Ambassador Elite Gift - Received in the Mail
Apr 24, 2019, 9:40 am
#17
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Programs: Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 117
Apr 24, 2019, 9:58 am
#18
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 905
Well, it’s a nice gesture but frankly I’d prefer it if they gave a choice : eg, tick box A to get the laptop bag, tick B and we’ll give $10 to charity X, Y or Z. I fear that if I bring one more bag/travel item into the house, I’ll be the subject of an intervention/ compulsory counseling.
Apr 24, 2019, 11:40 am
#19
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Programs: Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 117
Well, it’s a nice gesture but frankly I’d prefer it if they gave a choice : eg, tick box A to get the laptop bag, tick B and we’ll give $10 to charity X, Y or Z. I fear that if I bring one more bag/travel item into the house, I’ll be the subject of an intervention/ compulsory counseling.
Apr 24, 2019, 4:36 pm
#20
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DAY
Programs: UA 1K 1MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Amex MR; Chase UR; Hertz PC; Global Entry
Posts: 10,160
Well, it’s a nice gesture but frankly I’d prefer it if they gave a choice : eg, tick box A to get the laptop bag, tick B and we’ll give $10 to charity X, Y or Z. I fear that if I bring one more bag/travel item into the house, I’ll be the subject of an intervention/ compulsory counseling.
Apr 24, 2019, 9:12 pm
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Toronto
Programs: UA 1K, AC MM E75, Marriott LT Ti, IHG Dia Amb, Hyatt Glob
Posts: 15,521
SPG used to give an annual gift to all Plats for several yrs in a row. There were always complainers. Then one year they stopped giving gifts and we never saw them again at the Plat level.
Apr 25, 2019, 8:07 am
#22
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
Apr 25, 2019, 8:13 am
#23
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Programs: Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 117
Why? Marriott says it enhanced the loyalty program while cutting costs for hotel owners. Yet, it wastes money sending a laptop case and two plastic pens to customers who never asked for these gifts. This is a complete waste of money. They could have at least made the physical membership card a bag tag. Who needs a physical membership card? It's completely useless.
Apr 25, 2019, 8:22 am
#24
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 902
Apr 25, 2019, 8:48 am
#25
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Programs: Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 117
I think airlines should provide a physical card because it's often needed when flying partner airlines or accessing lounges, especially in foreign countries. However, there's no real use for a physical card for a hotel's loyalty program. The only conceivable use is if a hotel provided points and elite status benefits on reservations booked through third parties like Priceline. Marriott doesn't. So, every reservation booked through Marriott is going to have your number on it. I guess someone could book a reservation for you without your number, but I would guess the number of ambassadors that this happens to is rather small.
Apr 25, 2019, 4:41 pm
#26
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: AA EXP, UA Silver (Thanks Marriott!), Marriott Lifetime Titanium & Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 643
Not it sure why all the hate. I’ve always enjoyed the legacy Marriott Plat Prem gifts. I’m still using the charging cable and leather cable case.
My son really likes the valet/bowl/origami leather thing.
I also still have the red Marriott luggage tag.
Apr 25, 2019, 7:20 pm
#28
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 223
Apr 26, 2019, 12:52 am
#29
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Kuwait (KW)
Programs: Qatar Airways, Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, IHG
Posts: 2,716
Apr 26, 2019, 8:37 pm
#30
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL DM; Marriott Ambasador Elite
Posts: 626
Just got home from a week in my San Francisco office to find... nothing in the mail for me from Marriott. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t even really want this gift, but after spending 117 nights and around $30,000 in Marriott properties last year, then being excluded from the recent targeted promo, not hearing at all from my ambassador in months, getting redirected to the Titanic elite line a couple times when calling in recently, and now this... I’m not really feeling any love for the business I do with them.