ohmark; Soc, I think the opposite. It's rational in the sense that Marriott is interpreting the rule literally so as to preclude its having to match a lower price. It's unethical in the sense that the rule wasn't intended for this purpose, but to preclude Marriott from having to match package prices. [COLOR="royalblue"]In other words, the right thing for Marriott to do in these situations is to match the lower price, and not necessarily provide the extras.[/

imverge: That's a good point and I totally agree

imverge: Let me just clarify something...

Are you saying Marriott will match a rate with a 25% discount on a competing site but NOT include the extra bennies?[/QUOTE]

No. I am offering a different perspective on ohmark's post (blue bold above) to which you offered agreement (orange bold above).