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December 6, 2024: The incredible offer on the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® credit card has ended and the card is now back down to its business-as-usual offer.
Marriott offers six credit cards in partnership with Chase and Amex. Within Marriott’s offering, you can earn Marriott Bonvoy points in myriad ways, get free night certificates, receive a boost to your Marriott Bonvoy status, and more. And every Marriott credit card offers a welcome bonus that awards points or free night certificates to new cardmembers.
Here are the best new cardmember offers on each of the Marriott credit cards.
Current Marriott credit card welcome offers in December 2024
Here are the best available Marriott credit card welcome bonuses. For more on the benefits and features of each card, keep scrolling, or visit our complete guide to the Marriott credit cards.
 Marriott Bonvoy Bold® credit card | Sign-up bonus: Earn 30,000 Bonus Points after spending $1,000 on eligible purchases within the first 3 months from account opening with the newly enhanced Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Card. Learn how to apply. Annual fee: $0 A decent option to keep your Marriott points from expiring and get Silver status with no annual fee. |
 Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® credit card | Sign-up bonus: Earn 3 Free Nights valued up to 150,000 points (up to 50,000 per night) after spending $3,000 on eligible purchases within the first 3 months from account opening with the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Card. Certain hotels have resort fees. Learn how to apply. Annual fee: $95 Annual free night award will justify the card for most people. |
Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful® credit card | Sign-up bonus: Earn 85,000 Bonus Points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening with theMarriott Bonvoy Bountiful® Card. Learn how to apply. Annual fee: $250 Instant Gold status, but the Boundless is probably a better card for most people. |
 Marriott Bonvoy Bevy™ American Express® Card | Welcome offer: bonus_miles_full Learn how to apply. (See Rates and Fees) Annual fee: annual_fees Complimentary Gold status, but the Bonvoy Business (Amex) or Bonvoy Boundless (Chase) are likely better for most because those cards grant you a free night certificate annually. |
 Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card | Welcome offer: bonus_miles_full Learn how to apply. (See Rates and Fees) Annual fee: Learn how to apply. Worth it if you want a single card for travel, are loyal to Marriott, and can maximize the value of 85,000 point free night certificates. |
 Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card | Welcome offer: bonus_miles_full Learn how to apply. (See Rates and Fees) Annual fee: annual_fees Best Amex Marriott card for most travelers, thanks to its annual free night after card renewal month. |
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Editor’s picks: The best Marriott credit card offers
If we had to pick one offer to apply for today, it would be the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® credit card. Hotels within Marriott’s family of brands are everywhere and the three 50,000-point certificates we’d get are very usable.
Sure, the 50k certificates won’t get us into an overwater villa in the Maldives, but they should be sufficient to get us into a mid-tier brand hotel in most major cities… and if they don’t get us quite there, they can be topped off with additional points.
However, if you don’t have an immediate need for a Marriott credit card, it might be worth waiting—historically Marriott has offered some pretty juicy welcome offers that included 5 free night certificates. Getting nearly a week of free hotel stays with one credit card bonus is much more appealing in my view.
Here are the questions you should ask when deciding which card bonus is right for you:
- Do you have a plan to use free night certificates? If yes, then going for one of the welcome bonuses with free night certificates is probably the right call. The welcome bonus free night certificates expire within a year, but can be used for nights up to 50,000 points each. (They can even be augmented with 15,000 additional points if you want to use them for a slightly more expensive room.)
- Which Marriott cards do you have or have you had in the past? Depending on which Marriott cards you have or have had in the past, you may or may nor be eligible for a welcome bonus on a new Marriott card. We have a guide to the Marriott welcome bonus rules available to help you decipher the complex rules around getting a new cardmember bonus on a Marriott card.
- Chase 5/24 and Amex five card limit. If you have recently opened a lot of new credit cards, Chase’s 5/24 rule may prevent you from getting a new Chase card. Likewise, if you have 5 credit cards (business or personal) open with Amex, Amex isn’t likely to approve you for an additional credit card, since it usually limits the number of credit cards you can have open to 5.
- What benefits are important to you? Some cards come with free nights. Others offer perks like airport lounge access. Use our guide to the Marriott credit cards as a reference to decide which card is right for you.
More about free night certificate welcome bonuses
In most cases, the free night certificates offered as the welcome bonuses on the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card and Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card offer by far the most potential for value if you have a plan to stay with Marriott hotels. With either card, you’ll get free night certificates usable for one-night stays at Marriott properties costing up to 50,000 points, after qualifying spending.
You can get incredible value from these certificates. As an example, here’s what I found searching for a five-night stay at a random hotel in May in Amsterdam.
If you earned 5 certificates from a welcome bonus (a common increased offer) you’d get a stay that would otherwise cost you €1,635, or about $1,750. This is far from the best possible use of these certificates, but you should be able to get similar value from these certificates without much effort.
Before applying for either card, be sure you have a plan to use the nights. A 50k free night certificates isn’t the same as 50,000 points… if you don’t use the certificate, it will expire within a year. The best thing to do is to head to Marriott.com and search for the hotels you want to stay at before applying and have a plan to use your certificates. If you don’t have a plan to use your certificates, one of the other welcome bonuses is likely better for you.
Which Marriott card is right for you?
Of course, a new cardmember bonus isn’t the only reason to get a card. Here’s our quick take on which Marriott card might be right for you. Keep in mind that you can often call Chase or Amex and request a product change once you’ve had the card for a year, so it might be worth it to apply for the card with the best bonus now and then change it to the product that’s best for you after a year of having the card.
If you have a large stash of Marriott points, but rarely stay at Marriott properties and just want to keep your points from expiring, pick the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® credit card. You’ll enjoy a card with no annual fee and using the card once or twice a year will be sufficient to keep your points alive.
Maybe you stay Marriott’s value brands a few times a year. In that case, you’ll probably get the most value from the free night certificates offered by the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® credit card and the Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card. The Boundless card is likely better if you stay at Marriott often and want to bump up your elite status, since it awards one additional elite night for every $5,000 spent.
Finally, if your travel tastes tend toward luxury, you dine out frequently and you would prefer an annual 85k certificate that can be used at many of Marriott’s luxury properties, the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card is probably your card. The card offers myriad premium travel insurance benefits, up to $25 in monthly statement credits for dining at restaurants worldwide, and
Want to dive deeper? Learn more about all of Marriott’s credit cards and compare benefits in our guide to the Marriott credit cards.
Bottom Line: Valuable bonuses, but we’d wait for limited-time offers
The current welcome offers on Marriott credit cards are tempting, but if you don’t have an immediate need for a Marriott credit card, we’d probably prefer to wait for a limited-time offer to come around before jumping on a new cardmember offer.
Amex rates and fees disclosures
- For rates and fees of the Marriott Bonvoy Bevy™ American Express® Card, see this link: See Rates and Fees
- For rates and fees of the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card, see this link: See Rates and Fees
- For rates and fees of the Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card, see this link: See Rates and Fees
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