2021 Q1/2 Global Promo 'Better Two-gether' 2x points/nights credit, Feb 16 - Apr 27
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#1
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2021 Q1/2 Global Promo 'Better Two-gether' 2x points/nights credit, Feb 16 - Apr 27
"We’re also launching the Better Two-gether promotion. You’ll earn double the number of points and Elite Night Credits on stays of two nights or more between February 16 and April 27, 2021. Registration starts soon."
#2
Join Date: Dec 2009
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wonder if targeted
#3
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Atlanta but Washington DC will always be home.
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It's not. In the thread about the 2021 goodwill nights, the Lurker made it clear that this is a worldwide promotion available to everyone. It's still unclear (to me at least) whether all Marriott family hotels are participating or whether there will be a list of hotels that opt-out of the promotion.
#4
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
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#6
Join Date: Oct 2014
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All brands participate except Homes & Villas by Marriott International, ExecuStay®, Marriott Executive Apartments® and Marriott Vacation Club® owner-occupied weeks. Ritz-Carlton Reserve®, BVLGARI, and other hotels that do not currently participate in Marriott Bonvoy™ are also excluded from the promotion.
Further down the FAQ says:
Do redemption stays qualify for earning?
Only if a redemption stay includes at least one paid night, it will count toward the promotion offer of double points and double Elite Night Credits.
#7
Join Date: Jul 2020
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According to the sneak preview support article:
All brands participate except Homes & Villas by Marriott International, ExecuStay®, Marriott Executive Apartments® and Marriott Vacation Club® owner-occupied weeks. Ritz-Carlton Reserve®, BVLGARI, and other hotels that do not currently participate in Marriott Bonvoy™ are also excluded from the promotion.
Further down the FAQ says:
Do redemption stays qualify for earning?
Only if a redemption stay includes at least one paid night, it will count toward the promotion offer of double points and double Elite Night Credits.
All brands participate except Homes & Villas by Marriott International, ExecuStay®, Marriott Executive Apartments® and Marriott Vacation Club® owner-occupied weeks. Ritz-Carlton Reserve®, BVLGARI, and other hotels that do not currently participate in Marriott Bonvoy™ are also excluded from the promotion.
Further down the FAQ says:
Do redemption stays qualify for earning?
Only if a redemption stay includes at least one paid night, it will count toward the promotion offer of double points and double Elite Night Credits.
#8
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#9
Join Date: Aug 2011
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I'll wait until I see data points, but I struggle to imagine Marriott IT correctly giving out 12 elite nights for a 5-night award + 1 paid night tagged on reservation, when under normal (no promo) circumstances you'd either get: 0 elite nights, 1 elite night or 5 elite nights (until you chase somebody down to fix it).
#10
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Atlanta but Washington DC will always be home.
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According to the sneak preview support article:
All brands participate except Homes & Villas by Marriott International, ExecuStay®, Marriott Executive Apartments® and Marriott Vacation Club® owner-occupied weeks. Ritz-Carlton Reserve®, BVLGARI, and other hotels that do not currently participate in Marriott Bonvoy™ are also excluded from the promotion.
All brands participate except Homes & Villas by Marriott International, ExecuStay®, Marriott Executive Apartments® and Marriott Vacation Club® owner-occupied weeks. Ritz-Carlton Reserve®, BVLGARI, and other hotels that do not currently participate in Marriott Bonvoy™ are also excluded from the promotion.
#11
Join Date: May 2009
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Are you able to book something like this (i.e. first night paid, second night points or free night cert) as one reservation on the website/app or do I need to call in to do that?
#12
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I’m not sure if you can combine 5 reward nights with a paid night under the C&P options.
#13
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Mar 27-29
Cash rates are $256 for first night and $313 for 2nd night
Points rate is 55K/night for both nights
Marriott gives you 2 options when you check the points box:
$380 + 60K pts or
110K pts
However, there is a third option “Customize your payment”. When you click on that, you can choose to pay $256 for the first night and 55K pts for the 2nd night for a grand total of $374 + 55K pts. That would qualify as a 2 night stay and earn 4 elite night credits.
#14
Join Date: Oct 2014
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What's annoying is that the option goes away if the stay exceeds 10 nights. Was hoping to book 10 nights + 1 paid, hopefully a phone agent will be able to help.
#15
Join Date: May 2016
Location: OAK & SFO
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In the past I've used the ability to split nights with some cash and some points to make 6 or 7 night stays on the same reservation (to make use of the 5th night free award, and then pay for 1 or 2 nights)
IIRC, the process is that you have search properties as if you're doing a points booking, view the rates, then click on the expandable "customize payments" box and you can choose which nights to pay points vs. cash.
To me it seems pretty generous for them to offer double ENC on reservations that have just 1 cash night - I don't recall any past promos that gave any benefits to points or partial points stays. (Hopefully the IT can do this all correctly!)
IIRC, the process is that you have search properties as if you're doing a points booking, view the rates, then click on the expandable "customize payments" box and you can choose which nights to pay points vs. cash.
To me it seems pretty generous for them to offer double ENC on reservations that have just 1 cash night - I don't recall any past promos that gave any benefits to points or partial points stays. (Hopefully the IT can do this all correctly!)