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Approximately a week ago, Chase launched a targeted offer which allows select cardholders to earn 10% back on all Marriott Bonvoy stays that are paid for before the end of this month. Now, a little surprisingly, Chase has published more targeted offers which allow select cardholders to earn cash back when paying for stays a three specific Marriott brands.
The existing offer
This is the existing targeted offer that we wrote about last week:
Earn 10% back on your Marriott Bonvoy stay when you spend a minimum of $100, with a $50.00 back maximum.
- Offer expires 10/31/2023.
- Offer valid one time only.
- Complete payment for your stay must be made by 10/31/2023.
- Offer not valid on third-party purchases.
- Offer valid at all Marriott Bonvoy brands.
- Payment must be made directly with the merchant.
As I pointed out last week, I only have this offer targeted to the card_name so as my Ritz-Carlton card doesn’t show this offer, there’s a chance that Marriott co-branded cards are not being targeted for this offer.
The new targeted offers
The three new targeted offers that I can see in my Chase online account cover three specific Marriott brands:
Aloft
Earn 10% back on your Aloft stay when you spend $100 or more, with a $57.00 back maximum.
- Offer expires 11/3/2023.
- Offer valid one time only.
- Complete payment for your stay must be made by 11/3/2023.
- Payment must be made directly with the merchant.
- Offer not valid at other Marriott properties.
- Offer not valid on third-party services.
Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts
Earn 10% back on your Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts stay when you spend $100 or more, with a $57.00 back maximum.
- Offer expires 11/3/2023.
- Offer valid one time only.
- Complete payment for your stay must be made by 11/3/2023.
- Payment must be made directly with the merchant.
- Offer not valid at other Marriott properties.
- Offer not valid on third-party services.
Element Hotels
Earn 10% back on your Element Hotels stay when you spend $100 or more, with a $57.00 back maximum.
- Offer expires 11/3/2023.
- Offer valid one time only.
- Complete payment for your stay must be made by 11/3/2023.
- Payment must be made directly with the merchant.
- Offer not valid at other Marriott properties.
- Offer not valid on third-party services.
Effectively, the terms and conditions for all three promotions are the same.
Thoughts
Firstly, I should mention that I only have these offers targeted to the card_name so, once again, as my Ritz-Carlton card doesn’t show this offer, there’s a chance that Marriott co-branded cards are not being targeted for this offer.
Secondly, I should point out that we now have multiple targeted offers for Marriott stays that cover different periods (but with overlap).
- We have the original Chase targeted Marriott Bonvoy offer which covers all Marriott brands and which can be triggered by eligible stays paid for by 31 October 2023 (link).
- We have a targeted offer from American Express which covers spending made at select Marriott properties through 15 December 2023 (link).
- We have the three new offers that I’ve outlined above that cover spending at select Marriott brands through 3 November 2023.
What this means is that if you’re lucky and are paying for a Marriott stay before the end of this month, you should be able to stack at least two of these offers by asking the front desk to split your bill at check-out and by using two separate (targeted) credit cards to pay for your stay.
E.g. A targeted cardholder checking out of the Sheraton Grand Los Angeles on or before 31 October and paying $750 for their stay, could use their targeted Amex card to save $100 and their targeted Chase Card to save a further $50 as long as they can get the front desk to split their bill accordingly (which shouldn’t be too hard)*.
The luckiest people, however, will be those who manage to stack all three deals to the max (which may or may not be possible).
E.g. Someone with all three targeted offers who is checking out of the Le Meridien New York, Fifth Avenue on or before 31 October and paying $1,320 for their stay, could use their targeted Amex card to save $100, their Chase card with the Le Meridien offer to save $57, and their Chase card with the general Marriott offer to save a further $50. That would be a total saving of $207*.
The problem with this second scenario is that I don’t know how a front desk agent will react to someone wishing to split the cost of their stay across 3 different credit cards. I’ve used two cards on multiple occasions without ever having an issue, but I’ve never tried to use 3.
*These are best case scenarios as the numbers assume that the stay costs the perfect amount (no more, no less) to trigger the respective offers.
Bottom line
A week after launching a targeted offer for spending at all Marriott brands, Chase has launched a further three targeted offers for spending made at Aloft, Le Meridien and Element branded properties. All three offers can be very useful in their own right, but if you can stack them with one of the other live targeted Marriott offers, the savings will get a lot better.
