Originally Posted by
newfbc
If you buy a gift card, have a payment put on the bill for the total minus 0.01, charged with the Mastercard, then settle your bill with the gift card (processed as a Visa), you'lll get the Megabonus. You could use a Marriott Gift Card, or buy a Prepaid Visa Card.
Does this work anymore?
Out of 21 nights, so far, the Marriott Promotion Tracker only shows 17 qualified nights. When I checked the bill emails sent out, two stays with two nights each [equaling 4 nights, right] have a line on the bill that states AMEX $0.00 and VISA $xxx.xx (some number). I always check in with AMEX and changes to VISA/GiftCard when checking out.
According to this, it seems that if there are any traces of non-VISA cards on the bill, then it does NOT count. I had to manually credit those nights in order for them to count.