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Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Credit Card: Spend $5K In First 3 Months, Earn Expired

5 Free Nights
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Chase is offering 5 Free Night Awards valued at Up to 50,000 Points each (250,000 Points total) when you Spend $5,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening of the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Credit Card. Annual fee is $95.

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Card Details:
  • Earn 5 Free Nights (each night valued up to 50,000 points) after qualifying purchases + 10X total points on eligible purchases in select categories.
  • 1 Free Night Award (valued up to 35,000 points) every year after account anniversary.
  • Earn up to 17X total Bonvoy points per $1 spent at hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy® with the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Card.
  • 2X Bonvoy points for every $1 spent on all other purchases.
  • Automatic Silver Elite Status each account anniversary year. Path to Gold Status when you spend $35,000 on purchases each account year.
  • 15 Elite Night Credits each calendar year.
  • No Foreign Transaction Fees.
  • Earn unlimited Marriott Bonvoy points and get Free Night Stays faster.

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Chase is once again offering five free night certificates that can be used on properties costing up to 50,000 points per night when you spend $5,000 within the first three months of account opening on the Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card.

They ran this promo back in May and I missed the offer. I believe this is the one of the best, if not the best bonus offer for this specific card.

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They expire 12 months from the time you get the free nights. I got them in my account from last bonus on 8/4/23 and they expire 8/4/24
recommend looking places you want to go first, then decide if the card is right for you.

It's hard to get a room at a decent property domestically for 50k. Handful of real options.
wow.. how many points do you guys have to think that 50K night certificates are hard to redeem... Five 50K certificates is hands down better than 100K points... I'm having a hard time figuring out why 100K pts would be better unless you ONLY stay at Ritz Carltons or All Inclusives for 1 night.

A typical free night certificate from most credit cards is only 35K pts/night. 50K/night certificates, and they give you five is pretty amazing...

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mtnagel
08-25-2023 at 02:20 PM.
08-25-2023 at 02:20 PM.
Quote from mtnagel :
Applied and approved on 8/18. I messaged them asking to expediate my card and I got it today. Taking a 2 week European vacation next week, so we'll put all our spend on it.
So I actually got 2 cards in the mail. I guess they got confused when I asked to expediate the card and that triggered a replacement card in addition to the original card I was supposed to get. The cards have the same number and 3 digit code, so I assume I can use either or use them interchangeably, correct?
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emofals
08-25-2023 at 07:20 PM.
08-25-2023 at 07:20 PM.
there are 2 schools of thought.

1 - Wait for a 150k points offer vs this 5 x 50K points per night certificate.
2 - This is a great offer with 5 x 50k points certificates compared to 150K offer.

Can people, who have this card and availed one of the above offers please chime in? I would like to join, but can wait of 150k offer is deemed better..
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ultrasubzero123
08-25-2023 at 10:21 PM.
08-25-2023 at 10:21 PM.
Just applied and received this message. Any idea what it might mean and if there is a way to push through for approval?

"We'll let you know our decision in writing as soon as we can, and if you're approved, you'll receive your card in 7 to 10 business days."
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ktkn
08-26-2023 at 01:16 AM.
08-26-2023 at 01:16 AM.
Quote from emofals :
there are 2 schools of thought.

1 - Wait for a 150k points offer vs this 5 x 50K points per night certificate.
2 - This is a great offer with 5 x 50k points certificates compared to 150K offer.

Can people, who have this card and availed one of the above offers please chime in? I would like to join, but can wait of 150k offer is deemed better..
150K offer is better if:

you rarely travel and do not want or expect to travel in the next year or so. The certiicates do expire within a year and points don't really expire unless there is no activity, but that is easy to remedy.. any purchase on your bonvoy credit card will keep your points going.. even buying a coffee once a year.

or

You stay at lower end properties. Ok, lower end seems derogatory but I should say lower cost (in points) properties. Personally, I LOVE properties like AC, Aloft, Element, etc... I prefer a lot of those properties to older Westins and the like. Older Westins should generally be over 30K/night but AC's and Alofts may only be around 20K/night or even less if lucky. 5 nights at 20K would only cost 80K points (because of 5th night free). With 150K points, you're possibly getting MORE nights at lower end properties.

For everybody else, five 50K certificates is better. If you don't stay at those types of properties I just listed or similar, 150K is only going to get you 5 nights at a 38K property. While everybody in this thread is complaining about never being able to redeem 50K certificates (don't listen to them), it's going to be even more difficult redeeming 5 nights at 38K...

Personally, I think the five night 50K/night is the best hotel promo out there for ANY credit card or ANY hotel loyalty program as you get to stay at nicer hotels or hotels is more expesnive locations... I don't think any Hyatt or Hilton promo is close to what this one offers especially at this annual fee price point.
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aceofspades678
08-26-2023 at 07:09 AM.
08-26-2023 at 07:09 AM.
Does anyone know if the initial $5K spend requirement also gets you an additional Elite night credit?

It says every $5K spent gets an additional elite night, so I wonder if the initial spend requirement counts.
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deals_slicker
08-26-2023 at 12:18 PM.
08-26-2023 at 12:18 PM.
Quote from gq9110024 :
This is true. I got in on the last 250k bonus deal and regret getting the card for this reason. I will be cancelling before my renewal.

