Transfer Bank Points Into Marriott Points And Get A 20%-50% Bonus

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Update, 7/1: This bonus from Chase to Marriott is now 50% through 8/15 at 11:59pm ET.

Also available is a 20% bonus from AMEX to Marriott through 7/14 at 11:59pm MT.

Update, 6/30: This bonus will drop from 65% to 50% after 11:59pm ET tonight!

Transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards Points Into Marriott Points And Get A 65% Bonus

Chase points normally transfer into Marriott points at a 1K:1K ratio, but until 11:59pm ET on 6/30, you can get 1,650 Marriott points for every 1,000 Chase points.

From 7/1-8/15, the bonus amount will drop to 50%, or 1,500 Marriott points for every 1,000 Chase points.

Transferring points will also extend the 24 month expiration date from the date of your last qualifying activity.

This isn’t quite as good as last year’s 70% bonus from Chase to Marriott.

I’d value Marriott points at about 0.6 cents each, so with typical usage you would only get a value of 0.99 cents per Chase point. You can do much better with other transfer or redemption options.

You can buy Marriott points with a promo here that can make more sense than a transfer.

However, if you need some Marriott points for a niche lucrative hotel redemption now and don’t want to spend out of pocket, then it might make sense to transfer or purchase points with this bonus.

For example, 5 nights at The Al Maha Dubai Resort, which has villas with private pools as their base room, all meals (even kosher meals!) included and 2 daily desert adventure activities included, can be had from 392K points instead of $5,715, a value of 1.48 cents per point:

5 nights at Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve which has villas with private pools as their base room and has meat and dairy gourmet kosher kitchens under Chabad hashgocha on-site, can be had from 560K points instead of $7,305, a value of 1.31 cents per point:

5 nights at The S. Regis Bora Bora Resort can be had from 466K points instead of $10,295, a value of 2.21 cents per point:

If you transfer Marriott points into airline miles at 60K increments you get a 25% bonus, so it can also make sense to transfer if you need a few points to hit a 60K increment.

60K Marriott points converts into 20-25K airline miles or 30K United miles, so it probably won’t be worth transferring Chase points just to transfer to an airline as it would take 36.4K Chase points to get 60K Marriott points with this transfer bonus. That is unless you really want miles with a Marriott partner like Aegean, Alaska, ANA, Copa, Etihad, Hawaiian, JAL, Korean, LATAM, Qantas, or Turkish that don’t transfer directly from Chase and you’re willing to accept a 40K:25K transfer ratio, or about .625 airline miles per Chase point.

I suppose with Alaska short-haul awards for just 4.5K points in coach or 9K in business, it can make sense if you don’t have AMEX points to transfer to Alaska? That would be like redeeming about 6.5K or 13.1K Chase points for an award like NYC to Cleveland, Detroit, Montreal, Pittsburgh, or Toronto, or Newark or Philadelphia to Chicago.

You can make the same argument for transfers to JAL. Read this post for more about using those miles for travel on AA or Alaska.

• Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card has a 75K signup bonus for spending $5K in 3 months, earns 2.1 points per dollar on travel after the card's 10% anniversary bonus, 3.1 points per dollar on dining, streaming, and online groceries after the card's 10% anniversary bonus, has a $50 hotel credit, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1 cents each for paid travel ($95 annual fee). Read more here.
• Chase Sapphire Reserve® has a 100,000 bonus points + $500 Chase Travel℠ promo credit after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. ($795 annual fee) Read more here.
• Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ has a 200,000 bonus points signup bonus after you spend $30,000 on purchases in the first 6 months from account opening ($795 annual fee). Read more here.
• Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card has a 90K signup bonus for spending $8K in 3 months, and earns 3 points per dollar on up to $150K of annual spending on shipping, advertising, and travel, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1 cents each for paid travel ($95 annual fee). Read more here.

• Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card has a $750 signup bonus in the form of 75K points for spending $6K in 3 months, and earns 1.5 points per dollar on business purchases ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
• Ink Business Cash® Credit Card has a $350 signup bonus in the form of 35K points for spending $3K in 3 months and another $400 signup bonus in the form of 40K bonus points for spending another $3K in 6 months for a total of 75,000 Chase Ultimate points. This card earns 5 points per dollar on the first $25,000 in combined purchases on cable, TV, telecom, cellular, and office supply stores, plus 2 points per dollar on dining and gas on up to $25,000 in purchases ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
• Chase Freedom Flex has a 20K signup bonus for spending $500 in 3 months, plus 5 points on rotating categories, 5 points per dollar on travel purchased through Chase Travel℠, and 3 points per dollar on dining and drugstores ($0 annual fee). Read more here. All information about the Chase Freedom Flex Card has been collected independently by DansDeals.
• Chase Freedom Unlimited® has a $200 signup bonus in the form of 20K points for spending $500 in 3 months, 1.5 points per dollar everywhere, 5 points per dollar (marketed as 5% cash back) on travel purchased through Chase Travel℠, and 3 points per dollar on dining and drugstores ($0 annual fee). Read more here.

• The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express is offering a rare bonus to earn 15,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $3,000 in eligible purchases on the Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership and offers 2 points per dollar spent on up to $50K spending annually 1 point per dollar thereafter, plus transfer points to airlines and hotels and keep AMEX points alive. Terms apply. Read more here.
• The Business Platinum Card® from American Express is offering a 150K bonus for spending $20,000 in the first 3 months, as well as monthly credits, lounge access, and much more. Terms apply. Read more here.
• American Express® Business Gold Card is offering a 100K bonus for spending $15,000 in 3 months, monthly business credits, Walmart+ membership, up to 4 points per dollar spent with a $150K annual spend cap, and more benefits. Terms apply. Read more here.
• Business Green Rewards Card from American Express is offering a 15K bonus for spending $3,000 in 3 months. Terms apply.
• The Platinum Card® from American Express is offering as high as 175K bonus for spending $8,000 in the first 6 months and offers monthly credits, lounge access, and much more. Terms apply. Read more here.
• American Express® Gold Card is offering as high as 100K bonus for spending $6,000 in the first 6 months, monthly credits for Uber and Grubhub, and more. Terms apply. Read more here. 
• AMEX Green Consumer Card is offering a 40K bonus for spending $3,000 in the first 6 months and offers up to $199 in annual CLEAR Plus® credits, $100 LoungeBuddy credit, plus transfer points to airlines and hotels and keep AMEX points alive. All information about the AMEX Green Card has been collected independently by DansDeals.

Will you transfer any points to Marriott with this promo?

HT: Eluzer K.