Dec 30, 2015, 10:18 am
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Ten (10) Elite Nights are given for each meeting held in a participating hotel under the "Rewarding Events" program. See below for non-participating brands. Information about the Rewarding Events program may be found at https://www.marriott.com/meeting-eve...els/rewards.mi
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
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Jul 7, 2016, 5:04 am
#1321
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: DCA - PDX - LAX
Programs: AA Gold, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, AS 75k
Posts: 766
I have a meeting for tomorrow where I booked it all online. I've received confirmation of it (email titled "Group Reservation Confirmation #") and also an e-mail from the Quick Group Omaha. But I don't see any auth on my credit card and just realized that no one called me. Any suggestions on how to proceed?
Jul 7, 2016, 8:40 pm
#1322
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Newton Centre, MA, USA
Programs: DL 2MM Gold, AA Plat Pro; Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium (via SPG), IHG Plat
Posts: 2,192
I have a meeting for tomorrow where I booked it all online. I've received confirmation of it (email titled "Group Reservation Confirmation #") and also an e-mail from the Quick Group Omaha. But I don't see any auth on my credit card and just realized that no one called me. Any suggestions on how to proceed?
Jul 9, 2016, 1:33 am
#1323
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SEA
Programs: AA EXP (2.5MM), Hilton Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,859
I wouldn't sweat it. It turned out I had a bad CC number (replaced due to fraud) on my Marriott profile. I booked a meeting and no one noticed until they when to bill me a week after the meeting. (I gave them the new CC number then ...) The bad CC number on my profile was apparently not an issue when really staying at a hotel, because I always handed them the new CC card when checking in and they changed the number without telling me. I wonder what Marriott would have done if I had a no-show on a real room stay with a bad CC number on my profile? "Sadly", I decided to be good and updated my Marriott profile with my current CC number.
Jul 21, 2016, 1:43 pm
#1324
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 686
So I had a meeting 3 days ago and my MR account reflected a 6500 point bonus on a $100 meeting with no nights posted. Not sure what happened or how that is even calculated.
Edit; it was posted as a bonus and not an Event.
Edit; it was posted as a bonus and not an Event.
Last edited by sig05; Jul 21, 2016 at 1:58 pm
Jul 22, 2016, 7:05 am
#1325
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
If you post the name of the property, there may be someone here that has had the same experience and they might share how they got it resolved.
Jul 22, 2016, 8:27 am
#1326
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 686
Courtyard jacksonville orange park.
This is my first meeting, so I know only what I've read in the wiki and upthread. However, I thought the point bonus was strange given my meeting was only $100. Not sure how I ended up with 6500 points.
This was the email I received:
Marriott Rewards is pleased to confirm that the following bonus has been issued to your account:
Issued By: CY ORANGE PARK
Bonus : CY JACKSONVILLE ORAN BONUS
Amount : 6500 Points
This is my first meeting, so I know only what I've read in the wiki and upthread. However, I thought the point bonus was strange given my meeting was only $100. Not sure how I ended up with 6500 points.
This was the email I received:
Marriott Rewards is pleased to confirm that the following bonus has been issued to your account:
Issued By: CY ORANGE PARK
Bonus : CY JACKSONVILLE ORAN BONUS
Amount : 6500 Points
Jul 24, 2016, 10:41 pm
#1327
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Newton Centre, MA, USA
Programs: DL 2MM Gold, AA Plat Pro; Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium (via SPG), IHG Plat
Posts: 2,192
I recently booked 3 meetings at a local hotel. A couple of weeks after the first meeting and a week after the last meeting I sent an email to the Hotel Sales Rep who send me the contracts to sign asking them to "make sure they get posted via the Marriott Group Posting tool for Rewarding Events".
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.
Jul 25, 2016, 4:37 am
#1328
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: GEG
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Lifetime SkyClub, AS MVP
Posts: 2,410
Jul 25, 2016, 6:31 am
#1329
Join Date: Jan 2008
Programs: Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 405
I recently booked 3 meetings at a local hotel. A couple of weeks after the first meeting and a week after the last meeting I sent an email to the Hotel Sales Rep who send me the contracts to sign asking them to "make sure they get posted via the Marriott Group Posting tool for Rewarding Events".
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.
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Jul 25, 2016, 6:54 am
#1330
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: DCA - PDX - LAX
Programs: AA Gold, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, AS 75k
Posts: 766
I recently booked 3 meetings at a local hotel. A couple of weeks after the first meeting and a week after the last meeting I sent an email to the Hotel Sales Rep who send me the contracts to sign asking them to "make sure they get posted via the Marriott Group Posting tool for Rewarding Events".
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.
Please see the wiki:
"Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it."
Jul 25, 2016, 8:31 am
#1331
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Newton Centre, MA, USA
Programs: DL 2MM Gold, AA Plat Pro; Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium (via SPG), IHG Plat
Posts: 2,192
Yes, some people have said 15. It has happened as quickly as one business day after and as long as 3 weeks later for me.
Please see the wiki:
"Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it."
Please see the wiki:
"Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it."
Jul 25, 2016, 8:38 am
#1332
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: DCA - PDX - LAX
Programs: AA Gold, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, AS 75k
Posts: 766
My point was more that the hotel in my case was implying that they couldn't / wouldn't post them for 10 days. The first 2 magically both posted on a Friday immediately after I inquired (and one was at 11 days and one was at 10 days), so I think my hotel is posting them by hand.
Jul 25, 2016, 2:11 pm
#1333
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: Marriott
Posts: 3
Applicable in Canada
Apologies if this has already been addressed but does the 10 nights elite credit apply to meetings booked in Canada? I didn't see exceptions posted in small print on Marriott website but when I requested a quote for a meeting room in Toronto the sales person advised, when I specifically asked, that I would only receive points but that no elite nights would be granted. This was for a meeting at the Springhill Suites brand.
Thanks for any insight.
Thanks for any insight.
Last edited by Toronto girl; Jul 25, 2016 at 2:42 pm Reason: Error in brand name
Jul 25, 2016, 4:22 pm
#1334
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 625
Apologies if this has already been addressed but does the 10 nights elite credit apply to meetings booked in Canada? I didn't see exceptions posted in small print on Marriott website but when I requested a quote for a meeting room in Toronto the sales person advised, when I specifically asked, that I would only receive points but that no elite nights would be granted. This was for a meeting at the Springhill Suites brand.
Thanks for any insight.
Thanks for any insight.
Jul 25, 2016, 4:31 pm
#1335
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, MM, NR; HH Diamond, Bonvoy LT Gold, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Diamond, others
Posts: 12,159
I recently booked 3 meetings at a local hotel. A couple of weeks after the first meeting and a week after the last meeting I sent an email to the Hotel Sales Rep who send me the contracts to sign asking them to "make sure they get posted via the Marriott Group Posting tool for Rewarding Events".
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.
They got back to me and two posted the same day they also said "The points for 7/15 will be posted this week, we have to wait until 10 business days from your event. You should receive an email this week when we post them."
Has anyone else heard of this 10 business days thing? I really don't care I am just ensuring status for next year and 2x10 extra nights have already posted. I should be at about 80 nights by the end of August between the third meeting and a 9 night stay in August.