Actually, I was back in the States in mid-November, and had a handful (about seven or eight) of the "small remaining balance" cards I had accumulated over the last year, most with under $5 on them, that I tendered in partial payment for my stay. I also gave her a "spread sheet" showing the remaining balance on each. I apologized for the extra work, but the cashier just smiled and said that was quite all right. And I think she meant it.

Oh, I gave her the cards to apply to my bill the day before I checked out, so she could work them when she got around to it. They were all listed on the invoice when it was slid under my door the next day, and I have since checked the "gifts.com" site and all are now at zero balance.

I see Marriott has a 10% bonus on the gift cards from them. Do they also qualify for 10/pts a $?

I bought the 10% bonus and had thought I'd get the points also But apparently you need to choose - can't get both

How do you know you won't get the points? Did you receive an error or message of some sort indicating you would not receive the points?

T&Cs indicate the following:

https://gifts.marriott.com/promo_terms.aspx

BTW, this thread should probably be merged with the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...ase-bonus.html thread.

[QUOTE=aaupgrade;12913329]How do you know you won't get the points? Did you receive an error or message of some sort indicating you would not receive the points?

T&Cs indicate the following:


There doesn't seem to be a place to put code now

I used code MMF that is for friends and family and cannot use with any other offer [10 pts]

Using $100 Marriott Gift Cards in Europe ?
 

I have a stack of Marriott $100 Gift Cards, (15). I'd like to use some of them to Pay for Marriott rooms in Europe. Since they are Dollars not Euros, I wonder if they will be accepted, or if I'll take a beating on the conversion?

It is subject to the conversion rate that the hotel uses. So you may lose a bit in forex conversion.

The check balance feature on marriott dot com displays the value of your card in euros. Today a US$100 gift card = €70.49

The Gift Cards are stored value VISA cards, so when you use them to pay a bill denominated in euros, the exchange rate is the same as if you had used a generic VISA credit card to pay the bill, i.e., usually interbank exchange rate plus a 3% conversion fee, not the hotel conversion rate for cash.

The exchange rate and conversion fee are calculated at the time the transaction is settled in the VISA system, not at the time the card is tendered, and uses the exchange rate in effect at the moment of settlement, not at the moment the card is "run" by the hotel.

Therefore, the rate shown on the "gifts.marriott.com" site is not necessarily the rate that will apply at the time of settlement.

What this means is that conversion amount shown on "gifts.marriott.com" or even in the Financial Times is not necessarily accurate; it's just a "ball park" figure. You never know at the time you tender the card what exchange rate you'll actually receive, and indeed there is no way of knowing.

What I do is to look at the interbank exchange rate (or the "gifts.com" amount) and subtract the 3% conversion fee, then subtract another 3% to allow for movement in the exchange rate from the time of tender to the time of settlement, round down, and ask the desk to charge the gift card for that amount. Example: If today's interbank rate is $1 = € 0.70, the 3% conversion fee would be 2.1 euro cents per dollar, reducing the value of the $100 to € 67.9; deducting another 3% (2.1 euro cents) would bring it to € 65.8. In such case, I'd ask the desk to charge € 65 against the $100 gift card.

You'll wind up with a few dollars left on the card, but you can use that residue to partially pay a hotel bill denominated in dollars next time you're in the States.

Can you really do that? Do hotels actually agree to this type of "negotiation"?

Effectively, the local hotel (presumably in a € denominated country) is actually closing off a €70 bill but having received only €65!

But then you would settle the last few Euros of the bill in cash or with another card so the hotel would still get their money!

From experience.....Be aware.
Don't think if you tell them to use the entire value of the card that there will be nothing left...and don't let them keep the "used" card. Bring it home and call to verify the balance on it. Some hotels just "discarded" my used cards and others returned them to me. When I got home and checked each to make certain it was at -0-, I was surprised to find $3-5 on each of them.

Multiple gift cards in one booking transaction?
 

Has anybody using multiple gift cards in one booking transaction through Marriott website?

I often use multiple gift cards when checking out at a hotel.
Are you asking about paying for an advance purchase reservation on the website? I've wondered if gift cards could be used but have always figured they would only take the credit card as I never saw a place to enter gift card numbers.

Thanks, dalm. So can I book a reservation through Marriott website and not pay until I check out? Never book through their website before. So please pardon my novice question.