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I don't really need my Marriott Chase card for some time until SPG Amex is no good in August so I do plan on waiting 60 days to renew just to be safe. I also don't have a problem with spending $5k in 3 months with a son heading to college but if i sign up my wife and daughter as well that is more of a stretch so was thinking of prepaying MFs as well.I couldn't get a straight answer when I called Chase so I decided to close my Marriott card. They offered a $50 credit to keep the account open. I'll be applying for the new card next week as she says that it may take a couple of days for the info to process through the whole system. Looking forward to the 100k bonus points as $5k in 3 months is a piece of cake. If anyone is struggling for ideas on what to spend it on, pay your MF fees a little earlier.
The Chase Reps for Marriott are not well versed in the details of the promotion.
I just cancelled my daughter's card. She really is accumulating a nice points total just with these sign-on bonuses. When she was 18 I got her the Marriott Visa so she could get the 80k sign up points. Then did the SPG Amex for another 75k and now this 100k will pad her account nicely. Already she has close to 300k points. Now she already has a honeymoon Marriott travel package worth of points.
I recently read a story about how most people get confused by travel award programs. I couldn't understand that because for me it's like shooting fish in a barrel and over the years the free travel value we've received by managing our travel programs to the max has to be $25k if not more.