Aug 13, 2014, 11:07 am
Last edit by: dgreen12
Register between August 13 and November 15, 2014 for your own personalized offer on stays between September 15, 2014 and January 15, 2015.
http://www.marriottrewards.com/MegaBonus2014
Offers people got:
Earn double points with every paid stay*, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Earn 2500 bonus points with every paid stay*, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Earn 25,000 bonus points after 12 paid nights, plus an additional 5,000 points after 18 paid nights, up to 30,000 bonus points
Earn 25,000 bonus points after 15 paid nights, plus an additional 15,000 points after 20 paid nights, up to 40,000 bonus points.
Earn 35,000 bonus points after 20 paid nights, plus an additional 15,000 points after 25 paid nights, up to 50,000 bonus points
Earn 35,000 bonus points after 20 paid nights, plus an additional 2,000 for every additional paid night, up to 55,000 bonus points
If you're not automatically enrolled for a MegaBonus offer when you login to your account, simply call up the Customer Service number (801-468-4000 or 800-450-4442 (tell The Robot who answers the 800 number that "I want to combine Marriott accounts" and you'll be transferred to a real person)) and you'll be assigned one of the offers.
http://www.marriottrewards.com/MegaBonus2014
Offers people got:
Earn double points with every paid stay*, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Earn 2500 bonus points with every paid stay*, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Earn 25,000 bonus points after 12 paid nights, plus an additional 5,000 points after 18 paid nights, up to 30,000 bonus points
Earn 25,000 bonus points after 15 paid nights, plus an additional 15,000 points after 20 paid nights, up to 40,000 bonus points.
Earn 35,000 bonus points after 20 paid nights, plus an additional 15,000 points after 25 paid nights, up to 50,000 bonus points
Earn 35,000 bonus points after 20 paid nights, plus an additional 2,000 for every additional paid night, up to 55,000 bonus points
If you're not automatically enrolled for a MegaBonus offer when you login to your account, simply call up the Customer Service number (801-468-4000 or 800-450-4442 (tell The Robot who answers the 800 number that "I want to combine Marriott accounts" and you'll be transferred to a real person)) and you'll be assigned one of the offers.
Marriott Rewards’ MegaBonus opens August 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014, 11:30 pm
#91
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 940
Got the double points bonus and sent an email to Marriott Customer Care hoping to change to 2500/stay bonus, denied as Platinum...zzz
Aug 13, 2014, 11:33 pm
#92
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Van down by the river
Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, Marriott PP/LT Plat, Golden Circle Diamond
Posts: 718
I wouldnt say that, I decided on a road trip the last min for this past Sun/Mon. I had a cat4 cert that was gonna exp before my next trip out West. Ended up using it at a FI whose rate was $299+ for the night and I didnt have to go out of my the FI was just outside my destination
By the time the current MB ends I will have crossed over to LT Plat = no longer needing to do mattress runs to complete a MB or get to LT Plat. Going forward the only MBs Id be interested in are the 2-4-1 certs if they should ever come back
By the time the current MB ends I will have crossed over to LT Plat = no longer needing to do mattress runs to complete a MB or get to LT Plat. Going forward the only MBs Id be interested in are the 2-4-1 certs if they should ever come back
I have LTP already. Some Marriott hotels I still stay because it's the best value for the location. Others I stayed at Marriott chasing points and LT. Those does are gone
Aug 14, 2014, 1:48 am
#93
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BA, Marriott, Hertz, Dennis The Menace Fan Club
Posts: 2,015
Mine says 'Earn up to 25,000 points' and then goes on to tell me that it's 35k after 20 nights plus 15k for another 5.
Aug 14, 2014, 2:01 am
#94
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Was hoping to get a few certs for next summer...nope.
Aug 14, 2014, 5:17 am
#95
Suspended
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
Your example is exactly why I don't like certs. It was by dumb luck the cert had value. Not much of an incentive. And they expire. I've love MR to convert my annual cert to points.
I have LTP already. Some Marriott hotels I still stay because it's the best value for the location. Others I stayed at Marriott chasing points and LT. Those does are gone
I have LTP already. Some Marriott hotels I still stay because it's the best value for the location. Others I stayed at Marriott chasing points and LT. Those does are gone
Even thou I didnt do in the past as good as I did this time, I usually did get very good value out of my certs. But there arent any cat5s left where I go to in HI, and with the constant yearly cat increases there are less and less cat 4s and 5s yet still enough out there to make them still worthwhile for my usage.
