The Marriott no longer has one free night. It may come back -- or it may not. The recent Marriott-SPG merger adds uncertainty and we can only speculate what the landscape will be like later this year / going forward.nestleman wrote: ↑ Thanks for the reply!
I currently have the personal and business Aeroplan cards from CIBC, FYF. I will cancel after the year is done.
Then I plan to get the TD Aeroplan and Marriot Visa cards. I will convert the 50,000 marriot points to SPG after receiving them. Also the Marriot card gives 1 free hotel stay and there is no minimum spending required (receive everything after 1st purchase).
I haven't held the SPG card in a while since there is no more FYF promo's.
Don't forget the Amex MR cards. They are probably some of the best deals currently, even when they have AF.
It's possible you'll get the SPG welcome bonus if you've had them before, and it's possible you won't. Without going into detail, Amex has been generous to me about getting welcome bonuses more than once... It is a risk though. But with that said, SPG is generally the best rewards possible for any Canadian credit card. The value of a single SPG point can be very high, making those two cards represent a very high return on everyday spending -- depending on how you redeem of course.
We shouldn't get too off-topic in this thread though.