visit this link
- Once registered, you’ll receive Marriott Bonvoy Gold status for a period of three months
- If you stay three paid nights booked directly with Marriott during that three month period, you’ll receive status through February 2026
Is this Marriott Gold offer worth it?
Marriott Bonvoy Gold status isn’t the most valuable mid-tier hotel elite status (status becomes much more valuable once you reach Platinum, where you start receiving free breakfast and earning suite night awards). Marriott Bonvoy Gold status offers perks like 25% bonus points, 2PM late check-out, enhanced Wi-Fi, a room upgrade subject to availability (to non-suites), etc.
If you happen to have Marriott stays coming up, then this offer is obviously better than nothing, since some status is better than no status. Just keep in mind that The Platinum Card® from American Express (review) offers Marriott Bonvoy Gold status for as long as you’re a cardmember (Enrollment required), so that’s a much better opportunity, as there are no stays required to maintain the status.
Bottom line
For a limited time, those with the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card can receive complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold status. The status is valid for a period of three months, and if you stay three paid nights during that period, you can receive the status through February 2026.
This is better than nothing for those who don’t have status with Marriott, but that’s about it.
Does anyone plan on taking advantage of this Chase Sapphire Reserve Marriott Gold offer?
Would be more interesting if they offered Platinum status due to the Amex card offering Platinum. The problem though is that then the benefits would be even harder to obtain.
This is so dumb. Why stay in a hotel when you could just fly Delta One overnight?
Lucky, here is a story that might interest you, about an Irish FA working for Emirates who is charged with ‘attempting suicide’ by the Dubai court:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/09/irish-woman-charged-with-attempting-suicide-by-dubai-court
If someone is a Marriott regular, the likelihood is that the person will have higher status. If someone is not, this benefit is for one or two stays? Meh. Same for the Amex Platinum with Marriott Gold
Given the current competition, it is hard to imagine the CSR refresh (Project Emerald) delivering any significant *incremental* value over those cards. Chase sat on its laurels for too long. No thanks. Some individuals (Hyatt types) will remain slavishly devoted to the brand . . . until Hyatt goes dynamic systemwide.
While CSR card is not as great as before, it is still the "must have card" for me along with the Chase Ink... each year i rack up about 150K in chase ink and then transfer to CSR for better redemption, use 50k UR point to pay for AF so still have 100k for disposal, the Marriot Gold status is nice, how is it compare to Hyatt Discoverist? lol
Amex Platinum does too. Does this mean AMEX will drop the feature?
Jump through hoops to get useless status. No thanks.
The mighty king has fallen. There is no reason to keep this card anymore!
I think they expect you to hold on to the card for 7 years.
So by now they don't care anymore.
At $550, it's not worth it if you have other cards.
Yup, 100%. Was my favorite card and got me literally 10's of thousands of dollars in benefits over the years...now I don't use it anymore. Will cancel when renewal comes up.
Real shame, Chase destroyed a market-leading card into something utterly worthless.
Idk, as always I think it’s a case of YMMV. CSR is clearly marketed to young professional urbanites and when I was one, I found the benefits made the net annual fee after the travel credit worth it. We used to use Instacart weekly, rented cars for weekend trips and ordered out with DoorDash. We do none of those things now that we’re in suburbia, so I’ll be downgrading to CSP. But if you’re in a big city, I can see it as a worthy competitor to Amex Plat still.