Originally Posted by
CJKatl
And I appreciate your cautious, thoughtful approach to the potential rule change.
Thanks for the civil discussion.
It's funny what you can find if you look hard enough online.
Originally Posted by New MR T&Cs
Effective in August 2018, the Marriott RewardsŪ Program, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards Program, and the Starwood Preferred GuestŪ Program (the “SPG Program”) (each a “Legacy Program”), that were previously operated by Marriott International, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Marriott Rewards, LLC and Preferred Guest, Inc. (collectively, the “Company”) as three separate programs, will function as one unified program (hereinafter, the “Loyalty Program”) while keeping their separate names for the time being for certain limited purposes.
[...]5. REWARDING EVENTS
5.1 Rewarding Events
5.1.a. Rewarding EventsSM (“Rewarding Events”) provides Points or Miles to eligible Loyalty Program Members who book and hold qualifying group meetings and events (“Qualifying Events” and individually, “Qualifying Event”) at Participating Properties.
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5.3 Earning
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5.3.d. Elite Night Credit. Members who hold Qualifying Events at Participating Properties also receive ten (10) Elite Night Credits for their first Qualifying Event, and then earn one (1) Elite Night Credit for every twenty (20) rooms booked and actualized, up to a maximum of twenty (20) Elite Night Credits per contract.
That's the exact wording as it appears in the new T&Cs. That seems a little more definitive with the "
First qualifying event" and the use of the word "
then" for the subsequent statement, no?
EDIT: From another part, same page:
Originally Posted by New MR T&Cs
4.2 Elite Membership Requirements
4.2.a. Only nights personally stayed by and individually billed to an Elite Member at Participating Properties are credited toward the Elite Member’s Elite membership achievement and renewal thereof. Pursuant to section 1.4.e. Accounts may be combined to achieve Elite membership.
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iv. When booking a qualifying group event or meeting with Rewarding Events, ten (10) Elite nights will be awarded to the Member for his/her first group, event or meeting, and thereafter, one (1) Elite Night Credit will be awarded for every twenty (20) rooms booked and actualized, up to a maximum of twenty (20) Elite Night Credits per contract. Points or Miles may be earned in addition to Elite Night Credits for Rewarding Events.