5 free Marriott nights | Coffee Break Ep01 | 2-20-24
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
We love talking about points and miles all day, every day. That's why we've decided - in addition to our full-length Frequent Miler on the Air podcast episodes, we're going to share a little something to enjoy during your Tuesday coffee break too. Not a full hour of discussion and analysis like you'll find on the full episodes, but a mini version with a single topic of focus.
On this "Coffee Break" mini episode, Greg and Nick chat about a pair of Marriott offers for 5, 50K free night certs (and who this opportunity may be good for.)
(02:24) - The consumer card has a lower spend requirement...but does that mean it's the better option?
Check out the Marriott consumer card here, and the Marriott business card here.
(03:26) - What is the Marriott "matrix of doom" and why are business cards easier for navigating the matrix? (Read this post to find out which Marriott cards you're eligible for.)
(06:13) - The business card is the only option for stacking.
(06:36) - Is this a good offer (regardless of whether you get the business or consumer version?)
(08:38) - What are the drawbacks of free night certs?
(10:50) - How does using a cert impact the fifth night free benefit?
(14:23) - Let's review...is this a smokin' hot deal for everyone?
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Music Credit - Beach Walk by Unicorn Heads
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:12.2 | Here we go. |
| 0:16.0 | This is not your usual frequent mile around the air episode. |
| 0:20.6 | This is a standalone segment we're calling coffee break. |
| 0:24.6 | Each coffee break segment will cover a single topic related to miles and points. |
| 0:30.2 | And each coffee break is limited to 20 minutes or your money back. |
| 0:34.4 | Enjoy. |
| 0:37.3 | Today's coffee break is about the Marriott Bonvoy offer for 5 50K free nights. |
| 0:45.1 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:47.4 | So Nick, there is a business Marriott card out with an offer for five free nights. |
| 0:56.0 | Now, in this case, it's after $8,000 spend. |
| 0:59.8 | And at the same time, there's a consumer Marriott card that has also, also is offering five |
| 1:06.4 | free nights, but that one only requires 5K spend. |
| 1:10.7 | What do you think of these offers? Well, they sound |
| 1:13.0 | really good. So five free nights, we should probably also specify, these are five free nights, |
| 1:19.5 | each worth up to 50,000 points. So you get five free night certificates that can each cover a single |
| 1:24.9 | night that costs up to 50,000 points. And then you can also top off the certificates with up to 15,000 more points. |
| 1:31.5 | So you could get a night that costs up to 65,000 points with each one of these certificates, |
| 1:36.6 | but each one's only good for one night. |
| 1:38.8 | So, I mean, both the consumer and business offers are really pretty good here because our value |
| 1:43.9 | for 50K free |
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