Maximum length stay?
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Maximum length stay?
I need to stay in a Marriott next year for 60 days. Is there a maximum length stay that makes me ineligible for night/stay credit and/or point accumulation? I know with other programs it's 60 or more nights. I'm looking at a Residence Inn if that makes any difference.
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Yes, you can only earn night credit up to but not exceeding 365 nights in a year with the limit changing to 366 on leap years....there is no limit on earning points/miles
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Haha - nice thanks! Makes you wonder why some programs have a max!
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I did about 100 days in a Residence Inn, only thing was they had a $1500 max before they would have to charge my credit card so keep that in mind. Also, if you're working on upgrading status or anything they can periodically post your points. So for instance if your 30 nights from making plat they can post your points after 30 days to get the status then the last 30 you're earning the 50% platinum bonus.
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I did about 100 days in a Residence Inn, only thing was they had a $1500 max before they would have to charge my credit card so keep that in mind. Also, if you're working on upgrading status or anything they can periodically post your points. So for instance if your 30 nights from making plat they can post your points after 30 days to get the status then the last 30 you're earning the 50% platinum bonus.
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I seem to recall Starwood has a 30 day max. Also I've read here that stays over 30 days might be exempt from sales tax - research if that matters to you.
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It is now 90 days for Starwood stays. I suspect that part of the reason Marriott is more "lenient" is that Marriott has some extended stay properties where it may not be uncommon for some persons to go beyond 30 or even 90 night stays. For those property types, Marriott has reduced the earnings. AFAIK, Starwood doesn't do that for any of their hotel brands.
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It is now 90 days for Starwood stays. I suspect that part of the reason Marriott is more "lenient" is that Marriott has some extended stay properties where it may not be uncommon for some persons to go beyond 30 or even 90 night stays. For those property types, Marriott has reduced the earnings. AFAIK, Starwood doesn't do that for any of their hotel brands.
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very true but as noted before you only earn "full" SPG Points on the first 60 nights, at Residence Inn you earn credit on every night....but the big difference is distribution right now, there are only a handful of elements currently operating (and IMO they are working the kinks out of the brand)
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I thought there was some max (I thought 30 days) where you could be considered a tenant and therefore most properties would not allow you to exceed this. Am I getting this wrong? I must be with all of these other examples.
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I stayed at a TownePlace Suites for 100 days each two summers. There wasn't sales tax charged, and they would charge the credit card after a certain dollar amount or time period. It worked out to be about every 7 days.
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But with this said the reason some hotels wont allow you to stay longer than 30 nights is a system limitation - for example S*******'s CRS system was finally replaced within the past few months, the old S****** system could only accomodate reservations up to but not exceeding 30 nights (if you wanted anything longer you needed to be transferred to someone at the hotel where their PMS system could confirm it further however you'd never recieve a CRS confirmation number and be able to review it on the brand website) whereas Hilton & Marriott have been able to book reservations for a year or more for decades now
Hotel companies have never been accused of being cutting edge for tech (I know one brand who thought their systems were, once I started explaining all of the features Hilton and Marriott had the person stopped making the claim)....infact the hotel industry makes the airline industry look cutting edge at times
PS... Marriott as won numerous CIO awards for their technology over the past few decades, I was reading an article this morning where they won another one in the past few months (I would rate MI & Hilton the best two out there, Hilton edges MI out in some areas and vice versa)
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