30% Transfer Bonus from Amex Membership Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy (Ending Soon)

Earlier this year, American Express Canada launched a 30% transfer bonus events from American Express Membership Rewards (MR) points to Marriott Bonvoy for the first time in 2025. 

If you have reason to transfer Amex MR points to Marriott Bonvoy, this could be a great opportunity to squeeze some extra value out of your points to book aspirational hotels, or to transfer points to airline programs.

As a reminder, the promotion runs through to April 30, 2025, which leaves a bit of time to consider if it’s worth taking advantage of.

Amex Membership Rewards 30% Transfer Bonus to Marriott Bonvoy

For the first time in 2025, American Express has launched a 30% transfer bonus when you convert your Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy points.

As a reminder, the standard transfer rate from Canadian-issued American Express Membership Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy is 1:1.2. In other words, for every 1,000 MR points transferred, you’d receive 1,200 Marriott Bonvoy points.

On the American Express website, this is the rate displayed when you go to initiate a transfer, even during the current transfer bonus event.

However, when the points arrive in your Marriott Bonvoy account, you’ll notice that they come in two chunks: 1,200 points (as expected with the standard transfer bonus), as well as 360 points (from the 30% transfer bonus).

With a 30% bonus, this transfer rate has been bumped up to an effective 1:1.56 ratio: every 1,000 MR points will earn you 1,560 Marriott Bonvoy points. 

Transfers to Marriott Bonvoy are officially slated to take two business days to complete; however, in practise it happens almost instantly.

As always, the name and address should match between your Amex MR and Marriott Bonvoy accounts to prevent any unwanted delays.

Keep in mind that Marriott Bonvoy members can send up to 100,000 points per calendar year to another member, and can receive up to 500,000 points per calendar year cumulatively from other members.

Is Transferring Amex Membership Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy a Good Deal?

Converting Amex Membership Rewards points into Marriott Bonvoy points represents one of the many potential valuable uses, although even with the 30% transfer bonus in play, it may not necessarily be the best use of MR points speaking strictly from value in cents per point.

That’s because MR points can be transferred to…