The Offer
- Chase is offering 100,000 points after $3,000 in purchases within the first three months when you open a new Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card.
- Also get a $150 statement credit after your first purchase.
Card Details
- Annual fee of $95, not waived first year
- Eligibility for this product: The product is not available to either:
- current cardmembers of the Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier credit card (also known as Marriott Rewards® Premier) or Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ credit card (also known as Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus), or
- previous cardmembers of the Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier credit card (also known as Marriott Rewards® Premier) or Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ credit card (also known as Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus), who received a new cardmember bonus within the last 24 months.
- Eligibility for the new cardmember bonus: The bonus is not available to you if you:
- are a current cardmember, or were a previous cardmember within the last 30 days, of Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card (also known as The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express);
- are a current or previous cardmember of either Marriott Bonvoy Business™ American Express® Card (also known as The Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express) or Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card (also known as the Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card), and received a new cardmember bonus or upgrade bonus in the last 24 months; or
- applied and were approved for Marriott Bonvoy Business™ American Express® Card (also known as The Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express) or Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card (also known as the Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card) within the last 90 days.
- Chase 5/24 rule applies to this card
- Free award night every anniversary valid at a property costing up to 35,000 points
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 6x points per $1 spent at Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- 3x points on gas stations, grocery stores and restaurants on up to $6,000 in combined purchases per year
- 2x points per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Card earns one Elite Night Credit per $5,000 in spend
- Elite status:
- Automatic silver elite status
- Gold status if you spend $35,000 or more within a card member year
- 15 elite night credits towards status each year
Our Verdict
A while back there was an offer for five free nights which some might prefer. In any case, I think a lot of people will find this $150 cash + 100,000 points interesting.
Someone seeking a fully cash bonus can, I suppose, hold the points for a year and then downgrade to the Bold and then cashout most of the points for a $750 statement credit to offset airline and Marriott purchases; the Bold card has a PYB feature. (Tangentially, that card has a direct signup bonus of 60,000 points + a free night, and has no annual fee.)
We’ll add this to our list of Best Current Credit Card Signup Bonuses.