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Old Jul 6, 2019 | 7:29 am
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Originally Posted by wuileng
Would be good to know what examples of the Luminous "specially curated welcome amenity" are. Typically the Luminous program doesn't offer much benefit to plats or higher with most properties opting out of the $100 credit.

In some cases you get a restaurant breakfast instead of lounge breakfast or breakfast so that you can use your arrival gift on something else.

With the best available flexible rate half the time being more than the cheapest flexible rate (when hotels have deals or packages), there is an additional cost.

So would be nice to know if this amenity tends to be a nice souvenir or like a plate of fruit or bottles of water you may get anyway by virtue of status.

For anyone wondering, here's a page I found on the web which lists Luminous properties offering the $100 credit.
https://travelsort.com/marriott-lumi...-hotel-credit/
Thanks for the link, I find it really odd that some high end category 7 and 8 properties which were previously long time participants in Luxury Privileges (such as W Hong Kong, W Ko Samui and W Bali) don't seem to be included!
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