Brilliant Earned Choice Award — Full Terms and Conditions

If, in any calendar year of Card Membership, your total eligible purchases on your Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant^® American Express^® Card reach or exceed $60,000 (“Purchase Requirement”), you will be eligible to select one of the following benefits as part of the Brilliant Earned Choice Award. The available benefit options include:

Five Suite Night Awards™
Mattress and Box Spring $1000 Discount from Marriott Retail Brands
Free Night Award with a redemption value up to 85K points

The list of available Brilliant Earned Choice Award benefit options is subject to change without notice and at any time. See https://www.choice-benefit.marriott.com/brilliant for more information.

Eligible purchases to meet the Purchase Requirement includes goods and services minus returns and other credits. Eligible purchases do not include fees or interest charges, cash advances, purchases of travelers checks, purchases or reloading of prepaid cards, purchases of gift cards, person-to-person payments, or purchases of other cash equivalents. This benefit is only available to the Basic Card Member on the Card Account and only one Brilliant Earned Choice Award may be earned each calendar year. Purchases by both the Basic Card Member and any Additional Card Members on the Card Account are eligible toward the Purchase Requirement. To qualify for the Earned Choice Award, your Card account must be open and not in default at the time the Award is earned.

Once you reach the Purchase Requirement for the Brilliant Earned Choice Award, you can select from one of the available benefits by visiting https://www.choice-benefit.marriott.com/brilliant. Your selection must be made online through this website and may not be made through Member Support.

You must select your earned Brilliant Earned Choice Award benefit by February 1st of the year following when you reached the Purchase Requirement. For example, if you reach the Purchase Requirement at any time in 2023, you must select your Brilliant Earned Choice Award benefit by February 1, 2024. In the event that you reach the Purchase Requirement for the Brilliant Earned Choice Award and fail to select a Brilliant Earned Choice Award by 11:59 pm EST February 1st of the year following when you reached the Purchase Requirement, you will automatically receive the Five Suite Night Awards as your Brilliant Earned Choice Award benefit. For any questions on your benefit selection, you may call Marriott Customer Engagement Center.

1. Five Suite Night Awards

Please note: Beginning in early 2024, Suite Night Awards will be known as Nightly Upgrade Awards. Suite Night Awards may be redeemed for advance confirmable upgrades for select Premium Rooms or suites on a per room, per night basis, subject to availability and the applicable terms and conditions set forth below for Suite Night Awards:

