econ

Just one data point, but my most recent one took just short of 2 weeks.

Nuttz4Sports

So I took advantage of the 4x Marriott Special yesterday and made some reservations. My accoount shows my recent visit to Marriott, but it is not showing my reservation number or amount of the reservation. I have used both Chrome and Firefox with no Ad Blocker active and no other shopping portal open. I also cleared all of my cookies and cache and tried again, but only see the recent visit.

Also wondering....in reading the fine print on what is eligible, are only the regular rates eligible or are the prepay rates eligible as well. I'm military and I typically book under the Government rate, but I know that rate is not eligible, so trying to make sure I pick the right eligible rate. In the reservations I made yesterday, I did pick the regular flexible member rate, which is the most expensive.

Finally, I also purchased the Motley"s Fool promotion ($79 for 7,400 miles). My account shows my recent visit to the site, but is also not showing the amount or confirmation. I definitely saw the special was activated and I got the congratulations banner after the purchase....so just wondering what is going on.

On previous purchases for Sam's Club and an older test Marriott Reservation, it showed the cost details in the recent stores visited tab.

zip10001

I am happy to report that the AA portal shows my visit to Marriott and the amount spent on Aug 03.

No LP yet while points from Nike were posted as of Aug 05.

econ

It takes several hours (sometimes up to a day later) for Marriott booking info to come across to the portal, IME.

Miles/LPs aren’t received until after checkout. And that can take a few weeks (as I noted above), or possibly a few months (per the terms up to 90 days post-checkout).

This is for standard bookings, at least. I’m not sure what happens on pre-paid stays.

Nuttz4Sports

did you see your Marriott Reservation under your recnt store visits before the night of your stay or did it show up after you checked out

TropicalTripper

Mine have been posting somewhere between 60-90 days. They say not to contact them until 90 days have passed. Incidentally, I've had success getting retroactive bonus credit for stays that fell during a promo period (i.e. spend $xx and get X,XXX bonus points between these dates). Best of al, the retro bonuses posted as LPs.

IIRC, I think we've only hit 4-miles per dollar twice in 2022, both within the last 30 days, and both times it went up from 3 the prior day. I remember it hitting perhaps 3 miles per dollar a couple times earlier in the year.

LowValueCustomer

Many thanks for the data points. Have you stayed recently? Also, do you mean they automatically posted the retro bonus with the rest of your points, or you had to ask them to do it? Thanks again.

SuraBoy

Hi all,

I was just looking through the AA e-shopping website and spotted some ~2k miles offers for meal kit subscriptions (Hello Fresh, Green Chef, et al.) - found that the "discounts" they provide are only for the first shipment with subsequent shipments costing a lot more. So, I'm checking here if others have had success with earning miles WHILE canceling the subscriptions after the first shipment ( to minimize the $/points value)

Eager to know about some data points

EkekoBWI

IME, best not to tangle with subscriptions + miles + canceling.

LittleBird

Did Hello Fresh last month, cancelled once first delivery was in my hands, LPs credited, no dramas. Plan to do the other services once my schedule settles.

TropicalTripper

I had two stays last weekend that I booked a couple weeks ago when eShopping was offering four miles per dollar. The bookings show on my shopping trips, but haven't posted yet. I don't think I've ever gotten credit sooner than 2 months after the stay. For the retro bonus, I had to contact them. I've had my stays post after the promo posted to my account, and I don't think their system will recognize the spend for bonus purposes. In the most recent instance, I earned 500 miles on non-Marriott spend during a promo period, but the Marriott spend would've netted me 1,000 miles. I wrote them and they manually credited me the additional 500-miles, which also posted as LPs. I've been holding on to the T&Cs to cite when I contact them. I've gotten retro miles twice and both times I got LPs. I think it's ambiguous whether the booking has to be made during the promo period or whether the stay must conclude within the bonus period. In both instances for me, the stay ended during the bonus period.

I have gotten credit for prepaid stays at least twice. They're published and commissionable rates, so I don't know why you wouldn't. I've earned several times on AAA discount bookings as well. I book government rates frequently, and I use the portal 'just in case', but I've never gotten points for those stays, nor would I expect to.

econ

I don't know why you wouldn't either. What I didn't know was the timing that miles/LPs from pre-paid stays post relative to checkout. (i.e. is an actual stay required to trigger the process of getting AA miles/LPs credited, or is payment sufficient?)

LowValueCustomer

All very helpful info. Much appreciated.

Mr. BoH

In my experience, they either post within ~two weeks or not at all. But when they don't post you still have to wait the full 90 days before filing a claim. I wind up with a lot of calendar reminders.

lawly

Did WSJWine back in March. Subscribed to the every 3 months order plan. Figured I would cancel once my points (3k at the time) posted. 2.5 months after my first order and the points still hadn't posted. I canceled my subscription and was in communication with the AA shopping people to get my points. Eventually they posted, about 100 days after my purchase, and after I had canceled my subscription. So while there were hiccups, it did post and I was able to cancel after only the first order.