Originally Posted by
UNIVBFan
Don't travel nearly as much as many of you, but following this closely as I have several Marriott stays coming up. Not sure how someone in a marketing department thought this was a good way to run a promo. Plan good, execution BAD.
I wouldn't call the plan "good". If a promo says "have 25 stays between date 1 and date 2 and earn x points" I can consider this and book accordingly to max the promo.
With this promo, only the reward for the first two stays is certain. Hotel hoppers need two nights to accomplish this. Even value maximizers can calculate the price of two stays vs. redemption at an expensive Cat. 5 property. And then - what?
The promo is supposed to keep people entertained (read: stay at MR-Group Hotels frequently) for 4 months. Something this promo falls terribly short of.
At this time it just says: grab the free cert if it's of any value for you and then stay elsewhere until MR figures and announces what to do next. This is bad for business.