Marriott Gold, called in and got offer switched to 1-5.

Marriott Silver referee (via Chase) called in and also got offer switched to 1-5

I just registered for this promo. I have a stay January 31-February 1. Does that count as a stay in February? I couldn't tell by the T&Cs or in this thread.

If I have a week stay at a hotel and say I check out after three days and start a new reservation for the remainder 4 days. Will that be considered 2 stays or 1 stay? Since there would be two different reservations technically.

Thanks.

1 stay, regardless of check in and check out. You can do it 7 times and it'll still be one stay

Move to a different hotel

Hi,
I'm still looking for some clarification on this. I have stay coming up 1/31 - 2/2. Will this count towards the promotion since one night falls under the promotion? Thanks.

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Update: Just spoke with Marriott and they said that my first stay should count since one night falls on the start of the promotion.

Ditto...I called, was enrolled in the Cat 5 promo, and off the phone in under 90 seconds.

However, I don't see it in my account yet. Guess it takes a bit for it to show up. Hope I don't end up seeing Cat 4 like some prior posters have seen...there's a huge gulf between Cat 4 and Cat 5 these days.

EDIT: Ugh...1 day later, they loaded the Cat 4 promo. :mad: Debating a call, not that I expect it to do any good...

This gets asked ad nausem on every promotion, but the answer still remains NO. Marriott requires you to SLEEP in the bed on the night of the promotion, not CHECKOUT on the morning of the start of the promotion.

Sleep on the 31st, checkout on the 1st - No Good
Sleep on the 1st, checkout on the 2nd - Good

Sleep on May 31st, Checkout on the 1st - Good
Sleep on 1st, checkout on the 2nd - No Good

So I got the normal Cat 1-4 Megabonus offer (2 stays, 1 free night) up to 2 and signed up for that quite some time ago... then in my inbox today I also receieved a Southwest mileage offer (from Southwest Rapid Rewards email):

As a Rapid Rewards® Member and a Marriott Rewards Member, you have been selected to receive an exclusive offer to earn up to 50,000 Rapid Rewards Bonus Points.
1. Register for the Marriott Rewards MegaMiles promotion.
2. Complete at least two stays at any of the 3,700+ Marriott hotels across 14 distinctive brands between February 1, 2014 and April 30, 2014 to earn 5,000 bonus points.
3. Earn an additional 5,000 bonus points with every second paid stay—up to 50,000 bonus points.

I know you only get credit based on if you're on points vs miles -- but can I do both in the same time period? I.e. do 4 stays, get my 2 free nights, switch to miles and then earn the bonus SW points? I tried to click the register link -- but it's not showing up for me in Marriott I get the unavailable promotion thing (I did switch my earnings preference to miles)... Am I locked out because I already registered for the nights megabonus? Can I change this some how? I think if I had to choose one, I would pick the Southwest points

I received a pretty nasty response by email from Marriott when I tried to change my Megabonus offer from Cat 1-4 to 1-5. It was entirely different when I called in -- no problem at all and super nice.

Note to self: Just call next time!

In the past, you could do both. On stays where you had mileage earning selected, you would earn MegaMiles. On stays where you had points earning select, you would earn MegaBonus.

Assuming this is still the case, then for example you could use MegaBonus for the few stays it takes to max out on free night certficiates (which are likely worth more than 5000 Southwest points), but then move to the MegaMiles for any further stays to earn bonus Southwest points on those.

You may have to switch your earning preference to "miles" to register for the MegaMiles bonus. But you can then switch back to "points" to do the MegaBonus first if you wish.


However... I got the same email, switched my earning preference to Southwest, then clicked on register, and Marriott told me I was ineligible. So I'm not sure what's going on, and what the real eligibility requirements are. (The T&Cs don't state that it's for new Marriott members only, the way they did for the UA version.)

Call Marriott and they'll switch you over to MegaMiles promo.

"Swtich you over" is unfortunately right. They told me that the reason I can't register is because I'm already registered for MegaBonus. They said in this promo cycle, MegaBonus and MegaMiles are the same promotion and mutually exclusive. (As I said before, they were separate in previous cycles and one could sign up for both in previous cycles.)

So Marriott is going to lose out on a bunch of my stays the next 3 months. Yes, I'll finish my MegaBonus, but instead of continuing at Marriott with a MegaMiles as I had planned, I'll go to some other program.

Is this what they really wanted??? :confused:

Megabonus not showing?
 

My promotions are showing "no new promotions". Is it worth a call to Marriott to see why I don't qualify for the spring megabonus?

Has anyone experienced being excluded from a megabonus in the past?

Everyone is included. Call them, it wasn't showing for many people.

I did and called and was put into a program. Marriott's IT department is a joke.