Huh? I am unaware of any negotiated corporate rates appearing in post #1.

Bruce
Moderator

What are you talking about? 2x hhoope01 has stated it is not his intent to publish corporate codes & that if informed if there are any, he'll remove them. He also says if someone has some publicly available codes that aren't listed, to let him know & he'll add them. Both of those statements are pretty plain to understand.

Most of us consider the off-limits codes for posting to THIS THREAD to be corporate codes or the Marriott family/friends codes.

In this thread most of us don't consider AAA, AARP, ENT, to be 'corporate codes' because the criteria to get those is pretty easy/well established, and for the most part is actually available to the general public w/ a slight membership fee or purchase. Ok, that AARP one is going to require a certain age ;) :D

And while EEOs are available only to Marriott elites (BB can be available to anyone AFAIK), they have to be used on publicly available codes that have no restrictions or membership required. Again, a pretty easy concept to understand.

Hopefully we can get back to using this thread for posting any new publicly available codes, and or the occasional do I qualify when there's some ambiguity (such as LPR, which can vary at times even at the same property).

If there's still some confusion or debate on SmartShopper's part, he can always start another thread to discuss it & that will keep this one more on-point.

Please be prepared to show proof of eligibility for your rate (such as a membership card, corporate or government identification card, or proof of your age) for these corporate/promotional codes:

AOL: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL)
C7J: Continental Airlines rate; airline ID required, limited to 1 room per card member (labeled as “Continental Air specials”)
ENC: Encore Electronics Inc.
FBL: (correct: FPL): Florida Power & Light rate
FXL: Florida and Georgia Resident Rate; You must provide one of following: Valid state driver's license, Valid state issued ID, State voters registration card or State college ID

AMX is an Invalid Corporate Promotion Code & AXC for Centurion CC holders can’t used online. NPR code sometimes requires proof of eligibility. Do you have the impression that VSA (if code works) for Visa Inc. will change colors from time to time [labeled as Visa Promotion (at times may be non-public so use with care.)]?

This ”Us versus “Them” thinking make discussions a little bit complicate [I know, you don’t like discussions within this thread [BTW: I am puzzled because you weigh frequently]: here is another idea: Ask to split this thread in a “code only” and “discussion thread” and you have the best of both worlds]: There are outsiders like myself who are not aware what “flyertalker” consider. If the topic of this thread is “List of Promotional Codes other than negotiated rates” why not creating a similar header? I realize your disappointment if you open this thread expecting to find a new code but only read this nonsense. Consider similar experiences if an “outsider” opens this thread and expect a different content.

To conclude, here are additional sources, not mentioned in OP:

• link (as promotional code XML is mentioned in several threads, I assume “flyertalker” consider this code as “publicly usable”),
• a code (INC) I don’t know if booking will honored and
• one code but proof of membership is required(e.g. via NASO or USBWA: VIP V.I.P. Athletic Rate: This rate is offer to valid card holding Members of Marriott’s V.I.P. Athletic Program

Yup - I am new to FT and missed the list on the first page :)

I did have another (probably stupid) question for any expereinced Marriott Rewards FT user. But I would appreciate an answer or comment anyway .....

Would a promo like the one below be listed on the first page (had the date not expired)?
MegaBonusSM:
This one has ended and you have some nice earnings. Earn up to 25,000 bonus points with Marriott Rewards® MegaBonusSM from February 1 through April 30, 2010.
Register by March 31, 2010.
Stay at over 3,100 participating Marriott® hotels from February 1 through April 30, 2010.
Earn 5,000 MegaBonus points with every other paid stay, starting with your second stay - up to a maximum of 25,000 points.

Is anyone aware of any current MR point boosting promos besides (marriott.com/rewards/promotion.mi?promotion=SM10)?


Hmmmm - maybe this is all covered under flyertalk.com/forum/marriott-rewards/1074131-plat-plat-prem-post-compare-optimize-megabonus-offers.html ???


Thanks

Google search
 

I did the simple google search using
marriott codes and coupons
and the link to the other codes is still there

its in the public domain
so as the mod said; it would be silly to think that they don't exist

UA1K_PCPA_MP , your question is an easy one. That's a Marriott MegaBonus promo that Marriott offers usually 2x/ year & is covered frequently in dif threads on the forum (or discussed in the sticky which you reference), so is not generally covered in this thread. There was one that ended end of April & one that's starting up (the new one not as good as the old one).

SmartShopper, some of the codes you posted as being proprietary have not been proprietary in the past & may not be in the future. VSA is a good example, as are a couple of the others that you listed that did not have the requirements that you listed now. Hence, the validity of them still being listed.

But as w/ all codes, things change from time to time. And yes, people are expected to do their homework as to whether they are valid. Just like not all of the codes will work in all locations - ie, the code for northeast won't work on west coast for example.

Another example being LPR. I've stayed at Ren LHR numerous times under that rate, and at dif times what the terms are have varied. 95% of the time it's a publicly available rate w/ no restrictions; 5% of the time they tie it into a local company w/ co id required. It's still worth checking for the 95% of the time it is valid.

If there's a legit CORP code, then I'm sure hhoope01 & bdschoebel will take it into consideration re: deleting it. They've been very good about that.

