Improved Bonus for Marriott Boundless & Marriott Bold Cards

Chase has reintroduced higher welcome offers for both the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card and the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card.

It’s hard to tell how long these new bonuses will stick around, so now could be the time to get on board!

Before you decide to apply for a card, let’s take a look at the details.

Table of Contents

Marriott Boundless Card Offer
Marriott Bold Card Offer
Is It Worth It?
Final Thoughts

Marriott Boundless Card Offer

The Marriott Boundless card is the higher-end version of Chase’s co-branded Marriott Bonvoy credit cards.

Limited-time Welcome Offer: Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening.

In addition to the welcome offer, the Marriott Boundless card comes with a number of perks, including:

Up to 17x points when using your Marriott Boundless card at over 7,000 participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
3x points on the first $6,000 per year at grocery stores, gas stations, and dining
2x points for all other purchases
15 Elite Night Credits each year
1 Free Night Award each cardmember anniversary (up to 35,000 points)
Automatic Silver Elite status (Gold status when you spend $35,000 on purchases each account year)
No foreign transaction fees

The card comes with a $95 annual fee, which is on the lower end of the card fee scale. However, the annual free night certificate you’ll earn each time you renew can (and should) far outweigh that cost.

We value this welcome offer at $700 according to our valuation of Marriott Bonvoy points, though you could certainly get more value depending on how you redeem these points.

Marriott Bold Card Offer

If you’d rather pay no annual fees at all but still want to enjoy a hiked-up welcome offer, then look no further than the Marriott Bold card.

Limited-time Welcome Offer: Earn 60,000 Bonus Points after spending $2,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening.

This offer is worth $420 based on our valuations, and it’s double the previous 30,000-bonus point sign-up offer.

Similar to the Marriott Boundless card, the Marriott Bold card comes with extra benefits, too:

Up to 14x points when using your Marriott Bold card at over 7,000 participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
2x points on other travel purchases
1x points for all other purchases
15 Elite Night Credits, qualifying you for automatic Silver Elite status
No foreign transaction fees
No annual fee

As you might expect given the card’s no annual fee, the Marriott Bonvoy Bold card’s perks are overshadowed slightly by its fancier sibling, the Marriott Boundless card.

Hot Tip: Even if you hold both the Marriott Boundless card and the Marriott Bold card, you’ll only receive 15 Elite Night Credits each year — the credits don’t stack.

Is It Worth It?

Considering these limited-time offers are a significant improvement on the regular offers, now could be a good time to add one of these cards to your wallet.

This is especially true of the Marriott Boundless card — with 100,000 Marriott points, you could book free nights at a wide selection of amazing Marriott properties.

The London EDITION beds by night — Located in the heart of Central London, The London EDITION is one of the most luxurious Marriott properties in the city. Image Credit: Daniel Ross

Even the Marriott Bold card’s 60,000-point bonus is enough to snag you multiple free nights at one of Marriott’s lower-priced hotels. The numbers speak for themselves here.

Hot Tip: Marriott Bonvoy moved to dynamic pricing in March 2022, which saw the elimination of its award chart. You can, however, now top off Marriott Bonvoy free night certificates with points.

Final Thoughts

While the limited-time offers for the Marriott Boundless card and Marriott Bold card aren’t the best that we’ve ever seen, they still hold lots of value.

If you’ve been considering either one of the cards, now’s a good time to apply while these increased offers are live. Just be sure you’re able to meet the minimum spend requirements before signing up in order to maximize the value you’ll receive.

8 comments

Freddy Pointspanda June 4, 2022

I got an email stating “A 250k Marriott Bonvoy bonus”. This is deceptive marketing as this is not a 250k bonus, it’s a 5 night bonus.

Katie Seemann June 6, 2022

Hi Freddy,
Yes, that’s definitely some confusing language! Hopefully, the email itself was more clear. I wouldn’t want people to apply for this card thinking they were getting a straight 250k points.

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John Jago June 4, 2022

I’d much rather get 250,000 points. And, btw, you didn’t mention that those 5 free nights EXPIRE after one year. Talk about a loss of flexibility!

I wonder how much “breakage” Marriott is planning on. I suspect between 25% and 50%

But the “up to” 250,000 points/$1,750 value makes a great teaser.

John

Katie Seemann June 6, 2022

Hi John,
Yes, I think we can all agree that a bonus of 250k points would be much better! There is some loss of flexibility with the 5 night certificate bonus, but it can definitely still be valuable – it just takes a little more planning since they do expire.

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Clay June 4, 2022

Well I screwed up bad, and just got a Boundless card a week before this promotion. Any advice?

I’m just screwed right?

Katie Seemann June 6, 2022

I think we have all had an experience like that so I know how you feel. You can try to give them a call to see if they will honor the 5-night bonus, but the chances of that happening are probably pretty small. Good luck!

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Anna June 4, 2022

Can I get this new bonus offer for 5 nights if I signed up for same card with 3 nights bonus few days ago?

Katie Seemann June 6, 2022

Hi Anna,
You can try to call the credit card company to see if they will honor the new bonus, but the chances they will allow you to have the 5-night bonus are small. If it does work, please come back and let us know. Good luck!

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