Originally Posted by
ftrichard
It will be fun to find out if you receive two welcome bonuses (of 1000 or 500 points depending on the brand) in this scenario for the two reservations on your primary room. You've been instructed by your Ambassador to make back-to-back reservations to ensure the multiple room segment with aligned check-in and check-out posts correctly. But in this scenario, your subsequent stray night should not qualify for a second welcome bonus because it's a back-to-back reservation. Interesting to see how this posts. Let us know.
I often make multiple back to back bookings for flexibility in case something changes and availability goes away. Marriott and/or hotels are very diligent to make sure that you don’t get more than the 1000 points you are entitled to.