We may receive a commission when you use our links. Monkey Miles is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites, such as CreditCards.com and CardRatings. This relationship may impact how and where links appear on this site. This site does not include all financial companies or all available financial offers. Monkey Miles is also a Senior Advisor to Bilt Rewards. Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.
Marriott and Singapore Airlines announced that they were straight matching loyalists between the two programs with a fastrack to higher status upon completion of certain requirements ( one time affair so it seems on the upgrade ). While it’s not as great as Marriott Titanium matching to United Silver, it’s not too shabby if you fly Singapore quite a bit, and who knows, you could always use the status to advantageously match to another program down the road . Let’s take a quick look!
Status Match – valid for 12 months
Marriott elites match to Singapore Silver status, which honestly, doesn’t do a lot for me.
If you have Singapore PPS Club, PPS Club or Krisflyer Elite Gold
- You get matched Marriott Bonvoy Gold
If you have Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Titanium, or Ambassador
- You get matched to Krisflyer Elite Silver
How to accelerate to higher status:
According to the terms, you can accelerate to higher statuses by completing challenges, but this is a one time affair – you’d need to hit the normal requirements after it expires. Interestingly enough, the Amex Marriott Brilliant comes with Marriott Platinum Status so you could potentially get Krisflyer Gold if you knew you’d be taking 4 flights in 6 months…this would give you United Club access when flying in the US regardless of cabin class.
If you are Marriott Gold
- Get Singapore Krisflyer Elite Silver
- Take 2 qualifying commercial flights within 6 months
If you are Marriott Platinum, Titanium, or Ambassador
- Get Singapore Krisflyer Gold
- Take 4 qualifying commercial flights within 6 months
If you are Krisflyer Silver…
- Stay 3 qualifying nights in 6 months to match to Marriott Bonvoy Silver
If you are Solitaire PPS Club, PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite Gold Members
- Stay 10 qualifying nights in 6 months to match to Marriott Bonvoy Platinum
Overall
It seems the accelerate status promo is a one time thing…so keep that in mind, but this isn’t something I’m likely to take advantage of unless I happen to know I’d be flying Singapore Airlines a few times in a 6 month period, then I’d likely take the plunge and go for it.
Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
The responses below are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Responses have not been reviewed, approved, or otherwise endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the bank advertiser's responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered.