Originally Posted by
mfirst
I am ok with $10/day - sure beats a sharp stick in the eye... just want to understand how this is handled because the "rules" imply that the benefit is both a "welcome gift" (which could include breakfast) and "breakfast" (which could include a voucher if there is no lounge or if the lounge is closed) - and since CY dont have lounges (right?).....
thank you
-m
Keep in mind that Marriott Bonvoy elite benefits vary by brand.
There are some brands where you get breakfast (in the lounge or in the restaurant if there's no lounge) plus a welcome gift. But Courtyard (outside of Asia) is not one of those brands.
At Courtyard (also AC Hotels and Moxy), if you're Platinum Elite or higher, you can choose a daily U.S. $10 F&B credit for member + 1 as your welcome gift option (NOT in addition to it). This credit can be applied toward breakfast or toward another F&B purchase in the hotel restaurant or bar. The credit does not accrue over a multiple-night stay, which means, for example, on a two night stay, if you fail you use your $10 credit the first morning, you don't have $20 available to you the second morning.
You can read all the details at the Marriott Bonvoy Terms & Conditions, or you can look at the wiki at the top of the following thread for an overview (but not for all the gory details):
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...explained.html
Also, some locations have adjusted the benefits during COVID-19 mitigation.