If I have 50,000 points in my account, and I want the 250,000 point TP, can I transfer 100,000 from one account (father) and 100,000 from another account (wife) into my account?

MR just told me they can only transfer 50,000

Marriott has been devaluing points annually through "category creep", increasing the redemption categories for popular properties and introducing new, higher categories every few years. This has gone on for several years now and shows no signs of ending anytime soon. I would not sit on such a large balance of points (400k+) for long. Find some reasonable way to redeem it-- buy a TP, book a 5+ night reward stay, etc. Remember that you can buy a TP without reserving a specific hotel. You get a certificate that's good for a year. So, if you're not sure right now where you want to go but are reasonably certain you'll be able to book plans in a few months, considering doing that.

As far as I know, it's 50,000 per year. But you should transfer 50,000 from dad by 12/31/15 and then another 50,000 after 1/1/16. You should be able to do same with you wife if it is not a 50,000 limit per year into account.

If there is a limit to transfer in, you can still transfer the "needed" points from your wife into your account to use to book your trip. You just can't bank it. I was told this policy has not changed and you can do even if you already did the 50,000 transfer from wife.

I did my 50,000 from my husband for this year and will do the next 50,000 in January.

By the way, must be a lot of people doing this before the end of the year as all week there has been a very long wait to get an agent on the phone.

The normal transfer limit is 50K. But on a one time per year basis, you can transfer more than 50K from an account, but the kicker is you have to be ordering an award right at that time.

Quoted from Marriott's website: "A limit of 50,000 points per year may be transferred into or out of a member’s account. Members who are transferring points in order to satisfy a specific award may exceed the 50,000 limit up to the amount needed to satisfy the reservation."

You are not phrasing it right to the agent. You are not transferring points, you are combing balances to book an award.

I do own a timeshare and can do a 5 night TP but the largest number of points I can transfer into AP is 120K and to get the bonus of 40K points, I need to transfer 150K. Guess I'm really asking if AP gives a bonus on two transactions or must I transfer the entire 150K to get the bonus at once.

So, just to make sure I'm clear: we're limited to 50k transfer from a non-spouse and one combination with a spouse per calendar year? So 200k of "unearned" points per calendar year?

Thanks for clarifying. Yes, you can do multiple transactions and from what I remember, they update the proper points to receive when new data arrives. You could also transfer from multiple places (Starwood for example in addition to Marriott).

Nope. Marriott has now dropped the whole "spouse" part. Anyone can transfer up to 50K out of their account each year to anyone else's account.

On a "once a year" basis, anyone can transfer more than 50K when they are ordering an award, if that award requires more than 50K.

Now, based on what I quoted above, the real question is could you pull 50K in from friend "1" and then pull another 50K in from friend "2" all within the same year? I'm not positive on that one. Maybe someone has already tried to do just that and can share whether they were successful or not.

That is pretty much exactly what I was wondering, I had initially thought it was possible just reading the first announcement.

just spoke with aeroplan supervisor. She says that unless the total in a single transaction is 150K then I will not be eligible to receive 40K bonus points. Has to be in a single transaction and they don't add up two or three transactions.

Different from what I read in the past then.

Edit: Actually, change that. The supervisor is completely wrong. Go to this link, which is on aeroplan's site: https://www3.aeroplan.com/promotions...FallConversion

The technical term for that is hogwash.

The terms are quite clearly displayed right on the main promo page:

So, not only do the points not have to be transferred at the same time, they don't even have to be from the same program.

To answer the OP's first question (I think) Marriott offers MVCI owners a 5 night travel package for category 1-5 hotels for 235K Marriott Reward points.

That will translate to 120K miles on most programs including Air Canada.

Billy

PS - you just call MR and they can set it up. They can look up in the system if you own.

Just picked off 2 TP's today. Plenty of points left over to upgrade them to a cat 6 or 7 depending on where I decide to use them. :) 264,000 RDMs on UA too... fantastic.