No Summer Mega Bonus according to CSR
May 4, 2015, 9:59 am
#1
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No Summer Mega Bonus according to CSR
Just called up Marriott Reward to get signed up for the Taste of Gold challenge and the CSR informed me that they just found out there would be no Mega Bonus this summer and that the next one should be sometime after August.
May 4, 2015, 10:08 am
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Welcome to FT! I hope you were speaking with a rogue agent who was mistaken...
May 4, 2015, 10:08 am
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There is never a Megabonus in the summer. Did the CSR say no summer bonus, or no summer Megabonus?
May 4, 2015, 10:15 am
#4
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Hmm I believe I specifically said Megabonus but the way she responded was "we just found out there will not be a summer bonus". I was not aware that the summer bonuses were called something different. Maybe someone else should try to call in and see what kind of response they get.
May 4, 2015, 10:31 am
#5
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I called just now to follow up on my mega-bonus being manually tracked.
I asked specifically about the summer getaway bonus, she hadn't seen anything on it yet, but had expected it to show up in their system today.
She did say it was up to corporate on whether they ran a promo. I normally get my notification of promo around May 7th/8th, but haven't seen anything yet.
I asked specifically about the summer getaway bonus, she hadn't seen anything on it yet, but had expected it to show up in their system today.
She did say it was up to corporate on whether they ran a promo. I normally get my notification of promo around May 7th/8th, but haven't seen anything yet.
May 4, 2015, 10:46 am
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Just spoke to a CSR who said she's "heard a rumor they may not be doing a summer promo but that it's just a rumor at this point". She said "we've always had one and can't see them not doing a summer promo because that's when everyone wants to do their vacations".
Rut roh....
Rut roh....
May 4, 2015, 11:14 am
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Yes, to clarify this is what they have been called recently
2012- Summer Bonus
2013- Unexpected Bonus
2014- Getaway Bonus
2012- Summer Bonus
2013- Unexpected Bonus
2014- Getaway Bonus
May 4, 2015, 3:46 pm
#8
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2015 -- How about Unexpected No Bonus?? 
May 4, 2015, 5:17 pm
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Confirmed on Marriott Insiders by a community manager that no summer bonus is planned. Yes, I think that is unexpected, given how very, very consistent they have been!
May 4, 2015, 6:25 pm
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Disappointing...doesn't seem like SPG is having anything either
May 4, 2015, 7:32 pm
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No Summer Mega Bonus according to CSR
Re qualified as Plat last week (inc rollover)
Perfect opportunity to sample another chain or be a "free agent" (double dipping via hotels.com & cash back site)
I know the U.S. economy is improving, but this strikes me as short sighted
Food for thought...
Perfect opportunity to sample another chain or be a "free agent" (double dipping via hotels.com & cash back site)
I know the U.S. economy is improving, but this strikes me as short sighted
Food for thought...
May 4, 2015, 9:02 pm
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--Jon
May 5, 2015, 12:32 am
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... Or it could be viewed as a great time to redeem that point pile. After all, there's no megabonus to chase up!
May 5, 2015, 3:50 am
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May 5, 2015, 6:33 am
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Clearly Marriott sees no reason to add stay incentive during the summer... they must be anticipating higher occupancy and rates so don't need to give away more points on top of that.