Aug 14, 2014, 6:03 am
#96
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SNA
Posts: 18,240
Just a note for UK based travellers at least one UK based poster on insiders got a higher-end points offer. So that theory is flawed.
Aug 14, 2014, 7:34 am
#97
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Aug 2002
Programs: UALifetimePremierGold, Marriott LifetimeTitanium
Posts: 71,107
Because while one gets a lot of nights year round in Marriott properties there are times when travel might be less during one of the promos & thus won't hit the nights but will get the stays to get the certs, which can be used both domestically & internationally. It's never an absolute & your constant refrain that it is is a bit silly IMO.Cheers.
Aug 14, 2014, 8:10 am
#98
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: between Albuquerque and Santa Fe
Programs: Kimpton Inner Circle; IHG Spire elite; Marriott & SPG Gold, r
Posts: 838
Nada; zip; zilch, rien. Same for hubby as my account. We have a few stays already booked for this year. 
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Aug 14, 2014, 8:53 am
#99
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
And yet some of the road warriors also appreciate the certs Because while one gets a lot of nights year round in Marriott properties there are times when travel might be less during one of the promos & thus won't hit the nights but will get the stays to get the certs, which can be used both domestically & internationally. It's never an absolute & your constant refrain that it is is a bit silly IMO.
Cheers.
Because while one gets a lot of nights year round in Marriott properties there are times when travel might be less during one of the promos & thus won't hit the nights but will get the stays to get the certs, which can be used both domestically & internationally. It's never an absolute & your constant refrain that it is is a bit silly IMO.Cheers.
Aug 14, 2014, 9:20 am
#100
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SNA
Posts: 18,240
Nada; zip; zilch, rien. Same for hubby as my account. We have a few stays already booked for this year.
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Aug 14, 2014, 9:53 am
#101
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: Amtrak Select Plus, Marriott Platinum, Marriott Lifetime Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,123
As a leisure traveler, very disappointed that no certs are offered. Guess I won't have to hotel hop this time, at least.
Aug 14, 2014, 10:01 am
#102
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 312
I got the 25,000 points offer.
I definitely would have preferred if they offered the 2 stay = 1 free night certificate offer like was offered in the past.
This and the summer promotion has made me choose hotels based on price and location more now. I used to always only book Marriott properties, but now am more open minded to book other chains.
So I say bring back the free night certificates.
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I definitely would have preferred if they offered the 2 stay = 1 free night certificate offer like was offered in the past.
This and the summer promotion has made me choose hotels based on price and location more now. I used to always only book Marriott properties, but now am more open minded to book other chains.
So I say bring back the free night certificates.
soccer
Aug 14, 2014, 12:11 pm
#103
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 1,337
"I wish I had more hands..... so I could give them (Megabonus) 4 thumbs down!"
Aug 14, 2014, 1:19 pm
#104
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Van down by the river
Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, Marriott PP/LT Plat, Golden Circle Diamond
Posts: 718
And yet some of the road warriors also appreciate the certs Because while one gets a lot of nights year round in Marriott properties there are times when travel might be less during one of the promos & thus won't hit the nights but will get the stays to get the certs, which can be used both domestically & internationally. It's never an absolute & your constant refrain that it is is a bit silly IMO.
Cheers.
Because while one gets a lot of nights year round in Marriott properties there are times when travel might be less during one of the promos & thus won't hit the nights but will get the stays to get the certs, which can be used both domestically & internationally. It's never an absolute & your constant refrain that it is is a bit silly IMO.Cheers.
By the way, you brought it up in the thread, not me
Aug 14, 2014, 1:37 pm
#105
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,218
Honestly, I'm happy with either. The certs helped me fill out small trips where staying at the airport, or a close to home staycation, was nice to be free. And the bonus points help me towards my more lofty hotel goals.
I think it would be nice if they either alternated the promotions (certs one time, miles the next) or even gave you a choice each time without having to call and "hope" you could switch.
I think it would be nice if they either alternated the promotions (certs one time, miles the next) or even gave you a choice each time without having to call and "hope" you could switch.