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Originally Posted by sophiemish
(Post 19665244)
Yes, you can cancel the hotel portion of the package. I got a package with 100K miles and 5 nights in a cat 1-5 hotel. I didn't need the hotel at the time. I was only interested in the miles. I didn't think I was going to use the hotel cert. so they offered me 20,000 pts for forfeiting the hotel cert. However, in the end I paid the pt difference (between the one package to another package) and upgraded to a cat 6 cert. If you're a Marriott owner, there is a separate chart with the travel packages (you can find it once you log on to ownerservices.com) that offer 5 night stays.
Do any non-owners have experience with requesting/booking a 5 night TP? Yes, I'll call Guest Services to check during the week, but wanted to see if non-owner people have any experience booking TPs other than the 7-day variety? |
Originally Posted by tomsam
(Post 19782386)
Welcome to FT sophiemish!
Do any non-owners have experience with requesting/booking a 5 night TP? Yes, I'll call Guest Services to check during the week, but wanted to see if non-owner people have any experience booking TPs other than the 7-day variety? Billy |
Has anyone used the discount rental car portion of this package? Is it a useful discount or do people mainly throw away this part of the package?
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Originally Posted by Time traveller
(Post 19789115)
Has anyone used the discount rental car portion of this package? Is it a useful discount or do people mainly throw away this part of the package?
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Originally Posted by Time traveller
(Post 19789115)
Has anyone used the discount rental car portion of this package? Is it a useful discount or do people mainly throw away this part of the package?
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Originally Posted by Time traveller
(Post 19789115)
Has anyone used the discount rental car portion of this package? Is it a useful discount or do people mainly throw away this part of the package?
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I have found the Hertz coupon useful for car rentals in Europe. The coupon code rates were better in Amsterdam, Milan and Toulouse than any other options I found (including Autoeurope and other brokers).
Do take full print outs of the reservations details and price breakdown. Every time the desk agents have been unable to get the rates right without some kind of manager stepping in to override it through. |
Combining points: do you need to do dummy reservations?
What I would like to do is combine points from four accounts into one to redeem a travel package.
I know that I can make dummy reservations three times and have B, C, & D make transfers to A and then cancel the reservations. What I am wondering is if I can just skip the charade, be honest and have B, C & D fill out the transfer form. |
I have no idea how it works when combining several different accounts (didn't even know you could do that), but when I did this earlier this year combining with 1 other account, they would only give me enough points to get the award (and thus had to make a dummy reservation).
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Originally Posted by GoPhils
(Post 19803923)
... they would only give me enough points to get the award (and thus had to make a dummy reservation).
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because the transfer is LIMITED to events like combining for an award.........
Originally Posted by hindukid
(Post 19803487)
What I would like to do is combine points from four accounts into one to redeem a travel package.
I know that I can make dummy reservations three times and have B, C, & D make transfers to A and then cancel the reservations. What I am wondering is if I can just skip the charade, be honest and have B, C & D fill out the transfer form. |
I had some points from my wife's account poured into mine for a defined award. But I was under the impression that combining accounts like this could only be done with a spouse or some other plausibly-related member.
If anyone can do it, this would seem to open up a whole vista for Coupon Connection types, and I suspect is not what Marriott intended. |
Redeeming Pts for Hotel + Air?
Found Marriott website for hotel pts + airline mile redemption
https://www.marriott.com/rewards/usepoints/morepack.mi 1-Is it a good value to do or am I better off just doing hotel rewards? Since I booked it at 10 night (not realizing this exist and it's7 nights) my ratio would be 170k Marriott Pts for 120k United |
The Travel Packages can be an excellent use of Marriott Rewards points. In fact, they can be the best use.
