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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 11:56 am
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ejh25
 
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Originally Posted by lkar
I was trying to use a honeymoon card on Tuesday morning at check out and the guy was having problems running it. Had to call corporate to try to get it done, but I needed to get to the airport so I just paid with a credit card.

Sounds as though they are processing different, so it's good to know there was a reason.
If you want to go through the trouble, you can call Marriott customer service and have them charge the gift card and reverse the charge on the credit card. I've done this before.
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