Through Oct 18 2019, buy up to 100,000 Marriott points for $8.75 per 1,000
Oct 20, 2019, 8:34 am
#61
Join Date: Feb 2001
Programs: IHG Diamond, HH Diamond, BW Diamond Select, Accor Silver, Marriott Gold
Posts: 4,227
Two purchases. 11th and 16th Oct. The later one posted after just over 24 hours. The earlier one still hasn't posted yet. When I finally got an email about it, it said "Please allow up to ten business days". What kind of randomness is Marriott performing here?
Oct 22, 2019, 5:36 am
#64
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: VIC, Australia
Programs: QF WP, SQ & VA Gold, IHG Spire AMB, HH Diamond + BA, AA, CX
Posts: 126
Good result. How did CS help if you don't mind me asking? I've asked CS via Twitter, and got the 'high volume of transactions, working to resolve it' spiel.
Oct 22, 2019, 9:00 am
#65
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: AA PPro
Posts: 632
Oct 23, 2019, 1:43 am
#66
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: VIC, Australia
Programs: QF WP, SQ & VA Gold, IHG Spire AMB, HH Diamond + BA, AA, CX
Posts: 126
Thanks! I've sent Marriott Bonvoy Lurker II a PM. I'll rethink this in future, plan B will be to call Amex and moan about an unfulfilled purchase, but I won't lose hope entirely yet, they've still got a few days to resolve it...!
Oct 23, 2019, 4:57 am
#67
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Central Europe
Programs: AY Gold, A3 Gold, UA Gold, Hyatt Globalist, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 482
32 days after my purchase of Marriott points, my money is back. Points never posted, lodged complaint against points.com, as it turns out it was error on their part and they returned the money. Marriott was entirely unresponsive the entire time, so no help at all.
Oct 23, 2019, 5:13 am
#68
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Antonio
Programs: DL DM, Former AA EXP now AY Plat, AC 75K, NW Plat, Former CO Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 27,042
Bought points on 17th. They posted same day. (Nearly 24 hrs, purchase was right after midnight)
Oct 24, 2019, 7:22 pm
#70
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Radisson Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 3,622
I made a purchase on Oct 17, credit card charged, no confirming email , no points.
Messaged the Twitter team today and they resolved it by "loaning" me the missing points and they will remove them from my account if/when the points properly credit.
Messaged the Twitter team today and they resolved it by "loaning" me the missing points and they will remove them from my account if/when the points properly credit.
Oct 24, 2019, 11:33 pm
#71
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
Posts: 1,899
Ha. Or you could like - do the math. The next expensive stay I'll have is for Christmas, in a room that would cost $10k if not for points. The property is giving me a value of a little over $0.02 a point. And yes, that's at the new dynamic pricing price. Some luxury properties actually went DOWN you know...
Or
I just booked a flight on my preferred carrier in a few weeks for a business class trip to Europe. With the current exchange rate I'm getting almost $0.04.
This price is dirt cheap. I'd buy a million points at that price if they let me.
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I just booked a flight on my preferred carrier in a few weeks for a business class trip to Europe. With the current exchange rate I'm getting almost $0.04.
This price is dirt cheap. I'd buy a million points at that price if they let me.
Or in my case, via Bonvoy Moments, a 50k points purchase converted into two tickets for a premium New York Rangers game in December, with food and drinks, in a Luxury Suite at Madison Square Garden. There is no way I could have bought a pair of those tickets at all, let alone for $430.00
There is no universal answer to somone’s Utility on a points purchase.
There is no universal answer to somone’s Utility on a points purchase.
Oct 26, 2019, 7:54 am
#72
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: Bonvoy ambassador - lifetime plat / Hilton diamond / hyatt globalist / AA CK baby!
Posts: 880
Hmm. Some interesting word choices there (a room, some luxury properties, my preferred carrier). I suppose I’d find this argument a good bit more compelling with some actual data - how many points saved you $10k and where, exactly, and how many Marriott points went to which airline (your preferred carrier) for business class to Europe?
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But since you insist, I was talking about the Park Lane Marriott london and American airlines. People getting high return on their point spends are well documented. Just like other posters on this thread have said.
Oct 27, 2019, 7:10 am
#73
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: VIC, Australia
Programs: QF WP, SQ & VA Gold, IHG Spire AMB, HH Diamond + BA, AA, CX
Posts: 126
To follow up and close out with my data point, the two purchases I made on 18/10 have finally posted (as of six minutes ago) - thanks to Christina/Marriott Bonvoy Lurker II, credit where due, who was actually really proactive and helpful, unlike the other departments, who were sympathetic but basically washed their hands of the issue deeming it outside their control (maybe/probably true, but arguably that's not my problem, and there's things that could have been done to make it good despite the problem).
Anyway, I'm off to burn some points, with two days to spare!
On another note, I had a travel package cert (old, pre-SPG merger days) expiring imminently which I finally decided needed redeeming, and when I called up on Saturday AM, the lady I spoke with couldn't have been more helpful, very painless transaction so again, credit where it's due.
Anyway, I'm off to burn some points, with two days to spare!
On another note, I had a travel package cert (old, pre-SPG merger days) expiring imminently which I finally decided needed redeeming, and when I called up on Saturday AM, the lady I spoke with couldn't have been more helpful, very painless transaction so again, credit where it's due.
Oct 27, 2019, 7:18 am
#74
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 27
Purchased points on 10/11, 5 day later no points, messaged Bonvoy Customer Care, got the delay due to high demand bs.
Today 10/27, 16 days later, got an email from points.com about it posting to my account. I won't be participating in this hostage standoff in the future.
Today 10/27, 16 days later, got an email from points.com about it posting to my account. I won't be participating in this hostage standoff in the future.