As the chart shows, Travel Packages are for 7 nights. Marriott Vacation Club members have the additional option of getting 5-night Travel Packages. With a Travel Package, you get a 7-night hotel e-certificate and airline points deposited to one of your frequent flyer accounts. (Unfortunately, American Airlines is no longer an airline option, but that's another story.) You don't have to use them for the same trip. As always when using points, there are great values and not-so-great values. But, in the end, what really matters is getting a great vacation, not necessarily maximizing the equivalent dollar value of your use of points. |
Experience booking a Travel Package
Booked my first travel package and it was a smooth experience. I called Marriott Plat reservations line on 24 Dec am to book a 270K TP (7 nights at a cat 5 + 120K United miles). The CSR quickly booked the specific hotel I was looking for, and took my United Mileage Plus number. I was a bit concerned that the miles could take up to 6 weeks to post based on Marriott T&C (T&C also state this can be expedited - fees may apply). When I asked the CSR how long the miles would take to post, she confidently said within 48 hours. I was pleasantly surprised. It's 26 Dec am, and I checked this morning and found the 120K miles in my United MP account.
Nice experience on what many on these boards would consider top point redemption value for MR points! |
I can be a little dense sometime, but I'm confused about the travel package. I read it to say it is seven consecutive nights in a category xx hotel. To me that means I have to stay in the same hotel and cannot split those nights between two different properties. True?
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True (although I think there's still might be one plat program in HI that allows a split, but this may be gone too)...............
Originally Posted by dd992emo
(Post 19964944)
I can be a little dense sometime, but I'm confused about the travel package. I read it to say it is seven consecutive nights in a category xx hotel. To me that means I have to stay in the same hotel and cannot split those nights between two different properties. True?
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Does the certificate work like a points stay or a cash stay? In other words, does there have to be rooms available for points in order to use the cert? We're looking at Rome in May and hoth the Grand Flora and the Boscolo are showing no availability for a points stay.
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Originally Posted by dd992emo
(Post 19984468)
Does the certificate work like a points stay or a cash stay? In other words, does there have to be rooms available for points in order to use the cert? We're looking at Rome in May and hoth the Grand Flora and the Boscolo are showing no availability for a points stay.
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limited dates ARE avalable at both but no 5/7 consecutive nights...........
try the Marriott Rome Park which is available in May for point stays except for the 10-16th......
Originally Posted by dd992emo
(Post 19984468)
Does the certificate work like a points stay or a cash stay? In other words, does there have to be rooms available for points in order to use the cert? We're looking at Rome in May and hoth the Grand Flora and the Boscolo are showing no availability for a points stay.
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Originally Posted by BKKLEE
(Post 19984751)
limited dates ARE avalable at both but no 5/7 consecutive nights...........
try the Marriott Rome Park which is available in May for point stays except for the 10-16th...... Where did you find the availability? When I was searching yesterday I ended up on a page with a calendar that showed "Not available for check in" on every day in May. Now I can't figure out how to get back to that page...:rolleyes: Edit: okay, I figured out that by saying my dates are flexible it shows the calendar, but all of May, June and July are showing unavailable for redemption. I'll keep looking... |
Change the number of nights to 1 and it will show you all of the nights for which awards are available. Award nights do not need to be contiguous, but the stay incorporating the award nights does.
For example, you could use a 7 night Cat 8 TP for a stays at the Boscolo from May 3 to May 14 and use the cert for May 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11-13 and then pay for May 4, 6, 8, and 10. There needs to be the same room type available on the paid nights. The easiest way to do this is to call reservations to have this set up. I don't even know if it can be done online with the Cash and Points feature. My guess is not since Marriott IT tends to FUBAR all enhancements the last few years. BTW April 28-May 4 is available at Rome Grand Flora. |
As BKKLEE said, the Rome Marriott Park looks to be available all of May except for the 10-16th.
I know nothing about these hotels but the Rome Marriott Park is a Cat 5 and the two you mentioned are Cat 8. Do you have a Cat 8 certificate? edit: and as aaupgrade said the Marriott Grande Flora is available for check-in on April 28th or 29th |
Just for one further information point. I went to Rome last May/June and spent a week there on a travel package.
