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New 2018 Marriott/SPG credit cards - Deadlines AMEX 8/25/18 and VISA 12/31/18

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We're still discussing the pros/cons on upgrading to the new card. If we're correctly reading the benefits for the new card.... and having read this entire thread, I'm not seeing anyone mention the loss of trip cancellation insurance with the new card - and this is our primary reason right now for not moving forward with the upgrade. We're reading that the new card includes baggage delay insurance, lost luggage reimbursement, and trip delay reimbursement. Was loss of trip cancellation insurance considered by anyone in making the decision to switch to the new card?... or have we missed reading somewhere in the terms/benefits that trip cancellation insurance IS included with the new card? When husband called Chase rep, they confirmed trip cancellation insurance was not a benefit with the new card.
The loss of trip insurance was not a consideration for us. We usually buy travel insurance for out of country trips. We have never utilized or relied on the trip insurance provided by any of our cards. The new card does still provide secondary car rental CDW, but we use our United Mileage Plus Explorer card for all domestic car rentals since it offers primary CDW. For out of the country we used to use the old Marriott Rewards credit card since it offered two points per dollar on car rentals. That doesn't change with the new card but of course every regular spend now gets two points per dollar.
 

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Applied for the new Premier Visa card and did the 5,000 requirement as we needed airline tickets for our family to get the 100,000 Marriott Reward Points from the incentive. I called the bank they said they sent it to the Marriott on June 29, marriott says there is a 6=8 week wait before they will post it to my account. Then another Marriott rep said, I should have received it after a 7 day waiting period. With all the hoopla in using points for packages before the August 1 deadline and all the inconsistencies, I've received from phone calls, could anyone let me know how long they had to wait, after completing the Money spent requirement, to get the points into their account.
 

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I started using the card on June 1st. Met the spend on June 30th. 100k points posted to my Marriott account July 8th

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Applied for the new Premier Visa card and did the 5,000 requirement as we needed airline tickets for our family to get the 100,000 Marriott Reward Points from the incentive. I called the bank they said they sent it to the Marriott on June 29, marriott says there is a 6=8 week wait before they will post it to my account. Then another Marriott rep said, I should have received it after a 7 day waiting period. With all the hoopla in using points for packages before the August 1 deadline and all the inconsistencies, I've received from phone calls, could anyone let me know how long they had to wait, after completing the Money spent requirement, to get the points into their account.
Have you had a statement run on the card yet? My wife upgraded hers and the bonus points didn't post until the first statement run after the spend requirement was met.
 

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Sorry if this has been discussed....I’ve tried to keep up with this thread and may have missed this information....but I still have a couple of questions. Is the card giving 6X points for paying maintenance fees for both Marriott and Starwood timeshare fees and will these dollars spent on maintenance fees go towards meeting the 5K spend in the first 90 days. If this is true I figured I might as well pay for a couple of my maintenance fees now with the new card....thanks for the help.
 

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Sorry if this has been discussed....I’ve tried to keep up with this thread and may have missed this information....but I still have a couple of questions. Is the card giving 6X points for paying maintenance fees for both Marriott and Starwood timeshare fees and will these dollars spent on maintenance fees go towards meeting the 5K spend in the first 90 days. If this is true I figured I might as well pay for a couple of my maintenance fees now with the new card....thanks for the help.
We know that the new Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Plus credit card is IS NOT giving the 6x multiplier on Vistana MFs. I don't think anyone has prepaid Marriott MFs with it to see if those still get the multiplier.
 

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Talked to a chase agent today. Upgrade for a current card (with small points bonus) in effect through December. Applying for new card with a 100k MR point bonus ends this week, possibly on the 12th.

I upgraded my current card and was eligible for 20k bonus. Advised would post in next few billing cycles.
 

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I upgraded my current card and was eligible for 20k bonus. Advised would post in next few billing cycles.
DW's 50K bonus posted within two days following the first billing cycle after meeting the spend requirement (one purchase) after she upgraded.
 

