A new targeted Marriott bonus points offer is landing in select accounts, and it’s an easy 5,000 Bonvoy points if you happen to be on the list. The promotion runs through Your World Rewards, the linking partnership between Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards, and it rewards a single qualifying stay rather than a drawn-out spend threshold.

If you’ve been targeted, the mechanics are simple. You register, then complete one eligible paid stay at a participating Marriott property by September 30, 2026, and Marriott credits a one-time bonus of 5,000 points. Marriott says the points should post within two to four weeks after the promotion ends, so don’t panic if they don’t show up immediately after checkout.

The catch is that the stay has to be the right kind of stay. Only paid nights booked directly with Marriott count toward the bonus, which rules out a fair number of the bookings points travelers actually make.

Note: There Are Two Offers Live Right Now

This one is the stay-based bonus. If you were targeted for the quicker deal that hands you 1,000 points just for linking your Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards accounts, with no stay required, that is a separate promotion and we broke it down here: Free Marriott Points: Link Emirates For 1,000 Bonus. Worth checking both, since linking your accounts is step one either way, and if you happened to be targeted for both you could collect each bonus.

Who’s Eligible And How To Check If You’re Targeted

This one is targeted, which means it will not appear for everyone. Two things need to be true before you can earn it. First, you need both a Marriott Bonvoy and an Emirates Skywards account. Second, those two accounts need to be linked through Your World Rewards.

To see whether you made the list, log in and link your accounts through Your World Rewards if you haven’t already, then look for the registration prompt tied to this promotion. If you don’t see an offer to register, you weren’t targeted this round. It still takes about a minute to check, and linked accounts tend to surface these targeted deals more often, so there’s little downside to looking.

Is It Worth It?

Here’s the honest math. We value Marriott Bonvoy points at roughly 0.7 cents each, which is an estimate rather than a fixed cash value, so 5,000 points comes out to about $35 toward future Marriott stays.

That is not a free night at most Marriott properties, and it won’t move the needle on a big redemption by itself. What makes it worth a look is the effort-to-reward ratio. If you were already going to pay for a Marriott night before the end of September, registering first turns that same stay into an extra $35 or so of value for essentially zero additional work. Viewed as a top-up rather than a headline deal, it’s a clean win.

Who Should Skip This

Plenty of people can close this tab and lose nothing. If you weren’t targeted, there’s no offer to chase. If you don’t hold an Emirates Skywards account or have no interest in linking one, the setup cost isn’t worth 5,000 points on its own.

You should also skip it if you have no paid, direct-booked Marriott stays planned before September 30, since award nights, Cash + Points bookings, and third-party reservations through sites like Expedia or Booking.com are all excluded. Manufacturing a stay just to earn $35 in points doesn’t pencil out for anyone.

Bottom Line

This is a low-effort, low-reward promotion, and that’s fine as long as you treat it that way. If you’re targeted and already have a paid Marriott stay on the calendar before September 30, register through Your World Rewards and collect the 5,000 points. If any of those conditions don’t apply, there’s nothing here worth going out of your way for.

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