{"id":4297,"date":"2015-07-10T11:02:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2015-07-14T19:52:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:52:56","slug":"increased-credit-card-offers-for-marriott-and-hilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2015\/07\/increased-credit-card-offers-for-marriott-and-hilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased Credit Card Offers for Marriott and Hilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some credit cards that currently have increased bonus offers compared to their standard offers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marriott Visa Signature from Chase<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is currently an offer for 80k bonus points for both the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/a1\/marriottpremier\/naep80p\/promo\" target=\"_blank\">personal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/a1\/marriottbusiness\/naep80p\/promo?CELL=6WJD\" target=\"_blank\">business<\/a> cards if you spend $3k in the first 3 months of account opening. You must not have had this card in the past 24 months to get the bonus. The personal card has an $85 annual fee and the business<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span>card has\u00a0a $99 annual fee. For both cards, you will receive an annual night certificate for a category 1-5 hotel.<\/p>\n<p>To see how far these points will get you, below\u00a0is their award chart. For extended vacations, you can get a 5 night stay at a Marriott hotel for only the cost of 4 award nights. I&#8217;ve used this option several times to\u00a0get the most out of my points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/07\/Marriott-Award-Chart.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4298\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/07\/Marriott-Award-Chart.png\" alt=\"Marriott Award Chart\" width=\"361\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/07\/Marriott-Award-Chart.png 361w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/07\/Marriott-Award-Chart-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a>Here is also a helpful <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2015\/01\/how-to-use-a-marriott-certificate-and-how-to-extend-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">post of how to redeem your free night certificates with Marriott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another unique thing about Marriott is their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com\/rewards\/usepoints\/morepack.mi\" target=\"_blank\">hotel and air packages<\/a> where you can redeem your points for a 7 night stay in a selected hotel category plus you can get airline points. Many have used this strategy to get the Southwest Companion Pass as these transferred points will count towards it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hilton HHonors cards from Citi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are currently 2 card offers with increased bonuses, the <a href=\"http:\/\/creditcards.citicards.com\/usc\/Hilton\/HHonors\/reserve\/2015\/mar\/external\/Default.htm?BT_TX=1&amp;ProspectID=D82B6FE78A5743C7A4616BBA417C44EB\" target=\"_blank\">Hilton Reserve Card<\/a> which gives you 2 weekend night certificates with a $100 statement credit when you spend $2,500 within the first 4 months of card opening for a $95 annual fee. It also comes with Gold status which gives you free breakfast at hotels (my favorite part). Another offer is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citicards.com\/cards\/credit\/application\/flow.action?app=UNSOL&amp;sc=FPSHFAQ5&amp;m=73NS111111W&amp;B=S&amp;ID=3004&amp;uc=E6C&amp;t=t\" target=\"_blank\">Hilton Visa Signature Card <\/a>which gives you 75k bonus points after you spend $2,000 within the first 3 months of card opening with no annual fee and Silver Status.<\/p>\n<p>To see how far your points will go, here is a Hilton award chart:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/07\/HIlton-Award-Chart.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4299\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/07\/HIlton-Award-Chart.png\" alt=\"Hilton Award Chart\" width=\"603\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/07\/HIlton-Award-Chart.png 603w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/07\/HIlton-Award-Chart-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hilton also has an option to redeem 5 nights for the cost of 4 award nights for Silver, Gold, or Diamond members. Luckily both credit cards give you status.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in other credit card offers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milenerd.com\/2015\/07\/the-top-25-credit-cards-17\/\" target=\"_blank\">here is a top 25 list from Mile Nerd<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Here are some credit cards that currently have increased bonus offers compared to their standard offers: Marriott Visa Signature from Chase There is currently&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[167,193,192],"tags":[113,162,504,109,111],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Increased Credit Card Offers for Marriott and Hilton - Giddy For Points<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2015\/07\/increased-credit-card-offers-for-marriott-and-hilton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Increased Credit Card Offers for Marriott and Hilton - 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