Overall, I think it’s a fair promo. Could it be better? yes, but is it a fail? No

I feel like Marriott is saying, ok, we will give you some free nights, but you’re going to have to work a bit harder for them. That means that someone who stayed 38 nights in a cheap property last year during the promo won’t hit titanium automatically.

I don’t think that is unreasonable and it gives people with less time to take extended breaks a chance. In other words, if you can only do Friday or weekend stays then you can still bag some
extra nights and points. This of course depends on location as not every place in the word has a wide variety of brands.