Originally Posted by
ElevatorEnthusiast
Successfully registered in app - slightly wish Marriott would stop with these double ENC promos as they just inflate status numbers, but I guess my non-US friends would say the same about our credit cards :-)
I mean, with a name like "
Fast-Track Your Status, Plus Bonus Points Each Night", you'll find no debate here. Stop the madness.
Originally Posted by
Coffeemadman
Registered. Now thinking of getting some cheeky trips booked in to Europe for as much impact as I can. Trying to retain Platinum for a little longer.
Poland was my go-to back when I still was traveling in Europe pre COVID. I'm curious to know in which markets you find value these days...
Originally Posted by
painintheuk
This non-US member would
. I'd get a US-level card if I could, but I can't. Perhaps just keep double ENC for non-US! The 1000 points/night are also a nice bonus, though not as much as double.
I get the thinking behind this, but there are also asymmetric advantages to being a non US-domiciled Bonvoyer.
A Singaporean, for example, could:
- Get a Bonvoy AmEx (although it doesn't confer EQNs)
- Jump in a car for a short drive to a hotel that costs all of 6,5k points or US$65/night
- Jump on a $50 flight to KL or Bali where the same rates are readily available
- Jump on a $15 ferry to the very place Marriott (for whatever reason) chose to be the poster property for this promo
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/bthmc-batam-marriott-hotel-harbour-bay/overview/
I'd suggest these opportunity advantages for racking up EQNs outweigh those of the average US-based Marriott loyalist with their credit card nights.
True, you have neighboring (Asian) markets that are the exact opposite. Well-saturated Thailand, I would not call a bargain at all, nor Vietnam, where the inverse situation (Marriott, still considered relatively new and priced as a premium product) holds, or barely/non existent as in Cambodia and Laos.