Update 7/31/25: Offers are back through 9/24/25 (business card is elevated as well through 10/22)
Update 3/13/25: Offer is back through 5/14/25
Update 8/9/24: Deal is back until 10/2/2024
The Offer
Amex Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant | Bonvoy Bevy
American Express has increased the signup bonus offer on the premium Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card and the mid-level Marriott Bonvoy Bevy card:
- American Express is offering a bonus of 185,000 points after you spend $6,000 within the first six months on the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card.
- American Express is offering a bonus of 155,000 points after $5,000 in spend on the first 6 months on the Marriott Bonvoy Bevy.
Offers are valid through May 1, 2024.
Card Details
Bonvoy Brilliant:
- $650 annual fee
- $300 in total dining statement credits – $25 each month
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 6x points per $1 spent at participating SPG & Marriott Rewards hotels
- 3x points per $1 spent at U.S. restaurants and on flights booked directly with airlines
- 2x points per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Free night award every year after your card account anniversary (can be used at any property that costs under 85,000 points per night)
- Complimentary gold elite status
- Platinum elite status
- 25 nights towards elite status (you’re restricted to getting this benefit once per Marriott Loyalty program number)
- Unlimited complimentary priority pass lounge access for you and up to two accompanying guests
- Statement credit for Global Entry ($100) or TSA PreCheck ($85) every four years
- No foreign transaction fees
- Free in-room premium internet access at SPG & Marriott participating hotels
- Welcome offer not available to applicants who (i) have or have had The Ritz-Carlton™ Credit Card from JPMorgan or the J.P. Morgan Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card in the last 30 days, (ii) have acquired the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Rewards® Premier Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy Bold™ Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier Plus Business Credit Card from Chase or the Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Business Credit Card from Chase in the last 90 days, or (iii) received a new Card Member bonus or upgrade offer for the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Credit Card from Chase, Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Rewards® Premier Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy Bold™ Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy™ Premier Plus Business Credit Card from Chase or the Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Business Credit Card from Chase in the last 24 months.
Bonvoy Bevy
- $250 annual fee
- Card earns at the following rates:
- Earn 6X points for every $1 spent at Marriott properties
- Earn 4X points for every $1 spent on the first $15,000 in combined purchases each year on grocery stores and dining
- Earn 2X points for every $1 spent on all other purchases
- Free Night Award every calendar year, after $15,000 in spend within that calendar year (good for up to 50,000 points)
- Complimentary Gold Elite status
- 15 elite night credits toward elite status
- Welcome offer not available to applicants who (i) have or have had The Ritz-Carlton® Credit Card from JPMorgan, the J.P. Morgan Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card, the Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful™ Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy® Premier Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card from Chase, or the Marriott Bonvoy® Premier Plus Business Credit Card from Chase or the Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Business Credit Card from Chase in the last 30 days, (ii) have acquired the Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful™ Credit Card from Chase the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card from Chase in the last 90 days, or (iii) received a new Card Member bonus or upgrade offer for the Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful™ Credit Card from Chase, the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card from Chase, or the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card from Chase in the last 24 months.
Our Verdict
These are both best-ever offers. A lot of people will find these interesting for the signup bonus and benefits, despite the high annual fees.
Use a friend’s referral link to apply so that they’ll get some free points as well. Check out these Things To Know About Amex before applying. We’ll add this to our list of Best Current Credit Card Signup Bonuses.
I have the chase Marriott, opened on 10/7/2023. Do I have to wait until after October 7, 2025 to be eligible to apply for this card?
The minimum you have to wait is until Oct 8 2025 but probably longer because the rule is supposedly you have to wait 24 months after receiving the bonus to be eligible for the new card bonus.
Thank you Billy…. Damn, I want this card!
Business version? I’m on a strict diet…
125k sign up bonus / $8k spend / 6 mo
Is there any real way to MS on these cards to meet spending requirements for SUB? I know Amex is strict about that. Guess I could always pay taxes but that would cost over $100 just to do that.
Also, for the Brilliant, this post says they cover $100 for Global Entry. GE now costs $120. Is this post outdated or do they still only cover $100?
find a place that lets you buy vgc and doesn’t report L3 data. Or the run of the mill 3% fee places
CVS doesn’t report L3 data, but you have a $2k per rolling 24hrs limit. I’ve heard walgreens doesn’t either but can’t directly confirm.
I don’t see anything about if you have the grandfathered Marriott Amex, does that have any binding on applications? I am specifically wondering on the brilliant card. Also it says complimentary gold elite status but also platinum elite status, is that a temporary thing or is it wrong?
It’s wrong.
looks like both expired??
P2 instant approval for Bevy on 5/12. Wanted to do this first to preserve opportunity for business and brilliant SUBs in future. P2 is not eligible for CSP for another year and has done a couple Ink SUBs last year as well.
Marriott lets you xfer up to 100k points per CY now, this seems like an improvement.
I applied for the Brilliant card, got instant denial, and also failed to get reconsideration. The CSR told me that no new account could be opened at this time, the decision was final and my application could not be reconsidered based on my previous application-cancellation behaviors. Did anyone get similar situation?
I actually upgraded Marriott Bonvey card to the Bevy card in 2023, got an upgrade bonus and then downgraded it back to the $95-annual-fee edition after 1 year; I also applied for the Hilton business card in 2023, got the welcome bonus and canceled it after 1 year. I don’t know if these two cards lead to my recent failure. But I do want to know, if this is the case, may I still get new American Express card in the future? How soon should I wait?
did a referral app. link didnt work. went to incognito. link worked but got PUJ message. Did the trick, and app went through, no popup. waiting for results.
hey cameron, what’s the trick if you don’t mind sharing, thanks!
Can I assume that since this is Amex, the Brilliant PP doesn’t include restaurants? Or is that specific to the plat PP?
Yes, there’s a page at TPG that lists the cards as of about a year ago that included Priority Pass (PP) with restaurants, and it’s 6 cards, 3 of which were Chase cards where it says that the restaurants feature was ending on June 30 of last year, and thus at most 3 of those cards listed still have that feature.
And that page also says that Amex dropped restaurants from Amex’s version of Priority Pass much earlier, I think around 2019.
Pop-up jail for both – was actually willing to burn a 5/24 slot on the Brilliant, but I guess Amex is saving me from a rash decision…
Currently 3/24, most recently applied for Chase United Business (February 2025, denied), then Bonvoy Business (October 2024, approved). Admittedly, I’m not spending a lot on my Amex cards since getting the Bonvoy Biz bonus.
I’ll start putting some spend on those cards, lower my credit limits across the board, and try again before the deadline.
Pop up jail is getting annoying. I was seriously ready to just get this card and semi-retire from the point chasing game by make it my primary… but p1 and p2 have been stuck in jail for a year.
I was in pop up jail for this card too. I ran across a Reddit post which stated they found an old email from Marriott advertising Bonvoy cards. It said utilizing the old email redirected them to the current promotion and it bypassed PUJ. So I searched my old email and found one from last year. I gave it a try and sure enough it bypassed PUJ. The app went to a pending status and about 30 minutes later I received the approval email. I then called CS rep who confirmed the Welcome offer of 185K was attached.