Quick highlights
- Rewards rate: Earn 6X total Bonvoy points at over 7,000 hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy® with the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Card (up to 17X points through the Bonvoy loyalty program with Silver Elite status), 2X Bonvoy points on all other purchases and 3X points on grocery store, gas station and dining purchases (up to $6,000 in combined purchases each year, then 2X points)
- Annual fee: $95
- Intro bonus: Earn 3 Free Night Awards (each night valued up to 50,000 points) after spending $3,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening with the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card!
- Regular APR: 20.74 percent 27.74 percent (variable)
Current welcome offer
The latest Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card bonus is technically a jump in total value, but it also offers a bit less flexibility than the card’s previous offer. You can now earn 3 Free Night Awards (each night valued up to 50,000 points) after spending $3,000 on purchases in your first three months as a cardholder.
Instead of Free Night Awards, the previous offer gave you a chance at up to 100,000 points after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months. While the previous bonus was a lower value on paper (100,000 points versus three Free Night Awards valued at 50,000 points each), it gave you the flexibility to book as many hotel stays as you could afford, even if that meant 10 stays at 10,000 points each. No matter how you use it, the new bonus will only get you three stays.
That said, the new bonus is very valuable, especially given the card's relatively low annual fee. This makes now a great time to apply if you can take full advantage of the Free Night Awards and redeem for luxury stays.
Rewards rate
The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card offers up to 17X points at participating Bonvoy locations, which includes a network of over 7,000 hotels around the world. This card also brings 3X bonus categories to reward your grocery store, gas station and dining purchases spending (up to $6,000 in combined purchases each year) plus 2X points on all other purchases. For added convenience, the Bonvoy Boundless features contactless payment capabilities.
How you can earn maximum rewards
The Bonvoy Boundless card is all about the Marriott perks. The first step in realizing the card’s full worth is to make sure you’re maximizing the value of each benefit that comes with the card. Make sure you’re utilizing your automatic Silver Elite Status, the 15 Elite Night Credits and additional Elite Night Credit opportunities (one extra credit per $5,000 you spend) that count toward the next tier. Take advantage of the anniversary free-night-award-stay, and always use this card to pay for your Marriott Bonvoy hotel stays.
You’ll want to make sure you’re strategically booking award stays, which may be during off-peak periods whenever possible to take advantage of the lull between peak seasons if the redemption portal shows redemption value differences. Although Marriott no longer uses a redemption value chart with property categories (formerly Category 1 to Category 8) and defined seasonal point values, the new dynamic pricing model may give you more rewards mileage out of your stays for less in-demand travel times.
How to redeem
You can redeem your points for free nights within the Marriott Bonvoy network, experiences, shop with points or book nights with a combination of cash and points. To learn more, read our guide to Marriott Bonvoy.