mroseman13

HUCA. I've heard of non-elites talking their way into the 5 night awards. https://thepointsguy.com/2016/02/mar...ight-packages/

lexdevil

True, and I have tried in the past (I am a HUCA vet), but it became clear recently that Marriott was tightening up/communicating better with its employees regarding the 5-night Travel Packages.

I had hoped that this was a change of policy, but the PP agent contacted MR, who then asked higher ups. I spent a lot of time on hold as the issue was researched, so I'm pretty confident that this is not a new PP benefit. At least not now.

Which doesn't mean one can't HUCA, but that was the status prior to this.

Jiatong

Yes, +2 on this

xingprox

I(PP) tried after seeing this today, no luck. Agents said it's not benefit and no way to get me 5N. Tried 3 diff agents.

MsEverywhere

I was suddenly PP this year and wondering about any incremental benefits. I don't remember getting any tchotchke, but is there a United Gold benefit? How do I get it?

Is there any other benefit besides the new phone #?

lexdevil

The tchotchke, for US PPs, was a pouch for holding cables/earbuds that came with a phone charging cable.

Coverage of the United Gold for PPs is here.

The sign up form is here.

CCIE_Flyer

What - Marriott is not clear as to what, exactly, PP means???? Say it ain't so, Joe...

MsEverywhere

Thanks! I flew UA once last year as Silver (for the first time in years!) when I was only a lowly MR Plat.

So now I can be Gold in an airline I hardly ever fly.

swintec

Maybe in the future Marriott will make sure any PP enhancement they make specifically benefits you, but until then, we are left with enhancements that are for the greater good of the tier itself.

Swingtrain

It's been widely discussed that there is a minimal difference between Plat & PP. Having been PP for 5+ years, I'm continually irked by the lack of courtesy extended when it comes to point redemption. A PP member is not given any priority in reserving a stay with points, over the lowly silver member who has been saving their points for 20 years and can finally cash in. I just tried to book a Feb 2018 10 day Caribbean vacation using points and it wasn't available. 10 months in advance, and a PP still can't be accommodated?

A very easy solution would seem to be to allow PP's to redeem 12 months in advance, Plats 9 months, Gold 6 months and Silver 3 months.

CJKatl

I don't think they need to cut Silvers down to three months to accomplish what you want. Why not just allow PPs twelve months before everyone else can book at nine months? Even though I'm no longer PP, that would seem to be a nice, easy perk for PPs that really wouldn't cost Marriott anything. Cutting silvers down to 3 months - and what about non-elites? - would make it difficult to make vacation plans, taking into account plane tickets, requesting time off from work and the like.

One more thing... since that likely won't happen before you need your reservation, check back on the Marriott site DAILY to see if anything opens up. Look for individual dates, not all ten, and snag each date as it becomes open. Yes, its a PITA, but it works. I've done this many, many times and only twice did it fail me. Ironically, both times I was making reservations for others (friend's honeymoon day before cruise I got a CY, not a Boscolo, and sister's 30th wedding anniversary). You shouldn't have to go to this extreme, but if you really want the rooms, you may have to.

3Cforme

You conflate courtesy with a rules structure to allow you to get what you want. Could you have gotten a reward stay of somewhat less than ten days? Would (hypothetically) a reward for eight days plus two paid have been acceptable to you?

MR doesn't need any more complexity, with brand and weekday/weekend exceptions for benefits among many other details.

mahasamatman

In a situation like this, I would say the Silver deserves the room more than the PP.

GoSh4rks

Same

controller1

Agree. And the Silver is going to give Marriott great word-of-mouth by repeatedly telling his friends how great Marriott is and that he/she received the room "free". On the other hand, at least in this case, IMO the OP won't be as gratuitous with the praise since he "expects" it.