Marriott Raises $920 Million In Cash From American Express & Chase

Marriott has announced that it has raised $920 million in cash from it’s credit card co-branded partners American Express & Chase. Break down as follows:

• Marriott received $570 million in cash from Chase. $500 million of prepayment of certain future revenues and $70 million from the early payment of a signing bonus that was previously committed.
• Marriott received $350 million from American Express. This is for the pre-purchase of Marriott Bonvoy points and other consideration.

It’s interesting that the American Express figure clearly outlines the pre-purchase of points, whereas the Chase portion just says prepayment of certain future revenues. American Express has previously pre-purchased $1 billion in points from Hilton. In a previous SEC filing it emerged that both United & Delta were considering pre-selling points as well.