Marriott Rewards (including Ritz-Carlton) - need one more night by the end of the month...

Hi all, thanks for all the great info.

I need one more night by the end of the month (june) and the cheapest I can find is about $85/night. I don't want to stay there and will not check in (unless I have to) so I am just looking for the lowest cost so I can get credit for one more stay. I am doing this to lock in my gold challenge. For what its worth, I live in CT. Any suggestions for really cheap rates greatly appreciated. Thanks

It's really up to you to take that $85 hit for Gold status or just let it go. Is that hotel for $85/night near you? If you have no other choice, you will just have to bite the bullet and go for that one. You MUST check-in to the hotel to receive credit. You can just check-in at the frontdesk and then go into your room and leave the room key there. Some people here put a do not disturb sign on the door also and then leave. They call the next morning and tell the frontdesk they forgot to checkout in the frontdesk and left the key card in the room.

Which part of CT do you live in? That will help us narrow down the closest hotel near you and hopefully lower than $85.

As business would have it, I just booked a couple meetings for this week in new hampshire and now have a reason for one more hotel room. Thanks anyways but I will now lock up gold status until Feb 2014. Thanks all!

Glad it worked out for you.

For me the $85 would have been worth it to secure the Gold status.

Cheers.