Originally Posted by
BudgetJetsetter
Out of curiosity I checked what 50 nights would cost at one of the cheapest properties off the top of my head (the Aloft Zhengzhou Shangjie) for May 1st to June 20th and it came out to 10,899.77 CNY or 1,623.90 USD.
Aloft Zhengzhou Shangjie is already under heavy audit, empty room without actually staying will be reported by room service and check you out. Also with advance facial recognition, if a member let someone else to stay in the room instead, the account could face termination.
However, being so much cheaper than any other Marriott hotel in China, there are still quite a lot of people actual went there to pay for their status (or maybe partial status), especially when Marriott running promotions based on nights.