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 15, 2014, 1:43 pm
#121
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Programs: UALifetimePremierGold, Marriott LifetimeTitanium
Posts: 71,110
Cheers.
Aug 15, 2014, 5:27 pm
#122
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
As an MR Plat, I automatically got signed up for:
As usual, I was told that the computer will post according to the promo I was originally issued, and then if I stay up to 30 nights then the additional 5k bonus points will be posted by the agent manually.
Now, what's interesting is that the agent gave me the internal number of each promotion. She said I had been originally given promotion 6 ("up to 50k"), and the promotion I was switching to was promotion 5 ("up to 55k").
Sorry, I don't know the promotion numbers for the rest of the promotions, and as you can see, they're not in ascending order of "up to" points amount, so they could be in just about any order.
Also, the representative gave me her extension, so that I could call her back directly in the future if I wished. Is that common?
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
I just called up and was able to get switched to: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
I was given the "exception" language, but I'm sure that's in the script they're required to read. (This is not the first time I've had my promo changed.)As usual, I was told that the computer will post according to the promo I was originally issued, and then if I stay up to 30 nights then the additional 5k bonus points will be posted by the agent manually.
Now, what's interesting is that the agent gave me the internal number of each promotion. She said I had been originally given promotion 6 ("up to 50k"), and the promotion I was switching to was promotion 5 ("up to 55k").
Sorry, I don't know the promotion numbers for the rest of the promotions, and as you can see, they're not in ascending order of "up to" points amount, so they could be in just about any order.
Also, the representative gave me her extension, so that I could call her back directly in the future if I wished. Is that common?
Aug 15, 2014, 7:18 pm
#123
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 11,439
This is what I got, as a Platinum this year with 108 nights so far, and probably another 80-100 nights more this year. Getting this bonus will be easy for me.
Aug 15, 2014, 8:56 pm
#124
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: CLD
Programs: ua S, marriott P, hilton G, ihg P
Posts: 579
Aug 15, 2014, 10:46 pm
#125
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: Marriott Titanium; UA 1K; Hertz Presidents Club
Posts: 441
Aug 15, 2014, 11:32 pm
#126
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Van down by the river
Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, Marriott PP/LT Plat, Golden Circle Diamond
Posts: 718
It's also why they tell you that even if you complete the nights quickly, it can still take until the end of the promo to correctly show the change and credit to the account.
Aug 16, 2014, 12:43 am
#127
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,967
I made lifetime Platinum this year. Got offered the 55K bonus.
I started working on Hilton Diamond challenge but so far both hotels I stayed at were non-participating. So, I guess do the minimum with HHonors and move back to Marriott for this one...
With United going $ based RDM, I think Marriott points are worth more to me - if they don't change the conversion rate.
I started working on Hilton Diamond challenge but so far both hotels I stayed at were non-participating. So, I guess do the minimum with HHonors and move back to Marriott for this one...
With United going $ based RDM, I think Marriott points are worth more to me - if they don't change the conversion rate.
Aug 16, 2014, 1:23 am
#128
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 made lifetime Platinum this year. Got offered the 55K bonus.
I started working on Hilton Diamond challenge but so far both hotels I stayed at were non-participating. So, I guess do the minimum with HHonors and move back to Marriott for this one...
With United going $ based RDM, I think Marriott points are worth more to me - if they don't change the conversion rate.
I started working on Hilton Diamond challenge but so far both hotels I stayed at were non-participating. So, I guess do the minimum with HHonors and move back to Marriott for this one...
With United going $ based RDM, I think Marriott points are worth more to me - if they don't change the conversion rate.
But agree that MR points are probably worth more unless you get saver awards to the flights you want. Standard award levels then MR points definitely >>> UA RDM
Aug 16, 2014, 11:49 am
#129
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Ie, both times I was told it was manually tracked, but only this most recent time was I given the agent's extension (and not phrased as "if you have more questions about this promo change", but "if you need help with anything else").
... But I just realized, I don't know how to dial that extension (it's just 4 digits). Do I tell it to the robot? Do I punch in the 4 digits while the robot is yakking?
Aug 17, 2014, 9:18 pm
#130
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: SoCal; DO-RAGS: Old Gold tagged, PIP, LatPass 1/2, AA 4MM, HH LT Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, Omni
Posts: 9,180
This is every marketeer's nightmare: I signed up for the 10 stays after the first stay for 25,000 points. But the bonus isn't sufficient to influence my reservation decisions one iota, thereby making any extra points merely a non-revenue producing cost to Marriott.
Aug 18, 2014, 4:57 am
#132
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Van down by the river
Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, Marriott PP/LT Plat, Golden Circle Diamond
Posts: 718
Aug 18, 2014, 5:05 am
#133
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Van down by the river
Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, Marriott PP/LT Plat, Golden Circle Diamond
Posts: 718
Marriott still made money off you.
Aug 18, 2014, 7:35 am
#134
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: None - previously UA
Posts: 4,864
This is just a me too promotion. Marriott is matching the industry here, no one else is going above and beyond to sway customers so Marriott doesn't have to either. Their previous versions had too much cost associated with them, and perhaps weren't inducing the incremental spend they had wished for.
Aug 18, 2014, 12:27 pm
#135
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: CHO
Programs: Auto shop by CHO Frequent Oil Changer; Kayak Incognito Mode Platinum
Posts: 287
No certs means this promo does little for me, but I'll freely admit in the past few years I gamed cheapest room rates-->certs about as hard as possible short of pure mattress running. So some tiny fraction of it is probably my fault. ;-)
For my planned stays this fall, MR-affiliated hotels are reliably running $30+/night more expensive where I need to be. Without a certs promo, that's not a winning equation.
For my planned stays this fall, MR-affiliated hotels are reliably running $30+/night more expensive where I need to be. Without a certs promo, that's not a winning equation.