FAQ : Year-to-date spend tracker for Ambassador qualification
Jan 17, 2019, 1:30 am
#1
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FAQ : Year-to-date spend tracker for Ambassador qualification
I completed my first stay 2019 last week, the nights tracker in the app updated properly (showing 3 nights) but the spend tracker still show 0,00 USD. Anyone else experience this problem?
Jan 17, 2019, 1:51 am
#2
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Guangzhou
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Posts: 1,021
Year-to-date spending will appear in the members online account after members complete 50 eligible nights.
Best Regards,
Christina Zhou
Social Media Specialist
Marriott International
[email protected]
Jan 17, 2019, 4:35 pm
#4
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This is truly pathetic 
wouldn't it be nice to see what our dollar spend vs. night pace is???
This company is a joke.
wouldn't it be nice to see what our dollar spend vs. night pace is??? This company is a joke.
Jan 17, 2019, 5:08 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Even if you're not going for Ambassador, it's an interesting personal tracking feature and Marriott is obviously tracking the data so why not just show it? Not only that, just showing $0 is the absolute worst behavior you could choose. Either show the right number, or show nothing. Marriott's developers can't even hide a UILabel.
Jan 17, 2019, 5:39 pm
#7
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Jan 17, 2019, 5:53 pm
#8
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Yeah, the nerve of me as a consumer to have a desire for a bit of transparency when I am engaging with a brand
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Jan 17, 2019, 6:29 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: San Francisco
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You can look at your credit card statement and get a general idea. If you are not going to stay at least 100 nights it makes no difference what-so-ever to the program. The things people get all worked up about.
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Jan 17, 2019, 8:23 pm
#10
Join Date: May 2012
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I keep a spreadsheet with stays/points and the best way (and with > 99% accuracy) to track your spend is to take your cumulative base points for the year and divide that number by 10. That's how I am tracking against spend at least.
Jan 17, 2019, 8:25 pm
#11
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Some brands give points at only 50% of the normal rate, although spend at these brands seems to count 100%. Since I've never seen a definitive statement of what counts for the $20,000 spend, any calculations I do would just be a guess.
Jan 17, 2019, 8:39 pm
#12
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Jan 18, 2019, 2:14 am
#14
Join Date: Dec 2018
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And it makes no sense to only show it at 50 nights onwards. As others have mentioned, it's helpful to track "spend rate" across the year, particularly given Marriott's IT issues. And one shouldn't have to track credit card statements or keep detailed spreadsheets, that's absurd.
Jan 18, 2019, 3:47 pm
#15
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 156
You can look at your credit card statement and get a general idea. If you are not going to stay at least 100 nights it makes no difference what-so-ever to the program. The things people get all worked up about.
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For example, taxes and hotel service fees are not considered spend. Any restaurants that are 'contracted out'. etc. etc.