Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Did you barely qualify or was there some margin? I could imagine someone barely hitting $20,000 spend and then getting a refund from the hotel, which then might raise issues about how to handle this. Or the nights count could be slightly wrong, for instance with very late check ins, day rates, etc.
Otherwise, it sounds like your account might be on some list to be audited. Have you done anything prohibited or questionable?
On the spend side I qualified by a comfortable... and I don't think I've done anything prohibited or questionable in my years of Pre-Merger Marriott Platinum. I pretty much only use Marriott for work and the occasional point redemption while on vacation. So, unless spending almost every week last year Sunday-Thursday at the same hotel is questionable or prohibited... *shrug* Then again, they did make a royal hash of my account on August 18 and lost my entire history loyalty history (not the current year, just prior years). It took them 3 months to fix it. Or maybe the fact that last year I shifted my spend from 60-40 Marriott-Hyatt to 90-10? Who knows. Who cares any more? I've moved most of my spend off Marriott these days.