Dec 17, 2014, 1:46 pm
Last edit by: trekwars2000
Spring MegaBonus 2015 Options:
- Earn 3,000 points on every paid stay that includes a Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday — up to 24,000 bonus points (maxes out after 8 stays over weekend day)
- Earn 3,000 points on every paid stay, starting with your second stay, up to 24,000 bonus points (maxes out after 9 stays)
- Earn 2,500 points on every paid stay, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points (maxes out after 11 stays)
- Earn 2,000 points on every paid stay, starting with your second stay, up to 24,000 bonus points (maxes out after 13 stays)
- Earn 10,000 points after 10 paid nights plus 2,000 points with every additional night, up to 24,000 bonus points (maxes out after 17 nights)
- Earn 25,000 points after 20 paid nights plus 2,000 points after every additional night, up to 35,000 bonus points (maxes out after 25 nights)
- Earn 15,000 points after 15 paid nights plus 2,000 points with every additional night, up to 35,000 bonus points (maxes out after 25 nights)
- Earn 25,000 points after 15 paid nights plus 2,000 points after every additional night, up to 45,000 bonus points (maxes out after 25 nights)
- Earn 35,000 points after 20 paid nights plus 2,000 points after every additional night, up to 55,000 bonus points (maxes out after 30 nights)
Marriott Megabonus 2/1/15-4/30/15
Dec 25, 2014, 2:52 pm
#106
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 869
With so many different options why don't they just make all options available under each persons Promotion Central, including certificates, and let them pick their favorite? Seems they could make more people happy and foster a little good will for a change.
Dec 25, 2014, 6:27 pm
#108
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Second, are you assuming the whole world reads FlyerTalk?
Most people outside of FlyerTalk don't know that any other options exist, and it would be a very big change for Marriott to announce that publicly.Again, be careful what you wish for: Most hotel companies (Hilton, for example) which have had choices of promos only let you choose between two very lousy promos. It could be that promos from Marriott are as good as they are only because they are not (for the average non-FTer) choosable and not all publicly disclosed by Marriott. Any changes to that (like your suggestion) would most likely be accompanied by radical "Hiltonizing"
of the Marriott promos, rather than implementing your suggestion while keeping everything else unchanged.
Dec 26, 2014, 10:16 am
#109
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 1
I've always been able to get them to switch me just by emailing through the website, which takes 2 seconds vs 2 minutes on the phone.
Dec 26, 2014, 6:20 pm
#110
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 869
As I explained right above, even if you ask to have your offer changed, and they say ok, it's still tracked manually (at your end and at their end), and the website still think you're on the old offer. So it seems obvious to me that until they make it possible for the rep to change the offer and have it reflected online, they don't have underlying technology in place to do what you suggest.
Second, are you assuming the whole world reads FlyerTalk? Most people outside of FlyerTalk don't know that any other options exist, and it would be a very big change for Marriott to announce that publicly.
Again, be careful what you wish for: Most hotel companies (Hilton, for example) which have had choices of promos only let you choose between two very lousy promos. It could be that promos from Marriott are as good as they are only because they are not (for the average non-FTer) choosable and not all publicly disclosed by Marriott. Any changes to that (like your suggestion) would most likely be accompanied by radical "Hiltonizing" of the Marriott promos, rather than implementing your suggestion while keeping everything else unchanged.
Second, are you assuming the whole world reads FlyerTalk?
Most people outside of FlyerTalk don't know that any other options exist, and it would be a very big change for Marriott to announce that publicly.Again, be careful what you wish for: Most hotel companies (Hilton, for example) which have had choices of promos only let you choose between two very lousy promos. It could be that promos from Marriott are as good as they are only because they are not (for the average non-FTer) choosable and not all publicly disclosed by Marriott. Any changes to that (like your suggestion) would most likely be accompanied by radical "Hiltonizing"
of the Marriott promos, rather than implementing your suggestion while keeping everything else unchanged.Marriott is already pretty much Hiltonized.
Dec 26, 2014, 11:29 pm
#111
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
No it's not. To be Hiltonized means to have lousy promos (with no choices) like just double points and then on top of that to have 30% of all the hotels in the program opt out of even that!
Where's the giant list of Marriott family hotels opting out of MegaBonus??? I've never seen one. (I've seen smaller lists for certain side promos with partners, but that's about it.)
I've never had to check an opt-out hotel list for MegaBonus. But I do have to check an opt-out list for every single Hilton promo, because usually at least one Hilton hotel I might consider staying at has opted out.
Where's the giant list of Marriott family hotels opting out of MegaBonus???
I've never seen one. (I've seen smaller lists for certain side promos with partners, but that's about it.)I've never had to check an opt-out hotel list for MegaBonus. But I do have to check an opt-out list for every single Hilton promo, because usually at least one Hilton hotel I might consider staying at has opted out.
