Originally Posted by lancexfang
I got a fixed-price $600 Hawaii package yesterday. I received a confirmation email right away instructing me to call Marriott to book the trip. However, when I called Marriott, I was told that it will take two weeks for my purchase to show up in their system. Two weeks! I am very much concerned that in these two weeks the availability that I want for my dates will go away.
Now, what I am not happy with American Express is that this information is not disclosed anywhere at the mylifemycard.com site or in the Going Once material.
Congrats on winning, Lance. I'm guessing you had very fast fingers at noontime. I think it would be helpful to the board if you explained how you won. I would have thought there were hundreds of people who tried clicking at noon yesterday.
Regarding your package, I was a little concerned about the availability of days (one reason I didn't try to bid). The package is similar to what Marriott is offering as part of these frequent flyer timeshare promotions. See, for example,
http://www.united.com/page/article/0...es%20Worldwide
I tried the other week to book one of these and they had VERY limited availability -- like nothing until May. I don't know if they'll give out better inventory for this AMEX promo, but I'm skeptical. Which is why I didn't bid.
Let us know how it turns out.