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Ten (10) Elite Nights are given for each meeting held in a participating hotel under the "Rewarding Events" program. See below for non-participating brands. Information about the Rewarding Events program may be found at https://www.marriott.com/meeting-eve...els/rewards.mi
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
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#2836
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 3
That's what I figured as well, just wanted to check in case I was missing something. Thanks!
#2837
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 28
Started the process to book my first (and only) two meetings. Can someone confirm I'm not making some tragic mistake (and wasting $200)?
- Reserved meeting slot on the Rewarding Events site at a local Courtyard for separate days.
- Got an email from the event coordinator with a contract that has a space for my Marriott Rewards # (it does not include rewarding events language)
- Got a second email from her with an amended contract grouping the two meetings together (this is bad)
- Email the rep and ask her for separate contracts and give my Marriott Rewards # for both
- (optional?) Ask her if they use the Group Posting Tool
- Pay 2x$100 for the two meetings (or see if I can negotiate the price lower?)
- Show up (also optional?)
#2838
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 1,083
Well I would say yes. If they are aware what is their excuse for continuing to charge your credit card - it's your responsibility to cancel?
#2839
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
I thought your condescending, underline-ridden posts were limited to the Citi AA forum. I suppose that unfortunately I was wrong.
You are not correct regarding no-shows. Many of us, if not the majority, have reported no-showing meetings, and I have no idea why you are saying otherwise. For example, I randomly chose two properties, thousands of miles away from each other, only beacuse they were the lowest quoted price on Marriott.com, and both meetings + nights posted within 3 business days.
Please stop spreading misinformation, and being so condescending when doing so.
You are not correct regarding no-shows. Many of us, if not the majority, have reported no-showing meetings, and I have no idea why you are saying otherwise. For example, I randomly chose two properties, thousands of miles away from each other, only beacuse they were the lowest quoted price on Marriott.com, and both meetings + nights posted within 3 business days.
Please stop spreading misinformation, and being so condescending when doing so.
When someone asks a question and no one else answers, then I answer to the best of my ability. You, instead, apparently prefer to not answer the question, just jump on someone for answering it wrong.
And I don't understand, what's "condescending" about warning somebody?
I remember when someone brought up a particular hotel that was reliable for no-shows a couple months ago, people were thanking that person, and not mentioning at that time that almost every hotel supposedly does it, as you (and others) now seem to be claiming. It was based on that exchange that I assumed that many hotels didn't credit for no-shows. How was I supposed to know that most apparently do credit if no one brought it up at that time???
And I would point out there's no information about no-shows in the wiki. So how it is it supposed to be such widespread information that no-shows usually count???
#2840
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: New York
Programs: AA Exp / Marriott Titanium / Hilton Gold / Hyatt Globalist / United Silver
Posts: 958
Hmm... One of my meetings posted TODAY, and I didn't get the 10 night credit Same property that had no issue posting before.
#2841
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto, ON but someday (hopefully) OGG or ACK
Programs: DL, AA, US, AC, Marriott Platinum, HHhonors Silver (Woo Hoo!)
Posts: 263
Don't push the panic button just yet. The same thing happened to me to a meeting posting a few weeks ago. There was no 10 night credit on the day the meeting was posted, but it did show up the next day. Let's see what tomorrow brings for you.
#2842
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,815
My meeting was 2 months ago and it didn’t post till mid July.
For some reason, yesterday I received another 10 nights.
#2843
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, MM, NR; HH Diamond, Bonvoy LT Gold, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Diamond, others
Posts: 12,159
Why would I want separate contracts for multiple meetings the same day? Maybe I'll be billing them to different clients.
#2844
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: New York
Programs: AA Exp / Marriott Titanium / Hilton Gold / Hyatt Globalist / United Silver
Posts: 958
#2845
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: YXU
Programs: MR Bonvoy LP , AC/AE, DL, Porter, SU, Nexus, APEC
Posts: 55
This my first post on this Forum, I was so glad that I found it as I'm 70 nights short of 500 SPG BIB nights after traveling in a small regional area with twelve Platinum years before I retired a couple of years ago. My personal nights have dropped to about ten per year (now with my wife) so it was not going to be good to drop from SPG Platinum to MR whatever.
OK eight MR meetings will put me over the top to LTP not the top level, but good enough for me after all my loyalty to SPG. They were always my best bang for the buck during my working days.
