Amex Offers are the kind that sneak up on you and provide you with actual value if you're aware of them and the new one in the mix for Marriott Bonvoy credit cardholders is for anyone who regularly takes advantage of rideshare services, public transport, or pays for parking. The promotion is providing either $6 back or 1,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points for qualifying rideshare and transit spends by the end of September 13, 2026, and can be used up to three times.

What this means: You will earn up to $18 in statement credits or up to 3,000 bonus Bonvoy points, depending on which of the two available versions of the offer is in your account. It's a simple win, which the majority of people are doing for not much effort, and it takes less than a minute to start.

How the Offer Works

The mechanics are simple. After you add the offer to your eligible Marriott Amex card, the benefit kicks in upon a trip costing $15 or more using a qualifying rideshare or transit service.The reward begins when you spend $15 or more on a trip using a qualifying rideshare or transit service. The offer is only valid on the initial three uses, so there's a maximum of $18 back in statement credits or 3,000 points for the Marriott Bonvoy hotel program credited to the card account per use.

This is a relatively easy-to-maximize offer due to the wide range of qualifying purchase categories. Of course, the obvious triggers include rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft, but it also includes purchases of public transportation tickets, parking, tolls, ferry/rail tickets and fares, among others. Those commutes on the train, parking fees in a parking garage, tolls on the road are all as important as the Lyft ride on the weekend.

Not included are airfare, car rental and tram and cruises. Any other item within the 'transit and transportation' category should activate the offer when you pay on the card you have enrolled.

One operational question to consider: is a one-time $45 purchase enough to count for all three credits or will it need to be a minimum of three $15+ buys? The safer way and the way that will give you the best chance of getting the full benefit is to spread spending over more than one qualifying transaction.

What version are you on?

The slightly variable part comes next. Not all Marriott Amex cardholders are getting the same offer: some receive the $6 statement credit, others receive the 1,000 bonus points one. This difference seems to be randomised and not related to card type or status; on some cards, different family members may have different versions.

Both are legit but the value will differ according to how you use Bonvoy points. The 1,000 points translate to approximately $7 in travel value at 0.7 cents per Bonvoy point, which isn't quite as good as the $6 that you'll get as cash, but is more flexible and protected in value. The points version is more beneficial if you have a particular Bonvoy redemption in mind. The credit version is simply worth as much as you want to use it, whether for cash or not, if you prefer to see the cash on your statement.

Who's Being Targeted

This seems to be a product of the Marriott Bonvoy co-branded American Express cards and not the American Express card portfolio as a whole. This offer is being targeted at both personal and business Marriott Amex cards, and it's also being targeted at authorized users on Marriott Amex cards. So one household with several primary Marriott Amex cards and authorized users on those cards has the potential to have multiple rounds of this offer across the various cards.

Here is a quick list of tips on how to make sure you are getting maximum value from the opportunity:

• For all your American Express card accounts, including business cards, see the Amex Offers section in your Amex app or website for each card.
• Must add the offer to each of the eligible cards before making qualifying purchases, offers must be enrolled prior to a qualifying transaction to get offers credit offers must be added to each eligible card before any qualifying purchases are made, offers must be added before a qualifying transaction to get offers credit.
• Valid for rideshare, public transit, parking, tolls, ferry and train purchases over $15, with a limit of three uses per card.
• If possible, distribute the transactions over a number of purchases instead of going through one big transaction that would generate all three credits.

The reason is that this is worth 5 minutes of your time

The total that can be earned on a card is $18 or 3,000 Bonvoy points, which isn't a big dicker for anyone's wallet. But the real bar to earn it is really low. These are costs that most urban or suburban users have to pay regularly in a month: the cost of an Uber ride, a commuter train ticket, a parking ticket. If there's a reward for these purchases you would have made anyway, there's not much work involved to activate an offer.

For anyone who has been building up their points with Marriott, the 3,000 bonus points per card amount to a nice little bonus, which can be used for a free night stay or an upgrade, but won't require any extra spend. If you're a cash-back kind of person, you'll see that $18 is a 40% return on $45 spent, which is quite high for the normal earn-share scheme offered by rewards cards.

It expires and what to do now

The offer runs until Sept. 13, 2026, meaning that cardholders have about three months to use the offer within up to three eligible transactions. In terms of eligibility, most of the people who own a card should easily reach the three-use mark well before the deadline with regular expenses on rideshare, transit, parking, tolls, ferry and train travel.

The action item is the easy one to take is to open the Amex app, go to the Amex Offers section on every Marriott card you have, and add the rideshare and transit offer. After enrolling, allow your regular spending to generate the reward, not specifically creating purchases with the intent to earning the reward.

The Bottom Line

A targeted Amex Offer on Marriott Bonvoy American Express cards is giving back $15 in rideshare or transportation spending with either $6 back or 1,000 bonus Bonvoy points which expire on 9/13/2026 three times per card. The highest amount of $18 in statement credits or 3,000 Bonvoy points can be earned per card. 

For most cardholders, it's possible to reach the limit three times by using their card for regular activities such as Uber, Lyft, public transportation, parking, tolls, and train and ferry fare. Look through all the Marriott Amex cards in your household, add the offer to your next big-ticket purchase, and you'll see it work itself out as a regular transportation expense.