American Express
Business card
$150 for 5 Bonvoy points a dollar at Marriott and 3 on gas, dining and travel. Amex and Marriott advertise different welcome offers for the same card.
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What we like, and what we don’t
Worth having
- 5 Marriott Bonvoy points a dollar at participating Marriott properties
- 3 points a dollar on gas, dining and travel, which is a wider bonus set than the personal version
- 2 points a dollar on everything else
- Up to 80,000 Bonvoy points in the welcome offer
- Employee cards at $50 each
Watch out for
- Amex says the welcome offer is up to 80,000 points and Marriott says up to 110,000, with different terms. One of them is wrong
- Marriott prices award nights dynamically with no published point value, so the return cannot be pinned down
- Amex does not publish the foreign transaction fee for this card anywhere we could reach
- No travel medical or trip cancellation insurance published
- American Express acceptance is narrower than Visa or Mastercard
What this card earns
- Gas
- 3x
- Dining and restaurants
- 3x
- Travel
- 3x
- Everything else
- 2x
- Bonus categories at once
- 3 you choose which
- What we value a point at
- Not published by the issuer
The earning fine print
5 Marriott Bonvoy points per $1 at participating Marriott Bonvoy properties; 3 points per $1 on eligible gas, dining and travel; 2 points per $1 on everything else. No annual cap published on any tier.
The welcome offer
- Welcome bonus
- 70,000 points after you spend $5,000, within 3 months
- Second tier
- 10,000 points after you spend $1,000, within 13 months
What the offer actually requires
Amex Canada's own small-business card page states up to 80,000 Marriott Bonvoy points: 70,000 after $5,000 in purchases in 3 months plus 10,000 after $1,000 in purchases in month 13. Marriott's Canadian co-brand page simultaneously advertises up to 110,000 points (80,000 after $10,000 in 6 months plus 30,000 after a month-15 purchase). The two issuer-side sources contradict each other; the conservative Amex figure is recorded here.
Fees and interest rates
- Annual fee
- $150
- Employee card
- $50
- Employee cards included
- None
- Foreign transaction fee
- Not published by the issuer
- Purchase APR
- Not published by the issuer
Who can get this card
- Personal guarantee required
- Yes you are personally liable for the balance
Insurance and benefits
- Baggage delay
- $500
- Purchase protection
- Included
What the benefits really mean
Annual Free Night Award redeemable at a property costing up to 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points. Automatic Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status and 15 Elite Night Credits each year; Gold Elite available after $30,000 in annual purchases. Travel Accident Insurance $500,000; lost or stolen baggage up to $500 per trip; purchase protection up to $1,000 per occurrence; Employee Card Misuse Protection up to $100,000 per Basic Cardmember, conditional on cancelling within 2 business days of terminating the employee. Maximum 99 supplementary cards. Amex confirms joint and several liability between the cardmember and the company. HEADLINE VS SUBSTANCE: the annual fee of $150 was only obtainable from Marriott's co-brand page. Amex Canada's own product page is JavaScript-gated and never states it. Confirm before publishing. WELCOME OFFER CONFLICT: Amex says up to 80,000 points; Marriott says up to 110,000 points with different spend and timing. One of the two issuer-side pages is stale. The 'Free Night Award' is capped at a 35,000-point redemption value, not any night at any Marriott property. Second bonus tier pays in month 13, i.e. After a second annual fee. No free employee cards; each is $50. Amex Canada does not publish the purchase APR, cash advance APR or FX fee on any page that renders.
Our verdict
The three point rate on gas, dining and travel is better than the personal Marriott card manages, and for a business whose people stay at Marriott properties the points come back as free rooms rather than a statement credit somebody has to account for. At $150 that is a reasonable trade.
Two things stop us rating it higher. Marriott prices award nights dynamically and publishes no cents per point value, so nobody can tell you what the earn is worth in dollars, which is why we leave the valuation blank rather than invent one. And Amex and Marriott are currently advertising different welcome offers for the same card, with different spend thresholds. Check which one you are actually being offered before you apply.
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Where this came from. americanexpress.com/ca/en/business/small-business/benefits/marriott-bonvoy-business-card/ (earn rates, $50 supplementary fee, insurance, elite status); americanexpress.com/ca/en/business/business-solutions/best-cards-for-small-businesses/ (welcome offer); americanexpress.com/en-ca/business/credit-cards/marriott-bonvoy-business-employee-cards/ ($50 employee card, misuse protection); marriott.com/credit-cards/canada-credit-cards.mi (CAD $150 annual fee). Verified 18 Aug 2026.. We take every figure from the issuer’s own pages, never from another comparison site, and we leave a field blank rather than guess at it.