Double Points first 4 Months
Oct 7, 1998 | 2:41 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Germantown, MD, USA
Posts: 11
Double Points first 4 Months
They are still running this great offer also. Join Marriott and receive double points for the first 4 months of your membership
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Jul 20, 1999 | 2:22 pm
#2
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: FLL
Programs: Delta
Posts: 1,755
Does anyone know if this promo has ended?
Jul 20, 1999 | 2:29 pm
#3
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Join Date: May 1999
Posts: 46,817
They usually run it routinely once or twice a year but I'm not sure if it's on now. My current Marriott statement/marketing stuff does not show one so perhaps the answer is that it is not currently running- just not absolutely sure.
Jul 20, 1999 | 7:49 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 1999
Posts: 539
Here is an actually commonsense tip...but unfortunately I didn't think of it before signing up:
--> Don't sign up for the double points unless you're pretty certain you're going to be spending a lot of nights in a Marriott hotel within the next couple of months. Particularly, since, as mentioned, the offer tends to repeat itself.
MY HORROR STORY:
11/97 - Sign up for this 2x points bonus
11/97 - Spend week in Fairfield Inn - 2000 points bonus
7/98 - Begin 1 year stint in full service Marriott Hotel. NO bonus since 4 months have long passed. Estimated lost bonus points - 132,000. Not made any easier by the fact that all my colleagues signed up in 7/98 and got the bonuses.
--> Don't sign up for the double points unless you're pretty certain you're going to be spending a lot of nights in a Marriott hotel within the next couple of months. Particularly, since, as mentioned, the offer tends to repeat itself.
MY HORROR STORY:
11/97 - Sign up for this 2x points bonus
11/97 - Spend week in Fairfield Inn - 2000 points bonus
7/98 - Begin 1 year stint in full service Marriott Hotel. NO bonus since 4 months have long passed. Estimated lost bonus points - 132,000. Not made any easier by the fact that all my colleagues signed up in 7/98 and got the bonuses.
Jul 23, 1999 | 10:58 am
#5
Join Date: Jul 1999
Posts: 195
Marriott stopped offering the double points on enrollment this past Spring - April/May.
Since it's only available to new members, I don't typically see too much coverage of this in existing member communications.
Since it's only available to new members, I don't typically see too much coverage of this in existing member communications.