A couple that you list as having restrictions don't have them or didn't. The Continental one does now (although I think a few years ago it didn't have that restriction). AOL doesn't have a restriction. As a paying AOL member (unlike those who have it for free) I'd argue that I'm entitled, but truthfully I've never bothered. Quite often the PKG rates or LPR get me pretty good deals & I plug those in first.

And codes come and go. You're quoting a list that was created a few years ago - not all codes stay valid. But I'm not gonna fault the OP if they change. If it's not valid, then move on.

Another rule of thumb that most of us follow is - check the rate rules. If it says be prepared to show id to get it, then be prepared to show id (required mostly on corp rates). If it doesn't & it's most likely a publicly available rate, then go for it. Technically AAA, AARP, ENT require id, but again those are easy-peasy for the general public to get. Heck, even the FL/GA resident rate is. You just have to reside in those states. So having it listed in the publicly available codes gives a heads-up to those who do reside in those states who are - oh yeah, entitled to/able to use it. @:-)

The purpose of this thread is to share publicly available codes that the majority of us would be able to use - and if you notice, a lot of them are generic codes such as PKG, HON, LPR, etc.

We're not 100% anal about it & the descriptions, however. Common sense does play a part.

And we look forward to you posting some publicly available codes in the future. :) BTW - since you've been on FT for 3 years & have over 400 posts, I'm a bit confused about you saying you're an outsider to FT.

Cheers.

Based on the concerns Smart Shopper has brought up, I have a PM out to Marriott Concierge to see about going through the list to verify all the codes listed in the OP.

I'll update when I hear back from Marriott Concierge.

what "exactly" are you trying to verify here anyway? :confused:

just in case the deletions start occuring soon; I suggest (as I have done) that people start copying and pasting the first thread

The reason your original version was removed was because it contained codes that might cause problems for some corporations from persons wrongfully using their codes. (I'll leave the discussion around whether Marriott should actually be checking ids rather than worrying about a website showing codes that are easy to find to better heads than mine.)

If there are issues (i.e. there are some corporate codes that shouldn't be in the list) then I will remove them. But if Marriott doesn't have any issues with any of the codes currently listed, then I'm not going to remove anything.

And neither will I.

Bruce
Moderator

If I recall correctly and its been what 3 years since my thread was removed; it was removed because IBM requested of Marriott or Randy or the powers that be to remove either 1. the IBM code or the entire thread; I'll have to go back and see if I still have that pm with the details.

But I wonder after three years why you are deciding now to do this scrub of the codes? I would think if there is a problem either Marriott or the vendor would have contacted IB to have it removed? Are you trying to be the MR good cop here?

Ok I found the PM; it was in April of 2007 where IBM initiated pressure on Marriott who pressured FT on the corporate codes. We agreed to take down the codes and if i put them up else where (at the time I was thinking of a yahoo site but went elsewhere) I would be allowed to let FT'ers know where that was posted; I still have the PM telling me this. I'm not going to post a private PM's details but that was it in a nutshell; Right now there are two public places where this information is sitting; one is very googlable as shown in threads above and the other is on a site similar to this one. I will leave it at that and hope that this thread (and the google thread) stay up as I do have the written go ahead to do this.

Actually, its more because I'm lazy. Smart Shopper's email got me wondering if any of the codes are actually corporate codes and shouldn't be in the list. When I first put up the thread, I went through your original and just used my best guess as to which was a corporate code or not. So I started to go through it myself, but I quickly realized that was going to take a lot of time and effort. I figured I could get Marriott to do it for me.

I am so excited I can hardly stand it. Someone just booked my hotel with a code from this list, but they picked a code that hasn't been in use since 2002 and just was never purged. It was so easy spot. If he's lucky, he really does work for this company and didn't feel like calling the travel department to make his reservation. If he's not, he won't have the proper ID and will pay the going rate. Stay tuned. I'll let you know how it works out.



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I'd say welcome to FT, but since you've only had one post which is the above & have already been suspended :rolleyes: If you do come back, welcome to FT. Hopefully you'll contribute to the Marriott forum. We've had a # of Marriott hotel managers contribute in a positive manner over the years.

THIS thread has 99% publicly available codes (the exception being the few that we're getting clarification on from MarriottConcierge), so I'm a bit confused as to why you're stating someone booked a code 'that hasn't been in use since 2002 & they better work for the company'.

Presumably Marriott's website wouldn't allow a code that wasn't valid to be booked. If it WAS allowed by Marriott's website & the rate rules did NOT specifically state 'id required' & he has a printout of the rate rules, whoever booked the code has a pretty good case IMO for having the rate honored.

If it did state id required, then yes whoever booked what sounds like a corp rate should either have id or be willing to pay rack rate or have a back-up reservation elsewhere. Of course if it's a property that has specific local corp codes, they should probably check them more than once every 8 years :D

For publicly available codes, people don't need to worry about getting 'busted' & can use them because they're yup - publicly available.

Cheers.

Marriott Concierge did get back with me and I have updated the first post.

I removed a couple of codes that are now only used as corporate codes. I did not remove the codes that are no longer in use, but added a reference. Marriott Concierge did let me know that some codes are supposed to be used only if booked through e-mail. I added those references as well, though I have not verified whether a hotel will honor one of those if made online. (I checked and at least some of them can be reserved online. I just don't know if a hotel would or have to honor that rate or not.)