Should you buy Marriott points with a 50% bonus?

When you purchase 2,000 or more Marriott Bonvoy points, you'll get a 50% bonus, and the price will go down to just 0.83 cents.

It could be a good deal if you redeem your Marriott Bonvoy points in different ways. Marriott's Week of Wonders promotion offers a number of special offers including discounted paid and award stays.

It makes sense to purchase Marriott points at certain times.

Marriott buy-points promotion details

To take advantage of this promotion, you need to purchase a minimum of 2,000 points.

If your Marriott Bonvoy account has other mileage-earning activity, you may purchase points 30 days after you enroll. After your account is open for at least a year, you can purchase points.

The bonus points are not included in the maximum amount of points you can buy. You could get 50,000 bonus points if you purchased 100,000 points.

There are current promotions on buying points.

Who should buy Marriott Bonvoy points?

If you've already earned the bonuses on the best Marriott credit cards, buying points with this discount could be attractive.

Marriott is estimated to be worth 0.84 cents per month. You are paying under our valuation with this promotion. If you have an immediate plan to use the points to book expensive stays at a discounted rate, the promotion can be a good deal.

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Marriott stopped publishing its award chart in March. It will keep most hotels within its off-peak-to-peak pricing bands through the end of the year so you can book hotels for the time being. We could see prices go up when pricing bands are removed.

Marriott offers a fifth-night-free perk when you book five or more award nights. If you purchase Marriott Bonvoy points with this bonus, you can redeem them for five nights.

Marriott Bonvoy is a great place to maximize redemptions.

How to earn Marriott Bonvoy points

There are other ways to earn Marriott Bonvoy points. Marriott's co branded credit cards are one of the easiest ways to accumulate points.

Marriott co branded credit cards are offered by American Express and Chase.

• Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card: For a limited time, earn 150,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points after you spend $5,000 on eligible purchases in your first three months of cardmembership. Offer ends Jan. 11, 2023.
• Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card: Earn 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy bonus points after you use your new card to make $4,000 in eligible purchases within the first three months of cardmembership. Offer expires Nov. 2, 2022.
• Marriott Bonvoy Bevy™ American Express® Card: For a limited time, earn 125,000 Marriott Bonvoy points after you spend $4,000 in eligible purchases in the first three months of card ownership. Offer ends Jan. 11, 2023.
• Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Credit Card: For a limited time, earn 100,000 bonus points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in your first three months from account opening.
• Marriott Bonvoy Bold Credit Card: For a limited time, earn 60,000 bonus points after spending $2,000 on purchases in your first three months from account opening.
• Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful Credit Card: For a limited time, earn 125,000 Marriott Bonvoy points after you spend $4,000 in eligible purchases in the first three months of card ownership.

The Points Guy did not collect the information for the Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful credit card. The card issuer did not review or provide the card details on this page.

Which Marriott credit card is best for you?

Use the right credit card to buy points

You won't earn bonus points like you would on a Marriott stay if you buy points with a Marriott Bonvoy co branded credit card.

To maximize your spending when buying Marriott points, look at cards like The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express, which offers 2 Membership Reward points per dollar spent, on the first $50,000 per calendar year.

Additional reporting was done by Josephine Hostetler.