Originally Posted by
buggy51
Hmm, I'm having some trouble trying to get my Amex offer to trigger. My stay at a Marriott is occurring next month and I tried to call the hotel to possibly see if I can get the rates paid in advance. The hotel was not able to since the rate I selected was not the prepaid stays. If I go for the prepaid stay rates, that negates the whole savings from using the other rate.
I tried looking around if local marriott hotels were able to sell gift cards but currently the northern california marriotts don't seem to offer any physical giftcards. I was hoping to post in the gc thread:
MASTER THREAD: Current Marriott Gift Card, Cash Back, Tricks & Promos
but that thread appears closed.
Any other ideas that I can try to get the Amex discount?
Thanks
Just seeing this now. There is no reason why you can’t prepay for a room. I have done this numerous times with various hotels. Perhaps you aren’t using the correct terminology. Call again and tell them you would like a “Credit Card Authorization” to make a deposit on your room. Instead of trying to guess what the room will cost just prepay enough to trigger the Amex rebate and pay the balance on check out.