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Wow, rarely as it is, this time it works way better for UK customers...
"Earn 20 Marriott Rewards points for every Pound you spend!"
You only need to spend an equivalent of $2044.17 to receive 25,000 points.
The only catch is that you get vouchers instead of cards (partial payments with vouchers are not allowed and they would be converted to USD using hotel's exchange rate... otherwise they are as good as cards.
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This is excellent! Thank you Travel Auto for letting us know.
And 20 MR per £ ? For once, Brits come off better out of this - that doesn't happen all too often
UK-based FlyerTalkers, don't forget to go via Quidco, to receive 5% cashback on your Gift Card/Certificate purchases! (Not sure if you can combine the 5% cashback for Gift Cards, with the 4% cashback for booking a Marriott stay via Quidco as well - does anyone know?)
Edit: I'd originally asked how paying with these effects the MegaBonus promo, but just noticed in the 2007 thread that Gift Cards count as Visa payments so qualify for MegaBonus. So I'll rephrase my original question a little. Does anyone know if UK Gift Certificates qualify for MegaBonus? There's no card involved so I can't see it would register as a Visa payment.
Last edited by SpeedbirdOne; Nov 3, 09 at 7:21 am..
When using gift cards, etc, I usually plan that there will be a small portion I will put on a credit card...whichever card the promotion requires. Haven't had a problem...yet!
So, it looks as though we have two promotions going on for the rest of the year,
- The Gift Card one in the original post, which gives 10 Marriott Rewards points per dollar but you pay regular price; or
- The Delta 10% off promotion at https://deltapromo.netlinkrg.com/ where you purchase $1000 or $2000 Vacation Cards* at 10% off and get 1000 or 2000 Delta miles as a bonus.
Nice!
* NOTE: The terms and conditions on use of Vacation Cards are a bit more restrictive than those governing Gift Cards.
Last edited by Counsellor; Nov 3, 09 at 8:54 am..
Reason: Add re: T&C
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Brits come out ahead on this one...as long as you watch the hotels closely when they calculate your exchange rate on a non-UK stay.
For example, if you're doing a stay in the U.S., many places don't see GBP certificates often. They first won't have any idea what the certificate is, then they'll go looking for an exchange rate, and finally they'll likely find a "cash" exchange rate - the unattractive hotel rate you'd get if you wanted to pay for the stay with British banknotes.
I frequently had to look up and then show a live FX quote (or perhaps yesterday's WSJ quote) to the front desk to get my Premium Pounds posted correctly.
With the gift card, you know you're getting a Visa-processed transaction with a predictable exchange rate and a relatively low vig.
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Originally Posted by SpeedbirdOne
This is excellent! Thank you Travel Auto for letting us know.
And 20 MR per £ ? For once, Brits come off better out of this - that doesn't happen all too often
UK-based FlyerTalkers, don't forget to go via Quidco, to receive 5% cashback on your Gift Card/Certificate purchases! (Not sure if you can combine the 5% cashback for Gift Cards, with the 4% cashback for booking a Marriott stay via Quidco as well - does anyone know?)
I don't see why you would not be able to get Quidco cashback on both the Gift Cheque purchase and the reservation as they are two completely separate transactions and totally unconnected.
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However, I think using this code will invalidate the points earning.
I put in an order last night with the 10% discount code. I guess I will have to wait till six weeks after December 31, 2009 to see if I earn the the points as well.
Also, anyone know if I will earn 5 points per $1 using my Marriott Premier VISA for the gift card?
FWIW, I bought Marriott gift cards during last summer's Hertz promo and received the Visa 5pts/$. That appears to be independent of the 10pts/$ current promo.
So in theory, you could get 10 points/dollar plus 5 points/dollar for using visa, then 10 points/dollar at the hotel and 5 points/dollar for platinum?
That's 30 points/dollar which is pretty sweet. This doesn't include the platinum bonus.
Might buy it for personal travel in addition to holiday gifts.
