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Old May 20, 2010 | 12:29 pm
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ziggyziggy
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Originally Posted by lkar
I was assuming platinum, which perhaps was not the right assumption. Plats earn 15 points per dollar at a stay (plus the 5 points for using the visa).

Still, OP says they have the marriott visa, if it's the $65 annual fee it gives you automatic silver. So that would be 17 points per dollar, or 510,000 points on a 30k spend.
i was told by the categoring manager at a marriott nearby that its only 3 points per dollar spent at events hosted at marriott to max of 50K points. oh well, that sucks...
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