I redeemed the travel package in January and booked my air travel. Around the middle/end of April all of the Marriott hotels in Rome began to open up award space that allowed for me to use my certificate. Before that point they did not have any nights available for redemption. Once they did open up the award space they seemed to open whole months at once. |
Originally Posted by nissan720
(Post 19987514)
Just for one further information point. I went to Rome last May/June and spent a week there on a travel package.
I redeemed the travel package in January and booked my air travel. Around the middle/end of April all of the Marriott hotels in Rome began to open up award space that allowed for me to use my certificate. Before that point they did not have any nights available for redemption. Once they did open up the award space they seemed to open whole months at once. That was beginning to be my plan. Good to know it's a possibility. P.S: I grew up in northeast OK. |
travel packages with u/g certs
Can anyone tell me if:
you can use a travel package and points to get nights at properties that normally require both... specifically st kitts beach club - 3 bed villa normally = 3 upgrade certs a night from a cat 6 so 300k points gets me 7 nights + 120k airmiles 7x3x5k gets me the upgrade? total per week 405k points and airmiles in the bank? |
I think your math is correct...I used a travel package and upgraded with points for that exact property.
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Check the cash upgrade option and see how much it costs to upgrade by cash vs using the extra 105K points. I recently booked a travel package and chose the cash upgrade option vs the points upgrade option based on my comparison of relative value of the two.
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How does the cash upgrades work?
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Originally Posted by the4aces
(Post 19990323)
How does the cash upgrades work?
In general Marriott offers cash and points upgrade options on award stays and you can see it -if available -when you try to book an award stay on their website. More details in this post and others- http://thepointsguy.com/2012/09/maxi...uite-upgrades/ |
Originally Posted by sorka
(Post 19656602)
This is regarding the Marriott Travel Package: http://www.marriott.com/rewards/usepoints/morepack.mi
If I understand correctly, I can reserve 7-nights for a hotel and also get miles with a 1:1 ratio. Hotel + Air Package 1: Using 270,000 points to get only 120,000 Miles is not my idea of 1:1!7 Nights + 50,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 70,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 100,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 120,000 Miles or Avios Category 1-5 200,000 | View 220,000 | View 250,000 | View 270,000 | View Category 6 230,000 | View 250,000 | View 280,000 | View 300,000 | View Category 7 260,000 | View 280,000 | View 310,000 | View 330,000 | View Category 8 290,000 | View 310,000 | View 340,000 | View 360,000 | View Tier 1-3 350,000 | View 370,000 | View 400,000 | View 420,000 | View Tier 4-5 470,000 | View 490,000 | View 520,000 | View 540,000 | View Participating Airlines: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, GOL/Varig, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic So what am I missing??? :confused: (Even if I factor out the hotel points cost, there's only one package for cat 1 -5, and I could pay well less than 150,000 points for 7 nights at a cat 3 or maybe even 4, couldn't I?) Also I see some mentions of 5 nights in this thread, but the chart only seems to show 7 nights? |
Originally Posted by sdsearch
(Post 19994690)
Now I'm quite confused. I too had hread about a 1:1 ratio, but I see no such ratio on the linked chart. I just see stuff like:
Hotel + Air Package 1: Using 270,000 points to get only 120,000 Miles is not my idea of 1:1!7 Nights + 50,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 70,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 100,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 120,000 Miles or Avios Category 1-5 200,000 | View 220,000 | View 250,000 | View 270,000 | View Category 6 230,000 | View 250,000 | View 280,000 | View 300,000 | View Category 7 260,000 | View 280,000 | View 310,000 | View 330,000 | View Category 8 290,000 | View 310,000 | View 340,000 | View 360,000 | View Tier 1-3 350,000 | View 370,000 | View 400,000 | View 420,000 | View Tier 4-5 470,000 | View 490,000 | View 520,000 | View 540,000 | View Participating Airlines: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, GOL/Varig, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic So what am I missing??? :confused: (Even if I factor out the hotel points cost, there's only one package for cat 1 -5, and I could pay well less than 150,000 points for 7 nights at a cat 3 or maybe even 4, couldn't I?) Also I see some mentions of 5 nights in this thread, but the chart only seems to show 7 nights? If you directly traded for the miles it might be 1.2 million points for 120k miles. |