Suite Night Awards expire on December 31 of the year following the year in which they were earned. For example, if 50 or 75 Qualifying Nights are achieved in 2023 and five (5) Suite Night Awards are selected as the Member’s Brilliant Earned Choice Award, the five (5) Suite Night Awards will have an expiration date of December 31, 2024.
Suite Night Awards may be used only on Loyalty Program eligible paid stays as well as Award Redemption Stays.
A Member may request to use their Suite Night Awards on Marriott Websites or by calling Member Support.
Suite Night Awards may only be used for Premium Rooms and suites as designated by the Participating Property. Some suite types may not be available for use with Suite Night Awards.
Suite Night Award use is based upon availability of the requested suite or Premium Room. Checking for availability begins five (5) days before arrival. If availability is not confirmed five (5) days before arrival, availability is checked each day before arrival up to 2 p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival. If at that time Suite Night Awards cannot be confirmed, the Suite Night Awards are credited back to the Member’s account if they have not expired. Beginning in early 2024, checking for availability will begin three (3) days before arrival, and if not confirmed at that time, availability will continue to be checked each day until 2.p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival.
Suite Night Awards may be used only when there are enough in the Member’s Account so that one (1) is applied to every night of the reservation. One Suite Night Award is required per room per night.
Suite Night Awards are required for each night of the stay including any nights that may be designated "free".
Suite Night Awards may not be transferred or given as a gift or used as part of a multiple room reservation; however, a Member may use Suite Night Awards for additional single-room reservations during a stay as long as the Member is present for the stay and the other reservations are under the Member’s name.
Members who book separate reservations for consecutive nights that precede or follow a reservation that has confirmed Suite Night Awards will be required to change rooms to the confirmed room type on any night(s) where a Suite Night Award is not used.
If a Participating Property offers multiple room options for a Suite Night Award, once the suite or premium room option(s) is selected, the selection may be changed until 2 p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival so long as the Suite Night Award is unconfirmed.
Suite Night Awards have requesting, booking, cancellation, and modification policies that are in addition to – but completely separate from – the booking, cancellation, and modification policies for the reservations on which they are used.
- Requests to use Suite Night Awards on a reservation may be made up to 2 p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival.
- Requests to withdraw the use of unconfirmed Suite Night Awards may be made up to 2 p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival.
- Confirmed Suite Night Awards may be canceled up to 2 p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival only if the entire reservation is canceled.
- Once Suite Night Awards have been confirmed, the Member must cancel the entire reservation to receive credit back for all Suite Night Awards. Cancellation of a confirmed Suite Night Award reservation after 2 p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival will result in the forfeiture of all Suite Night Awards applied to the entire reservation.
- Suite Night Awards cannot be applied to a reservation once the reservation has been checked-in to a Participating Property.
- If a Member departs a reservation early, any unused Suite Night Awards confirmed for the stay will be forfeited.
- If a Member wishes to extend their stay and has enough Suite Night Award(s) to cover the extension, the Member must book a separate reservation for the additional nights and request to use Suite Night Awards on Marriott Websites or by calling Member Support; the Suite Night Award request cannot be processed at the Participating Property. Suite Night Award use is based on availability of the requested suite or premium room. Checking for availability begins five (5) days before the start of the separate reservation, and up to 2 p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to the start of the separate reservation. Beginning in early 2024, checking for availability will begin three (3) days before arrival, and if not confirmed at that time, availability will continue to be checked each day until 2.p.m. local time of the Participating Property one (1) day prior to arrival. Members who book separate reservations for consecutive nights that precede or follow a reservation that has confirmed Suite Night Awards may be required to change rooms.
Not all Participating Properties participate in Suite Night Awards. Suite Night Awards are not redeemable at the following brands: The Ritz-Carlton, Ritz-Carlton Reserve, The Ritz-Carlton Club, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, EDITION, Protea Hotels, Aloft, City Express, Element, Design Hotels, all-Suite Hotels, Marriott Executive Apartments, All-Inclusive Resorts, Marriott Vacation Club, Marriott Grand Residence Club, Sheraton Vacation Club, Westin Vacation Club, and at The Phoenician Residences, a Luxury Collection Residence Club, Scottsdale. In addition, Suite Night Awards are not redeemable at select Participating Properties. Contact Member Support for individual Participating Property Suite Night Award participation. Starting in early 2024, The Ritz-Carlton, EDITION, Protea Hotels, Aloft, and Element brands will participate in Suite Night Awards.
Suite Night Awards will be placed in the Member Account within 48 hours of when a Member selects a Brilliant Choice Award of five (5) Suite Night Awards.

2. Mattress and Box Spring $1,000 Discount from Marriott Retail Brands

Mattress and Box Spring $1,000 Discount from Marriott Retail Brands may be redeemed for $1,000 off the full retail value valid on select Marriott Retail Brands’ mattresses and box springs.
It may take up to 8-12 weeks to receive the promotional code after the Card Member selects this benefit.
Award is valid through December 31st of the year following the year in which the Earned Choice Award was earned.

3. Free Night Award

The Free Night Award has a redemption value of up to 85K points for one standard room. Certain resort fees may apply.
It may take up to 8-12 weeks for the Free Night Award to be deposited into the Marriott Bonvoy member account after the Card Member selects this benefit.
Award is only available to the Basic Card Member on the account. Award is valid for one (1) year from issuance date. Award may not be transferred, extended beyond the expiration date, or re-credited for points.
Free Night Award Redemption is subject to availability. Participating hotels may limit the number of standard rooms available for redemption on a limited number of days.

American Express is not responsible for fulfillment of Earned Choice Award redemptions. Redemptions are subject to the terms and conditions of Marriott Bonvoy. For more information about your Earned Choice Award benefit redemption options, visit https://choice-benefit.marriott.com/brilliant.