Does anyone know what the situation is with earning on restaurant spend while not staying at the hotel? (NB: not referring to Marriott Eat Around Town).

It's been a long time since I tried to do this, but I was given to understand that this was held over from the ex-Starwood brands (Westin, Sheraton, etc).

I saw Dine & Earn with Marriott Bonvoy (separate from Eat Around Town) which awards on dining spend at Marriott restaurants with a linked card - but hardly any restaurants are on that.

At the Walt Disney World Swan/Dolphin/Reserve, I found they actually have a separate, parallel loyalty program (completely independent from Bonvoy) called "Swan & Dolphin Rewards", on a separate old-fashioned platform, and is in fact very generous. But they didn't know about earning Bonvoy points on dining spend, even though there was a reference to it on the receipt.

Is the (SPG style) form filled out in triplicate totally dead now, and there's no longer any universal or by-legacy-SPG-brand benefit? Sorry if this post is a little ignorant, but I've been absent from Marriott for quite a few years