Originally Posted by sdsearch
(Post 19994690)
Now I'm quite confused. I too had hread about a 1:1 ratio, but I see no such ratio on the linked chart. I just see stuff like:
Hotel + Air Package 1: Using 270,000 points to get only 120,000 Miles is not my idea of 1:1!7 Nights + 50,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 70,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 100,000 Miles or Avios 7 Nights + 120,000 Miles or Avios Category 1-5 200,000 | View 220,000 | View 250,000 | View 270,000 | View Category 6 230,000 | View 250,000 | View 280,000 | View 300,000 | View Category 7 260,000 | View 280,000 | View 310,000 | View 330,000 | View Category 8 290,000 | View 310,000 | View 340,000 | View 360,000 | View Tier 1-3 350,000 | View 370,000 | View 400,000 | View 420,000 | View Tier 4-5 470,000 | View 490,000 | View 520,000 | View 540,000 | View Participating Airlines: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, GOL/Varig, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic So what am I missing??? :confused: (Even if I factor out the hotel points cost, there's only one package for cat 1 -5, and I could pay well less than 150,000 points for 7 nights at a cat 3 or maybe even 4, couldn't I?) Also I see some mentions of 5 nights in this thread, but the chart only seems to show 7 nights? |
Originally Posted by sdsearch
(Post 19994690)
Also I see some mentions of 5 nights in this thread, but the chart only seems to show 7 nights?
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thx for responses folks... did not know about cash upgrade option
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How do I redeem hotel portion of travel package?
I called in to redeem a travel package. Miles have posted. They told me that I would get an e-cert and then just reserve hotel portion from the website. But the following is listed in my certificates section:
7 nights at a Category 1-5 hotel, up to 120,000 frequent flyer miles or Rapid Rewards Points and 25% off Hertz car rental When I book a hotel using points it does not give me the option to use an e-cert like it did with the cat. 1-4 certs. Also I have no idea how to use the hertz award. |
When I redeemed my points for a travel award a few days ago, the rep explained that I could always make a traditional reservation and then just call in to have it manually applied if it does not automatically recognize the e-cert.
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do I understand that when you choose a 7-night award stay and say "buy it" that the 7-night available cert is not given as an option? if so, then just call back MRs and have them execute the award cert for your resee.......
Originally Posted by hindukid
(Post 20012444)
I called in to redeem a travel package. Miles have posted. They told me that I would get an e-cert and then just reserve hotel portion from the website. But the following is listed in my certificates section:
7 nights at a Category 1-5 hotel, up to 120,000 frequent flyer miles or Rapid Rewards Points and 25% off Hertz car rental When I book a hotel using points it does not give me the option to use an e-cert like it did with the cat. 1-4 certs. Also I have no idea how to use the hertz award. |
If you have the hotel part of a travel package, you can redeem the award online and call Marriott to have them attach the hotel certificate to your award reservation. Alternatively, you can just call Marriott and have them book the award reservation and attach the award certificate.
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Apprehensive about the vacation package
I like the 1:1 points to miles aspect, but looking at Italy in May and none of the Cat 8 properties in Rome show award availability for 7 nights. The Cat 5 Il Ciocco shows no (7 night) award availability. Do I call the PP line (never used it) to see if they can force the package? Wait and see if avail shows up? There is some availability in Cat 2/3 AC properties, but this is a special trip we will never make again. Anyone have experience with vacation packages?
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