Discover America® Daily Getaways: 20% off Marriott TravelCards, 5/19/10, 10am ET
May 19, 2010, 12:58 pm
#46
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Mile-High Club, Marriott Plt, SPG P-75, PC Plt, Hyatt Dia, Carlson Gold, BW Dia
Posts: 1,845
I overslept and didn't even log in until 10:15. I got the max on the first try for all denominations except the $1000 card, which was sold out.
May 19, 2010, 1:52 pm
#47
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
I could have got all of them, put them in my cart, but decided against it, as I have no plans to stay at a Marriott...
However, took 2 x $200 ones for backup if required...
However, took 2 x $200 ones for backup if required...
May 19, 2010, 3:03 pm
#48
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: IAD
Programs: Marriott- Platinum, IHG - Platinum, Hyatt - Globalist, CC - Gold, Hilton - Diamond, BW - Platinum S
Posts: 256
May 19, 2010, 5:35 pm
#50
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
Programs: UA 1K, MR LTT, HH Dia, Amex Plat
Posts: 32,055
Got 2x500 2x250 and 5x100. Not a bad discount 
May 19, 2010, 8:19 pm
#51
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Chicago
Programs: AA ExP, Hyatt Diamond, MR Platinum, PC Platinum, SPG Platinum, HH Gold
Posts: 498
The Honeymoon/Registry promo has a 10% bonus, not 10% discount, so it's actually $1,100 in credit for each $1,000 you spend, plus 20 MR points/$ and the extra 4 MR points/$ you noted. As long as you value your MR points at over a cent each, it's easily the better deal. If not, you could argue that the up-front 20% off is more appealing, but I suspect most people would be in our boat.
Last edited by zacktravel; May 19, 2010 at 8:27 pm
May 19, 2010, 8:33 pm
#52
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
May 19, 2010, 9:00 pm
#53
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Programs: AA Plat, UA Silver, DL Silver, Marriott Titanium, etc.
Posts: 4,210
You know I thought about this after I had purchased one $500 card. I would think it would get the 5x points, but since I am not positive and I am trying to accumulate as many points as I can this month I decided to hold off on purchasing any more of these. Hoping there will be some more bonus points offers for the gift cards as well coming soon. I won't know for sure if it codes correctly until my CC statement closes in a couple of weeks.
May 19, 2010, 9:52 pm
#54
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Chihuahua
Programs: SPG Plat, HHonor Diamond, Hyatt PLAT, Marriott PLat, UA 1K, AA EXP, DL PLAT, BMI Gold, Co PLAT
Posts: 1,962
Interesting. If this technique does work, it certainly increases the value of purchasing the gift cards today.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...e-payment.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...e-payment.html
Marriott Gift is just a prepaid visa without 4 printed in front of rest 15 numbers.
A lot of times, some Hotel employees like to manually input the number, I asked them, they all told me just add a 4!
And as I mentioned in above thread, it worked perfectly!
May 20, 2010, 9:01 am
#55
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 52,575
I assume these transactions post as Discover America but they have not yet posted to my CC account yet. I used my SPG Amex to buy these cards.
May 20, 2010, 9:06 am
#56
Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: McKinney, TX, USA
Programs: United Silver; AA Plat/2MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,727
May 21, 2010, 5:54 am
#57
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,324
When will I receive my Marriott TravelCards?
Within 7-10 business days of purchase, you will receive your Marriott TravelCard via U.S. mail at the shipping address provided at purchase. Upon receipt, visit any Marriott brand hotel property worldwide and redeem at checkout.
Last edited by Kohoutek; May 21, 2010 at 9:45 am Reason: bold, red
May 21, 2010, 6:59 am
#58
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 993
The T&C indicate cards not useable on corporate rates. Anyone have experience with how closely checkout monitors this.
May 21, 2010, 8:03 am
#59
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 52,575
I haven't done it, but I see no reason you couldn't walk into a Marriott and buy a beer at the lobby bar using the Gift Card. (Assuming Marriott owns the lobby bar...)
Same goes for incidentals on an 3rd party agent booked stay. Even if you pay Priceline or Hotwire for the room, you should still be able to use the GC to cover incidentals. I *have* done that.
Also, to follow-up from yesterday, the purchases posted to my Amex account as a Discover America purchase. (Not Marriott.)
May 21, 2010, 1:37 pm
#60
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: somewhere other than home
Programs: DL gold, Marriott Platinum, UA silver
Posts: 240
So it seems I was right not to buy too much. They are having problems with my address. I received an email saying there was an issue and to please respond back with my address. But, the email says not to respond to this email. I replied anyway.Hope that works.