jonisflying

I'm sure this has been asked & answered.... but.... I stayed 54 nights at Marriott last year, so Gold, but so is everyone who achieved Gold Status on United. Does my actually being Gold at Marriott mean anything beyond what I and others get automatically for achieving Gold on United?

txpenny

Anyone?

I was only awarded the 1K platinum stay gift. Might be correct.

YoungBubbie

1000 for Platinum gift

5x240(plus tax) if you used your Chase Marriott or Ritz Carleton cards to pay

monkatpeace

The points for my stay at the Springhill suites and my subsequent stay at another Marriott property got credited (with the PAG points). But the 2,500 PAG points promised at Springhill has still not been credited. I am thinking of dropping them an email and marking a cc to the Marriott customer care.

Also, I believe this is an unnecessary delay as well as a hassle to a customer for the repeated follow-ups. I am planning to request for a better compensation (more points maybe?). Please suggest if I should wait, or go ahead and drop the email?

Thanks,
Monk

jimthehorsegod

Had no joy searching on FT or Marriott.com so hoping someone knows:

The cutoff dates for promotions, are these usually dates the stay has to cover, or do you need to have cheked out no later than the end date.

Last Marriott promo is case in point - expiry date of Jan 15th. With IHG then as long as checked in on 15th (and then out on 16th or later) the stay would count toward the promotion, does Marriott work in the same way, or would a stay like that fail to qualify?

nk15

When does Marriott mail out the new elite status membership cards, the old ones have an expiration date of 2/17 I believe, does anyone know?

margarita girl

Would it be possible for someone to update post #1 of this FAQ so the thread titles are visible? I believe that in the old days (2012?) when you pasted a link, it didn't show the actual thread title, but today it does.

I'm new to the Marriott forum, and I find it tedious to have to click on every link to see what it's about.

I'd even volunteer to do the task if you wanted me to!

SanDiego1K

Should you be generous enough to do so, please do it in the form of a wiki. Then hopefully others will help maintain it. I love wikis as it's a great way to keep information at the top of a thread.

hhoope01

I think I can do that. I'll try to convert it to a wiki tonight.

Shanye2233

Im not sure if this is the right spot to ask this , but i have 480k marriott rewards which i transferred from SPG . The reason why i did this was to redeem for the marriott travel packages. Im trying to fly my family in J of 5 to europe from sydney . Im looking at transferring the points to AA and then using them that way , but since its a lot of points i don't want to make the wrong decision can anyone offer some further advice?

This would mean 330k for cat 7. and 120k AA and the rest of the points 150k just straight over to AA with the 25% bonuses currently seems like my best choice.

Thank you in advance.

hhoope01

Have you checked the various airlines to see which might have the award availability at the miles cost you can cover? I'm not sure if AA would be the best program to find a bunch of J awards to Europe on. Note maybe it is, but if I were in your situation I'd be doing a lot of legwork on the various airline programs. I'd check what it costs, miles wise and what each airline's award availability is. Then you can check to see how many miles in each program you can get. Be careful of using a Marriott TP award if you find that a non-US airline might work better. Not all the airline transfers at 120K max with a Marriott TP award. A number of non-US airlines transfer to a smaller amount of miles.

Also, when you say "and the rest of the points 150k just straight over to AA" you will want to check whether transferring from SPG to an airline is better than transferring from Marriott. Outside of the TP awards, transferring from SPG to your airline of choice may well get you more miles.

Shanye2233

Really appreciate your input . I'm based in Sydney and looking at using the miles on QR to Europe the availability is good . I also have some qantas points to use to try to get 6 seats .

I have looked at the different airline programs and to go on QR only qantas , AA and Asia miles which I have not looked into yet .

I wasn't aware of the limit you can transfer miles to a airline . Looking at the aa award chart i need 87.5 in J each way x 4 680k aa miles and only 480k marriott to play with at the moment. I wonder if i do convert 330k for the marriott TP and then maybe the rest to asia miles if that is a better plan.

I have been getting some of my info from http://www.pointhacks.com.au/qatar-p...emption-guide/

JVPhoto

I have a pre-paid reservation for 2 nights at a Courtyard. I want to add 1 night at the start and was going to make a booking for that but the calendar shows no check in for 1 night stay on a Monday.

"Cancelling Your Reservation
Changes to your reservation are not permitted. Please note that you may cancel your reservation for no charge until May 22, 2017.

Please note that your prepayment for this special rate is non-refundable.

Cancel entire reservation
Eligible charges from this stay will be credited to your Marriott Rewards account."

I don't want a refund but if I canceled would the whole balance of my 2 nights get credited to my account and then I could make a new reservation for 3 nights?

If not it's no big deal, there's an Autograph around the block I could try out for 1 night.

hhoope01

It sounds like you are asking if you can cancel an existing 2 day pre-paid reservation that states it can be cancelled before June 22nd for no penalties.

The answer is yes, you should be able to cancel that reservation as long as you do so before June 22nd. Most likely, your credit card hasn't even been charged yet for the reservation and won't be until after June 22nd.

Since you really just want to add one extra day to the existing reservation, I'd call the hotel and ask them if they will add the day to the reservation. The hotel management team should be able to do that without much problem especially given the cancellation date hasn't passed yet.

JVPhoto

It's May 22 cancel date-prepaid reservation. I was trying to avoid having to call Budapest but I will at a normal hours.