Originally Posted by RJB
I think you'll find that you get more miles from Marriott if you change your earnings preference on the website to Tesco Clubcard points!! You get 2 CC point for ever £1 (or foreign equivalent) you spend at Marriott which means 4.8 BA Miles per £1. Courtyard by Marriott is only 1 point per £1.
This is usually a better deal than getting BA Miles directly for your stay.
it does make sense, but from what I can see, because of the poor rate of the dollar, it actually comes out less!!!!
$115 is the corp rate for a couple of the Mariott hotels in the area I am flying to, which is roughly £64 = a total of 307 miles
$115 at the BA rate would give 3 miles per $ - 345 miles
either way, for 3 nights its a hell of a lot less than the 3k miles I get from Hilton stays
Thanks for the tip though, I will have to keep an eye on it when travelling in the UK which sometimes results in Mariott stays
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