Dec 27, 2014, 7:26 am
#112
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Potomac Falls, VA
Programs: AA Plat 2MM, MR Gold, Avis Pref
Posts: 41,109
IMHO, I received a crappy one again
Earn 2,500 points on every paid stay starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Earn 2,500 points on every paid stay starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Dec 27, 2014, 12:36 pm
#113
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: DL DM, AA PlatPro, Hilton DM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC, National EE
Posts: 1,532
I've tried twice through the website and received:
1) "I apologize that I cannot extend an exception to change your 2015 Spring MegaBonus Promotion offer."
and 2) "Please accept my apologies that we are unable to enroll you in an alternate offer."
Dec 27, 2014, 12:52 pm
#114
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 869
No it's not. To be Hiltonized means to have lousy promos (with no choices) like just double points and then on top of that to have 30% of all the hotels in the program opt out of even that!
Where's the giant list of Marriott family hotels opting out of MegaBonus??? I've never seen one. (I've seen smaller lists for certain side promos with partners, but that's about it.)
I've never had to check an opt-out hotel list for MegaBonus. But I do have to check an opt-out list for every single Hilton promo, because usually at least one Hilton hotel I might consider staying at has opted out.
Where's the giant list of Marriott family hotels opting out of MegaBonus???
I've never seen one. (I've seen smaller lists for certain side promos with partners, but that's about it.)I've never had to check an opt-out hotel list for MegaBonus. But I do have to check an opt-out list for every single Hilton promo, because usually at least one Hilton hotel I might consider staying at has opted out.
Dec 27, 2014, 2:18 pm
#115
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 112
Were you able to do that?
I've tried twice through the website and received:
1) "I apologize that I cannot extend an exception to change your 2015 Spring MegaBonus Promotion offer."
and 2) "Please accept my apologies that we are unable to enroll you in an alternate offer."
I've tried twice through the website and received:
1) "I apologize that I cannot extend an exception to change your 2015 Spring MegaBonus Promotion offer."
and 2) "Please accept my apologies that we are unable to enroll you in an alternate offer."
Jan 3, 2015, 2:07 am
#116
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: Too Many to Count
Posts: 510
Thank you for posting. It's a good deal IMO.
Jan 5, 2015, 3:21 am
#117
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: TKU
Programs: some
Posts: 164
Hmmm, not sure... my MR account has been created in Germany long time ago and when I login over marriott.de I see:
Which translates to:
If I go to marriott.com I read:
Lost in translation or got a crappy deal? If so, if I sign up on the US site I get another deal than on the German site? Anyway, signed up on the US page and my account shows I'm signed up for the 2.500 for each stay after the second.
Btw. I'm MR Gold 2015 & 2016
Erhalten Sie 2.500 Punkte nach jeden zweitem bezahlten Aufenthalt, beginnend mit Ihrem zweitem Aufenthalt, insgesamt bis zu 25.000 Bonuspunkte.
Earn 2,500 points on every second paid stay, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Earn 2,500 points on every paid stay, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points
Btw. I'm MR Gold 2015 & 2016
Jan 5, 2015, 8:57 am
#118
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, DL Silver, UA Silver (via Marr), Marr LTT, HH Gold (via cc), Hyatt Disc
Posts: 1,039
I called and was able to switch my promotion (from #1 in the list above to #3). I didn't get any push back, but may have been my approach; I told them I rarely spend a weekend night at hotels, so the current offer wouldn't influence my stay patterns, so it's a "lose-lose" for both me (no extra points) and Marriott (no extra revenue).
As noted above, though; they did say this will require a manual recalculation at the end of the promotion which will require an additional call, so for not making the change automatic.
As noted above, though; they did say this will require a manual recalculation at the end of the promotion which will require an additional call, so
for not making the change automatic.
Jan 5, 2015, 4:43 pm
#119
Join Date: Dec 2011
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Plat, Avis First, Hertz PC
Posts: 575
All offers are not equivalent. Some are ABSOLUTELY better, in all cases.
For example:
Earn 15,000 points after 15 paid nights plus 2,000 points with every additional night, up to 35,000 bonus points (maxes out after 25 nights)
vs
Earn 25,000 points after 15 paid nights plus 2,000 points after every additional night, up to 45,000 bonus points (maxes out after 25 nights)
Who wants less points for the same offer?
For example:
Earn 15,000 points after 15 paid nights plus 2,000 points with every additional night, up to 35,000 bonus points (maxes out after 25 nights)
vs
Earn 25,000 points after 15 paid nights plus 2,000 points after every additional night, up to 45,000 bonus points (maxes out after 25 nights)
Who wants less points for the same offer?
Jan 6, 2015, 3:57 am
#120
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BA, Marriott, Hertz, Dennis The Menace Fan Club
Posts: 2,015
Before Christmas my promotion was showing as 55k after 25 nights. Now it's changed to 25k + 5x 2k i.e. 35k points.