Marriott is back on Bigcrumbs
May 27, 2011 | 12:23 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: New Hampshire
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Marriott is back on Bigcrumbs
4% back for gift cards and completed stays. They had been missing for a while. I think this is the highest cashback out there for Marriott.
If you doubledip (i.e. buy a gift card, then use the gift card to pay for the completed stay) you are looking at 8% back. Not bad IMHO.
If you doubledip (i.e. buy a gift card, then use the gift card to pay for the completed stay) you are looking at 8% back. Not bad IMHO.
May 27, 2011 | 8:06 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Not bad at all. Thanks OP. Looks like many cash back sites offer between 1-4% cash back according to cashreporter:
http://www.cashreporter.com/merchant/459/marriott/
http://www.cashreporter.com/merchant/459/marriott/
May 27, 2011 | 8:59 pm
#3
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Formerly of SacTown, Cali
Posts: 1,279
Nice!
May 29, 2011 | 7:46 am
#5
Join Date: Apr 2009
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4% back for gift cards and completed stays. They had been missing for a while. I think this is the highest cashback out there for Marriott.
If you doubledip (i.e. buy a gift card, then use the gift card to pay for the completed stay) you are looking at 8% back. Not bad IMHO.
If you doubledip (i.e. buy a gift card, then use the gift card to pay for the completed stay) you are looking at 8% back. Not bad IMHO.
May 29, 2011 | 8:19 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Raleigh, NC, USA
Posts: 302
If you go to their site and buy a gift card you get 4%. Then if you book your hotel thru their site and complete a stay you would get a second 4%. You can still use you credit card to get points, miles, or cashback for the original gift card purchase. With a Marriott card it will earn points the same as if you are using it at a hotel since you are buying the gift card from the marriott website. You will just be getting them earlier.
May 29, 2011 | 8:55 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2009
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If you go to their site and buy a gift card you get 4%. Then if you book your hotel thru their site and complete a stay you would get a second 4%. You can still use you credit card to get points, miles, or cashback for the original gift card purchase. With a Marriott card it will earn points the same as if you are using it at a hotel since you are buying the gift card from the marriott website. You will just be getting them earlier.
May 30, 2011 | 10:15 am
#8
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 293
I have read a few other post that people are having problems with $ showing up in their account after a Marriott purchase. Does anyone know if this has been resolved?
Also, I have several Marriott stay coming up that are LNF rates which is a pain to cancel and go through that all again just to book through the BigCrumbs portal. If I make a change to my reservation, will that be enough to get me the credit or does it have to be a brand new reservation?
Also, I have several Marriott stay coming up that are LNF rates which is a pain to cancel and go through that all again just to book through the BigCrumbs portal. If I make a change to my reservation, will that be enough to get me the credit or does it have to be a brand new reservation?
May 30, 2011 | 1:34 pm
#9
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I have read a few other post that people are having problems with $ showing up in their account after a Marriott purchase. Does anyone know if this has been resolved?
Also, I have several Marriott stay coming up that are LNF rates which is a pain to cancel and go through that all again just to book through the BigCrumbs portal. If I make a change to my reservation, will that be enough to get me the credit or does it have to be a brand new reservation?
Also, I have several Marriott stay coming up that are LNF rates which is a pain to cancel and go through that all again just to book through the BigCrumbs portal. If I make a change to my reservation, will that be enough to get me the credit or does it have to be a brand new reservation?
May 30, 2011 | 6:43 pm
#10
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Formerly of SacTown, Cali
Posts: 1,279
I did the gift card purchase in early December and just got my money a couple weeks ago. It does work... but takes a lot of time. I also did several hotels stays and got the dough for those quicker than the gift card deal.
May 30, 2011 | 7:43 pm
#11
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I think LNF rates are generally non-commissionable, which I interpret to mean no cashback. However, I am batting about 50% with getting cash back on them anyway.
I had the same problem with the gift cards...took forever for the cash back; the stays, on the other hand, always credit correctly.
I had the same problem with the gift cards...took forever for the cash back; the stays, on the other hand, always credit correctly.
May 31, 2011 | 3:50 pm
#12
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: MSP
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, UA Silver, Hertz 5*
Posts: 922
I used BC last year for a $1000 GC purchase as well as booked 2 additional stays. I received $40 cashback for the GC purchase aftter opening a ticket but never received any cashback for the actual stays. BC followed up with Marriott but they are just pathetic in responding.
Last month I saw shopathome offering 4% for GC purchases and 3% for stays. I have since booked and stayed over 5 times but no cashback as yet. For the giftcards, I bought 4 x $250 giftcards but all I got was $7.50 calculated at 3% for a single $250 purchase. I opened a ticket with shopathome a week ago but no response as yet other than the autogenerated email - not even an email from their customer service asking for proof of purchase/screenshots, etc.
IMO, this is just way too much hassle to get absolutely nothing at the end of it. Not sure if these sites are unreliable or Marriott is.
Last month I saw shopathome offering 4% for GC purchases and 3% for stays. I have since booked and stayed over 5 times but no cashback as yet. For the giftcards, I bought 4 x $250 giftcards but all I got was $7.50 calculated at 3% for a single $250 purchase. I opened a ticket with shopathome a week ago but no response as yet other than the autogenerated email - not even an email from their customer service asking for proof of purchase/screenshots, etc.
IMO, this is just way too much hassle to get absolutely nothing at the end of it. Not sure if these sites are unreliable or Marriott is.
Last edited by crazyhorse; May 31, 2011 at 4:49 pm
May 31, 2011 | 4:32 pm
#13
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None of my Marriott stays booked through either Big Crumbs or eBates have ever posted a single penny in rebates to me.
Jun 7, 2011 | 4:17 am
#14
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Shopping with cash back
For exciting cash back deals, I use Ebates, ShopAtHome, AAfter Search and FatWallet