Buy Marriott Bonvoy Points with a 40% – 50% bonus [Targeted]

Marriott is back with a new points sale and if you’re fortunate enough to have been targeted for the 50% bonus that some Bonvoy members are seeing, you’ll have access to the best Bonvoy points sale in over a year.

In addition, the cap on the number of points that can be purchased in a year has been increased from 150,000 to 200,000.

The promotion

Unfortunately, I have only been targeted for a 40% bonus, so this is what I see in my account

• Buy 1,000 Bonvoy points and get no bonus
• Buy 2,000 – 39,000 Bonvoy points and get a 30% bonus
• Buy 40,000 – 200,000 Bonvoy points and get a 40% bonus

If you’ve been targeted for the 50% bonus, you’ll probably see the same structure with 40% replacing 30% and 50% replacing 40%.

Key terms

• Transactions must be completed by 11:59 p.m. ET September 9, 2026, to be eligible for the bonus Points purchase offer with a minimum purchase of 2,000 Points.
• Bonus percentage is determined by the amount of points purchased. Buy 2,000 – 39,000 points and get a 30% bonus [or 40%]. Buy 40,000 or more points and get a 40% bonus [or 50%].
• For this offer only, the annual purchase limit of 150,000 Points has been increased to a maximum annual purchase limit of 200,000 Points.
• The bonus Points earned with this promotion through the Buy Points or Gift Points pages are not included in the annual purchase limit of 200,000 Points.
• This offer is valid only for Points purchased through the promotion’s Buy Points and Gift Points pages.
• In 2026, members may purchase Marriott Bonvoy Points or purchase a gift of Marriott Bonvoy Points for another member for a maximum of 150,000 Points annually through the Buy Points or Gift Points pages(this website), Buy Points Points.com-powered window on Marriott websites, Marriott Mobile Apps or the Customer Engagement Centers.
• Members may purchase up to an additional 100,000 Points annually while booking a hotel stay through the reservation path on marriott.com.
• Purchased or gifted Points do not count toward Marriott Bonvoy Elite Status.
• Purchase rate is $12.50 USD per 1,000 Points.
• Points will be posted to the Member’s Account within 72 hours after the transaction is complete.
• A member must be an active member in good standing to purchase and/or receive Points.
• New members may purchase Points thirty (30) days after enrollment in the Marriott Bonvoy program.
• Once Points have been purchased or gifted, no refunds will be permitted.
• Purchasing Points using a Marriott Bonvoy cobrand credit card will earn Points as an everyday purchase.

Full terms and conditions can be found on the promotion page

The numbers

In this sale, the price per point remains the same for every transaction that triggers the highest percentage bonus, so as long as you buy 40,000 points, you’ll be buying points at the best rate that you’ve been targeted for.

• If you’ve been targeted for the 40% bonus, that will be ~0.893 cents/point
• If you’ve been targeted for the 50% bonus, that will be ~0.833 cents/point

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Is this a good deal?

Note: Anyone even vaguely new to the miles and points world should read my one fundamental rule to follow when buying miles or points before proceeding.

In the past, we’ve seen Marriott offer a bonus as high as 60% (points costing ~0.78 cents each), but I can’t remember the last time I saw that deal and, more usually, we see bonuses of between 35% and 50% and, as far as I can tell, we haven’t had a 50% bonus in the past 12 months.

That means that as far as Marriott points sales go, some people are now being targeted for the best sale in some time, while members like me are seeing a more middle-of-the-road deal when it comes to cost/point.

Here at TFM, we value Marriott Bonvoy points at 0.6 cents each (based on the value we can usually get out of them with not much effort) so, at first glance, the points on sale here look quite expensive, but there may be times when buying points in this sale isn’t such a bad idea.

Despite Marriott’s move to dynamic pricing, it remains possible (with a bit of research) to find stays where you’ll get at least 1 cent of value out of each Bonvoy Point you use, and if you’re buying points at under 0.9 cents each, that represents a good saving.

Here are a few examples:

Here’s the JW Marriott Chicago where on this date, you can pay $676 in cash or 59,200 points which you can buy for between $493 and $529.

Here’s the JW Marriott Houston Downtown where on this date, you can pay $1,078 in cash or 66,000 points which you can buy for between $550 and $590.

Here’s the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami where on this date, you can pay $1,137 in cash or 89,000 points which you can buy for between $742 and $795.

Also, it’s worth remembering that the cash prices I’ve shown above are for the cheapest rates available, so these are almost certainly non-refundable.

Bonvoy points bookings are flexible, and that makes the points rates you see in the examples an even better deal.

Be aware, however, that just as it’s not particularly difficult to find a good use for points purchased in this sale, it’s also very easy to find a significant number of terrible ways to use the points that you buy, so make sure you run the numbers and pay close attention to what you’re booking.

Don’t use the wrong credit card

Marriott Bonvoy points sales are processed by Points.com and that eliminates the option to earn a travel/hotel bonus by using a credit card that offers bonus points for spending in one of those categories.

That makes this a good opportunity to boost your spending towards a welcome bonus on a card that’s offering a good deal, or to boost your earnings of a currency that you particularly like.

I, for example, would probably use the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card or the World of Hyatt credit card if I was to buy Bonvoy Points as even though both would only earn me 1 point/dollar, I can never have too many Ultimate Rewards Points and I like earning bonus elite night credits through spending on the Hyatt card.

Bottom line

This may or may not be a good sale depending on how you plan to spend the points you buy, but if you’ve been targeted for the 50% bonus, recent history tells us that you probably won’t see a better deal anytime soon.

Still, don’t buy Marriott Bonvoy points if you have no plans to use them in the near future, but buy as many as you need if you can lock in a booking now (for any bookable date) where the points you purchase offer you a good saving on the cash rate you would otherwise have had to pay.

As usual, following our frequently given advice is probably the best way forward:

• Find out the cost of a night at the properties you would like to visit (at the time of year you would like to travel)
• Compare that cost to the cost of an award night paid for with points purchased in this sale.

Only if the math clearly makes sense is it ok to buy points. If the results are inconclusive, you should probably pass.

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