Ambassador Elite Gift - Received in the Mail
May 21, 2019, 12:34 pm
#78
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: 42.1% in PDX , 49.9% in PVG & 8% in the air somewhere
Programs: Marriott Ambassador Elite, UA 1K, AS MVP GLD 75K, DL Pt
Posts: 1,086
Wife said I got a package many weeks ago, told me it was a gift from Marriott, couldn't wait to see it. What a GIFT! Opened and threw it away after 30", kept the pen it appeared to be nice, haven't used it but twice, find my freebie at the hotel seem to be better,
Good job Marriott, for your best customers you send them a real piece of garbage gift for their big spend and loyalty. This is right up there with the UA 1K gift, fancy box and a bunch of cheap plastic ugly coaster.
Who thinks up these things?
May 21, 2019, 1:11 pm
#79
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: check swarm
Programs: DL DM & 2MM, SPG/Bonvoid LT Titanium, Hyatt Globalist, $tarbucks Titanium
Posts: 14,404
May 30, 2019, 10:29 pm
#80
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Toronto
Programs: HGP Globalist, SPG P100, Hilton Dia
Posts: 425
Finally received the 'gift' in Toronto. On the shipping slip, it states the value as "$15".... Where is my $50/$100 gift card...
Last edited by l380; May 30, 2019 at 10:34 pm
Jun 1, 2019, 1:37 am
#82
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: HKG
Programs: AA 3MM EXP, SQ Solitaire, LH SEN, CX DM, Hyatt CC, Marriott LT Titanium
Posts: 3,180
Just got mine today in the mail... Another bunch of useless stuff... I rather they spend the money on the program itself and make it better...
Anyways, also the membership card is pretty cheap and flimsy.... I miss my old SPG LTP metal card... wish they would have given metal cards to lifetime titanium members.. Even though I don't ever need to take it out, it's still nice to have....
Anyways, also the membership card is pretty cheap and flimsy.... I miss my old SPG LTP metal card... wish they would have given metal cards to lifetime titanium members.. Even though I don't ever need to take it out, it's still nice to have....
Jun 4, 2019, 8:34 am
#83
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: YYC
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Diamond, Accor Diamond, SPG Gold, Fairmont Premier, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 326
Got my Ambassador gift yesterday in Calgary! Pens are probably the best part of the entire package because the sleeve is way too big for the laptop that I travel with .. but the gesture is certainly nice.
Jun 5, 2019, 7:37 am
#84
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: YKF/YYZ
Programs: Bonvoy Ambassador Elite, Lifetime Titanium Elite, AC, UA Silver
Posts: 29
Received mine in Waterloo, Canada today. I like the sleeve and the pens are a great too. No complaints from me. Quite happy and very much appreciate the gesture from Marriott.
Jun 5, 2019, 8:15 am
#85
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP; Marriott Ambassador; Hyatt Globalist; B6 Mosaic
Posts: 49
Received mine last week in NYC. The pens are nice and solid. The small pouch actually fits my laptop cords well and fits better in my briefcase than the name-brand cord pouch that came with it. The sleeve itself is astonishingly huge and I have no use for. It seems to be sized for those old D700 17” “workstation” laptops and not for a traveler. The big surprise, however, was the box it came in. Surprisingly sturdy and a great size for protecting sketches and watercolors while traveling. For me, the box or came in is what I’ll get the most use out of... and appears to be made with the best materials of the lot.
Jun 5, 2019, 9:22 am
#87
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: BC, Canada
Programs: Bonvoy Titanium Elite, VSE/MVC Chairman's Club
Posts: 547
Got it in Victoria, BC yesterday.
Weird thing is my wife also got one, and she has zero nights and $0 lifetime (only used her account last year to transfer some AMEX Cobalt MR through to Aeroplan via Marriott) but it appears her account is marked Amb when we went online to look... We are Vistana 5* Elite, which is supposed to grant Plat status annually. I am LTT, so that status doesn't do anything for me...
Weird thing is my wife also got one, and she has zero nights and $0 lifetime (only used her account last year to transfer some AMEX Cobalt MR through to Aeroplan via Marriott) but it appears her account is marked Amb when we went online to look... We are Vistana 5* Elite, which is supposed to grant Plat status annually. I am LTT, so that status doesn't do anything for me...
Jun 5, 2019, 10:24 am
#88
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Programs: Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 431
Jun 5, 2019, 4:38 pm
#89
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA
Programs: AC SE100K, Marriott Bonvoy LTE
Posts: 1,881
Jun 6, 2019, 11:28 am
#90
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: SPG-Plat, Hilton-Diamond, Club Carlson-Silver, Cathay-Diamond, Virgin-Gold
Posts: 2,183
UK Based here and my'gift' turned up today. While I feel bad for not appreciating the gift I have to say to me it really shows just how much Marriott does not get the Ambassador level, I get there will be variationof opinion but to me this is just a load of tack, nothing stylish or classy about it! I wish they had spend the time and money on something actually worthwhile, repsonding to emails and complaints would be a great start!