I want to thank a couple of members up thread who pointed me in the right direction (via PMs) to properties that were co-operative and inexpensive, I will not out them at this point, but they know who they are.
My bookings are for the next ten days so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out as the 17th is not far away.
OK eight MR meetings will put me over the top to LTP not the top level, but good enough for me after all my loyalty to SPG. They were always my best bang for the buck during my working days.
I want to thank a couple of members up thread who pointed me in the right direction (via PMs) to properties that were co-operative and inexpensive, I will not out them at this point, but they know who they are.
My bookings are for the next ten days so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out as the 17th is not far away.
#2846
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: body: A stone's throw from SFO, mind: SE Asia
Programs: Some of this 'n some of that
Posts: 17,263
This my first post on this Forum, I was so glad that I found it as I'm 70 nights short of 500 SPG BIB nights after traveling in a small regional area with twelve Platinum years before I retired a couple of years ago. My personal nights have dropped to about ten per year (now with my wife) so it was not going to be good to drop from SPG Platinum to MR whatever.
OK eight MR meetings will put me over the top to LTP not the top level, but good enough for me after all my loyalty to SPG. They were always my best bang for the buck during my working days.
I want to thank a couple of members up thread who pointed me in the right direction (via PMs) to properties that were co-operative and inexpensive, I will not out them at this point, but they know who they are.
My bookings are for the next ten days so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out as the 17th is not far away.
OK eight MR meetings will put me over the top to LTP not the top level, but good enough for me after all my loyalty to SPG. They were always my best bang for the buck during my working days.
I want to thank a couple of members up thread who pointed me in the right direction (via PMs) to properties that were co-operative and inexpensive, I will not out them at this point, but they know who they are.
My bookings are for the next ten days so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out as the 17th is not far away.
#2847
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SJC
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Explorist, Bonvoyed Lifetime Gold
Posts: 117
Started the process to book my first (and only) two meetings. Can someone confirm I'm not making some tragic mistake (and wasting $200)?
- Reserved meeting slot on the Rewarding Events site at a local Courtyard for separate days.
- Got an email from the event coordinator with a contract that has a space for my Marriott Rewards # (it does not include rewarding events language)
- Got a second email from her with an amended contract grouping the two meetings together (this is bad)
- Email the rep and ask her for separate contracts and give my Marriott Rewards # for both
- (optional?) Ask her if they use the Group Posting Tool
- Pay 2x$100 for the two meetings (or see if I can negotiate the price lower?)
- Show up (also optional?)
1. Yes and confirm in email when the nights being posted using GPT
2. same as answer 1
3. Just pay it and get it done, your running out of time
4. Yes, if you show you will get it 100%.. If you no show maybe you wont.
#2848
Join Date: May 2010
Programs: AA Pro;Ritz Carlton Ambassador;Hilton Silver: SPG Gold
Posts: 111
The new program will no longer allow for more than 10 Elite night credits after your first meeting.
Get 10 Elite Qualifying Nights when you book your first meeting — and achieve Silver Elite status automatically.
Plus, you’ll earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights you book — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
Get 10 Elite Qualifying Nights when you book your first meeting — and achieve Silver Elite status automatically.
Plus, you’ll earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights you book — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
#2849
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: body: A stone's throw from SFO, mind: SE Asia
Programs: Some of this 'n some of that
Posts: 17,263
The new program will no longer allow for more than 10 Elite night credits after your first meeting.
Get 10 Elite Qualifying Nights when you book your first meeting — and achieve Silver Elite status automatically.
Plus, you’ll earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights you book — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
Get 10 Elite Qualifying Nights when you book your first meeting — and achieve Silver Elite status automatically.
Plus, you’ll earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights you book — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
#2850
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
The new program will no longer allow for more than 10 Elite night credits after your first meeting.
Get 10 Elite Qualifying Nights when you book your first meeting — and achieve Silver Elite status automatically.
Plus, you’ll earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights you book — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
Get 10 Elite Qualifying Nights when you book your first meeting — and achieve Silver Elite status automatically.
Plus, you’ll earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights you book — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
There are two different RE programs, one for meetings and one for group stays (constantly being confused by properties). The group stays side appears to be taking a major hit, I believe the original was for 10 nights to the planner for a stay of over 10 rooms booked. Although I guess if you're booking over 200 room nights per event the new rules are better.