Originally Posted by
CIT85
When the MVCI sales rep and his senior sales rep (the closer they send in if you're being difficult) described the travel packages, they insisted that Marriott had bargaining power with airlines due to the fact that Marriott puts up tens of thousands of airline crew at rock bottom room rates. In return the airlines allow Marriott VOA to redeem premium class tickets with little or no restrictions.
That is absolute BS. They just dump miles to your FF account (if you redeem travel packages) and then you are on your own to find suitable flights.