You must only be looking at Ritz Carlton in high demand areas for this to be true.
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deals_slicker
08-26-2023 at 12:19 PM.
08-26-2023 at 12:19 PM.
Quote from aceofspades678 :
Does anyone know if the initial $5K spend requirement also gets you an additional Elite night credit?

It says every $5K spent gets an additional elite night, so I wonder if the initial spend requirement counts.

Yes it does.
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freefalcon
08-26-2023 at 02:36 PM.
08-26-2023 at 02:36 PM.
Quote from mtnagel :
So I actually got 2 cards in the mail. I guess they got confused when I asked to expediate the card and that triggered a replacement card in addition to the original card I was supposed to get. The cards have the same number and 3 digit code, so I assume I can use either or use them interchangeably, correct?

Yes, Chase doesn't expedite the card, but they send you another card with expedited mail. So both cards are working cards, you can keep both or shred one of them if you don't need
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teddy126
08-27-2023 at 01:06 PM.
08-27-2023 at 01:06 PM.
This may be a dumb question but, the hotel I'm looking at wants 52k/night. Could I still use those certifications + some cash out of pocket or is it a dud? Thanks guys!
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emofals
08-27-2023 at 01:34 PM.
08-27-2023 at 01:34 PM.
Quote from ktkn :
150K offer is better if:

you rarely travel and do not want or expect to travel in the next year or so. The certiicates do expire within a year and points don't really expire unless there is no activity, but that is easy to remedy.. any purchase on your bonvoy credit card will keep your points going.. even buying a coffee once a year.

or

You stay at lower end properties. Ok, lower end seems derogatory but I should say lower cost (in points) properties. Personally, I LOVE properties like AC, Aloft, Element, etc... I prefer a lot of those properties to older Westins and the like. Older Westins should generally be over 30K/night but AC's and Alofts may only be around 20K/night or even less if lucky. 5 nights at 20K would only cost 80K points (because of 5th night free). With 150K points, you're possibly getting MORE nights at lower end properties.

For everybody else, five 50K certificates is better. If you don't stay at those types of properties I just listed or similar, 150K is only going to get you 5 nights at a 38K property. While everybody in this thread is complaining about never being able to redeem 50K certificates (don't listen to them), it's going to be even more difficult redeeming 5 nights at 38K...

Personally, I think the five night 50K/night is the best hotel promo out there for ANY credit card or ANY hotel loyalty program as you get to stay at nicer hotels or hotels is more expesnive locations... I don't think any Hyatt or Hilton promo is close to what this one offers especially at this annual fee price point.
Thank you for chiming in, repped!
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KSilver2000
08-27-2023 at 02:53 PM.
08-27-2023 at 02:53 PM.
Quote from cliff1127 :
Just applied and received this message. Any idea what it might mean and if there is a way to push through for approval?

"We'll let you know our decision in writing as soon as we can, and if you're approved, you'll receive your card in 7 to 10 business days."
Chase is known to be really slow with card applications. Slow to give you a decision, slow to send you the card, slow to pick up their phones.
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mtnagel
08-27-2023 at 03:21 PM.
08-27-2023 at 03:21 PM.
Quote from KSilver2000 :
Chase is known to be really slow with card applications. Slow to give you a decision, slow to send you the card, slow to pick up their phones.
My experience is the opposite. Always approved instantly and my card came in less than a week and I got them to expediate a card in a few days. Citi on the other hand took over a week to get me my Custom Cash card.
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08-27-2023 at 11:05 PM.
08-27-2023 at 11:05 PM.
Quote from teddy126 :
This may be a dumb question but, the hotel I'm looking at wants 52k/night. Could I still use those certifications + some cash out of pocket or is it a dud? Thanks guys!
You can top up your Free Night Certificates with up to 15K Bonvoy points per night, so essentially the max you can redeem with these 50K night certificates is 65K.

Given you have to spend $5K to get these bonus free night awards you'll definitely have an extra 2K points lying around to top up that 52K point night. With Marriott though you have to be wary that they have dynamic pricing which means those points can go up/down any day.
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ncvaun
08-28-2023 at 06:01 AM.
08-28-2023 at 06:01 AM.
Thanks, OP. I just applied and approved for this card. I had to temporarily unfreeze my credit reports for them to validate and confirm. And for those who thought it was a "soft" pull against your credit, you were incorrect. It was in fact a HARD pull against my credit report. Which can be an issue for some... was/is annoying if you ask me.

https://pasteboard.co/DPtnaEwujMDS.png

Literally got a notice from credit karma and logged in to check... Transunion score got hit by 5 pts.!! Unreal if you ask me.. I'm still above the 800 mark, but extremely annoying.
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JelenaE
08-28-2023 at 09:02 AM.
08-28-2023 at 09:02 AM.
Quote from PETER_JACKSON :
Used my 5 free 50k nights twice now for 5 night stays at the Walt Disney World Swan. Saved $2000 each trip. Would do it again if I were eligible.

See I'm looking at going in October and all nights are over 55k each. Some nights are 63k which is MORE than the Ritz in the area.
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