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That's when mine posted.
Yes, I had one statement and it did not appear. That is when I called VISA and was told they sent the points to Marriott and it was in their court. Then proceeded to call Marriott and was transferred to 2 or 3 different people. A supervisor came on and put me on hold, called VISA to verify the points and was told the same information I was given from the VISA rep. Marriott supervisor said there was a 7 day grace period to find the "missing points". Seven days went by, called Marriott again and was transferred to Marriott Customer Care. She opened a Case number. Yesterday she e-mailed back and said I needed to wait 6-8 weeks for it to be posted. I completed the $$ requirement on June 13. With the August 1 date looming, and decisions on potential travel awards, I'm in total loss of what to do.
 

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Yes, I had one statement and it did not appear. That is when I called VISA and was told they sent the points to Marriott and it was in their court. Then proceeded to call Marriott and was transferred to 2 or 3 different people. A supervisor came on and put me on hold, called VISA to verify the points and was told the same information I was given from the VISA rep. Marriott supervisor said there was a 7 day grace period to find the "missing points". Seven days went by, called Marriott again and was transferred to Marriott Customer Care. She opened a Case number. Yesterday she e-mailed back and said I needed to wait 6-8 weeks for it to be posted. I completed the $$ requirement on June 13. With the August 1 date looming, and decisions on potential travel awards, I'm in total loss of what to do.
Did you just barely meet the minimum spend? The $95 annual fee is also not considered part of the spend that is counted toward the $5000.
 

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DW's 50K bonus posted within two days following the first billing cycle after meeting the spend requirement (one purchase) after she upgraded.

That is terrific! Thanks for sharing. Any idea what triggers someone for the max 50k upgrade bonus? Most folks seem to be getting 10k or 20k.
 

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That is terrific! Thanks for sharing. Any idea what triggers someone for the max 50k upgrade bonus? Most folks seem to be getting 10k or 20k.
I really have no idea why she qualified for 50K. We hadn't been using that card much for spending as we had been working on Southwest miles, perhaps that is why.
 

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Applying for new card with a 100k MR point bonus ends this week, possibly on the 12th.
I just spoke with a Chase representative who quoted an internal memo stating that the 100K MR point bonus will be extended beyond the 7/12 cutoff.
 

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I just spoke with a Chase representative who quoted an internal memo stating that the 100K MR point bonus will be extended beyond the 7/12 cutoff.

That's good to hear, and consistent with what we have been told twice now by Chase CSRs that 'no expiration date for the 100k bonus points offer has been sent out'.
 

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I just spoke with a Chase representative who quoted an internal memo stating that the 100K MR point bonus will be extended beyond the 7/12 cutoff.

Marriott site still showing tomorrow 7/12 as the last day. Will watch tomorrow to see if they update and if not, I'm gonna apply.
 

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Just applied and was approved today - we have a couple of stays at Marriotts coming up so the $5K should be easy. :ponder:
 

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It's interesting because if you go through the Chase site it doesn't say anything about July 12.
 

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New offer on Marriott 75,000 miles, 3,000 spend. Chase site still has old offer.
 
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It's interesting because if you go through the Chase site it doesn't say anything about July 12.

The Chase CSR that I just spoke with by phone advised that the 100k MRP new card sign-up bonus with $5k spend has been extended through 7/30/18. The 75k MRP new card sign-up bonus with $3k spend may also be valid. If so, you could choose which to apply for. The CSRs we have spoken with advised us to apply through the Chase website (for the 100k bonus) and not go through the Marriott provided link (which will now be a 75k bonus it looks like).
 
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Are there any referral offers out there? I'm going to apply tonight.
 

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Ugh....procrastination may have bit me in the behind.
Both Chase and Marriott sites are already reporting the 75K points bonus.

I used a link from an email that said 100K good until today. Got the old, we need to review your request on the online application.

Time will tell.....
 

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I got the same thing. It is still the 12th, they should not have taken it down yet.
 
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