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Earn free night awards with Marriott Amex Business Card
The Marriott Bonvoy Business Amex has a welcome offer where you can earn 3 free night awards after spending $6,000 within the first six months. Each free night award is valid for a Bonvoy property costing up to 50,000 Bonvoy points. Certain properties have resort and destination fees.
As you can tell, this bonus can be worth up to 150,000 points, though I don’t value free night awards quite as much as their corresponding points value, since they have less flexibility. For what it’s worth, I value Marriott points at 0.7 cents each, given all the great ways there are to redeem them, so I value 150,000 points at $1,050. I’d value the corresponding certificates a bit less.
This is in line with the best offers we’ve seen on this card.
Marriott Amex Business Card eligibility requirements
If you’re applying for the Marriott Bonvoy Business Amex, the general Amex application restrictions apply. For example, you’re limited to having a total of five Amex credit cards (not including hybrid cards), regardless of whether they’re personal or business.
The good news is that I find Amex business cards to anecdotally be pretty easy to get approved for. Another awesome thing is that if you’re concerned about Chase’s 5/24 limit, applying for an Amex business card won’t count toward that.
Beyond that, since both American Express and Chase issue cards for Marriott, there are some pretty complicated restrictions regarding eligibility for this card, so see this post for more details.
Why the Marriott Amex Business Card is worth it
Not only does the Marriott Bonvoy Business Amex have a generous welcome offer, but this is a card that’s worth keeping in the long run. It’s a card I’ve had for years, and plan to hold onto. The card has a $125 annual fee (Rates & Fees), and for that you receive two key perks:
- 15 elite nights toward Marriott Bonvoy status annually, making it much easier to earn Bonvoy Platinum status or above; if you want to earn as many elite nights as possible from credit cards, you need to have a business version of the card
- An anniversary free night award every year, valid at a property costing up to 35,000 points per night; you can even top this off with up to 15,000 additional points, to redeem at a more expensive property
To me that more than justifies the annual fee, and that doesn’t even factor in some of the other perks, like complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold status.
Read a full review of the Marriott Bonvoy Business Amex.
Bottom line
The Marriott Bonvoy Business Amex has an excellent welcome offer, and on top of that this is a card that’s worth keeping, thanks to the 15 elite nights toward status annually, plus the annual free night reward. If you’re at all in the Marriott Bonvoy ecosystem and are eligible, this is a card to have.
Do you plan on picking up the Marriott Bonvoy Business Amex?
The following links will direct you to the rates and fees for mentioned American Express Cards. These include: Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card (Rates & Fees).
Does anyone know if the 5 free nights have an expiration date (e.g. a year from time of meeting the minimum spend criteria)?
Approximately one year after they got issued.
My application resulted in the pop-up stating that I am not eligible for the bonus. I had the Amex Starwood Preferred personal card from Amex in the past but not the business version. Per eligibility requirements this is unexpected.
The 50k certs can be topped off right? Up to 30k points?
no, 15K more
I just applied for this card a month ago for 3 nights with $6K spend in 6 months. Any idea if Amex will match the better offer now for me?
Same here....I asked via chat and sent the link to the public offer and the rep said she will pass it on to whomever makes that decision and I'll get a response in a few Weeks.
Of course AMEX will not match.