Dec 30, 2015, 10:18 am
Last edit by: rustykettel
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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Nov 17, 2015, 4:18 pm
#1036
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The number one thing that is missing from the Marriott program IMO that both Starwood and Hilton offer is free breakfast. It really annoys me every time I forget and stay at a Courtyard property and find I've been nickled and dimed (or tened and twentied) to death and have to pay for breakfast. Also the BS about full service hotels that don't have a Club Lounge on Weekends and offer you a miserly 500 points.
Nov 17, 2015, 6:46 pm
#1037
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Can we get back on topic. There are other threads devoted to Marriott/SPG.
Nov 17, 2015, 8:44 pm
#1039
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Nov 18, 2015, 6:07 am
#1040
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Nov 18, 2015, 7:28 am
#1041
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Correct, but these meetings allow you to meet the nights component cheaply (especially if you do it in a couple-years blitz and take advantage of the EQNs rolling over and counting twice). For points, you can use the CC signup and spending bonuses (esp w/ manufacturer spending), purchase 50K points/year, and leverage megabonus and other point offers to get yourself in the mix rapidly.
Nov 18, 2015, 11:11 pm
#1042
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Correct, but these meetings allow you to meet the nights component cheaply (especially if you do it in a couple-years blitz and take advantage of the EQNs rolling over and counting twice). For points, you can use the CC signup and spending bonuses (esp w/ manufacturer spending), purchase 50K points/year, and leverage megabonus and other point offers to get yourself in the mix rapidly.
Nov 19, 2015, 3:56 am
#1043
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Manufactured Spending (subforum). You can load $5K/mo in gift cards on a Bluebird card that you can then use to pay off your credit card. A $500 simon mall visa gift card will cost you $3.95 so your cost per 1000 MR points is ~$7.90. Not a money making proposition but it gets you another 60K MR points/yr.
There are other manufactured spend techniques but I consider that to be the easiest.
There are other manufactured spend techniques but I consider that to be the easiest.
Nov 19, 2015, 5:18 pm
#1044
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When I found cheap meetings, I booked enough for 2 years of Platinum (since rollover is limited to one year). I'll be at 625 lifetime nights at the start of next year, but points are still just over Lifetime Silver. Now if I can find a way to spend OPM on my Marriott card . . .
Nov 19, 2015, 9:34 pm
#1045
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What risk? If I booked one extra meeting it cost me $50 (and still yielded 20 lifetime room nights). I have too many nights this year; enough roll over next year that I get Platinum early, so basically I bought 2 years of Platinum (plus a few months). I nothing changes, I do the same again early in 2018 and earn Platinum for the rest of 2018, and all of 2019 and 2020. (At that point I have more than enough nights for LP, so it depends on how well I can finagle points.)
Nov 19, 2015, 11:41 pm
#1046
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will work out for now unless they close that loophole (and Marriott tends to do those kind of things when posters shout out how they're screwin' the system)
and require bookings of mtg room + 10-rooms to qualify for the 10 nights vrs just rent room so to you and others, keep on touting the way to beat the system so MR will sooner then later preclude it.
and require bookings of mtg room + 10-rooms to qualify for the 10 nights vrs just rent room so to you and others, keep on touting the way to beat the system so MR will sooner then later preclude it.
What risk? If I booked one extra meeting it cost me $50 (and still yielded 20 lifetime room nights). I have too many nights this year; enough roll over next year that I get Platinum early, so basically I bought 2 years of Platinum (plus a few months). I nothing changes, I do the same again early in 2018 and earn Platinum for the rest of 2018, and all of 2019 and 2020. (At that point I have more than enough nights for LP, so it depends on how well I can finagle points.)
Nov 20, 2015, 4:51 am
#1047
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will work out for now unless they close that loophole (and Marriott tends to do those kind of things when posters shout out how they're screwin' the system)
and require bookings of mtg room + 10-rooms to qualify for the 10 nights vrs just rent room so to you and others, keep on touting the way to beat the system so MR will sooner then later preclude it.
and require bookings of mtg room + 10-rooms to qualify for the 10 nights vrs just rent room so to you and others, keep on touting the way to beat the system so MR will sooner then later preclude it.
Nov 20, 2015, 6:00 am
#1048
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Nov 20, 2015, 6:16 am
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will work out for now unless they close that loophole (and Marriott tends to do those kind of things when posters shout out how they're screwin' the system)
and require bookings of mtg room + 10-rooms to qualify for the 10 nights vrs just rent room so to you and others, keep on touting the way to beat the system so MR will sooner then later preclude it.
and require bookings of mtg room + 10-rooms to qualify for the 10 nights vrs just rent room so to you and others, keep on touting the way to beat the system so MR will sooner then later preclude it.
Nov 20, 2015, 6:25 am
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your referring to F&B revenue from the sham meetings?!