Free Silver Elite offer in the mail...
Mar 26, 2005, 11:10 am
#1
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Free Silver Elite offer in the mail...
Got this in the mail today.. seems like a Continental Onepass/Mariott Rewards promo (I am silver with CO and never been to a Mariott before):
Free Silver Elite Membership with Mariott for one program year
2 Free Night (Cat 1-4) certs with three stays before June 30, 05.
Now, looking at the Mariott website, most decent hotels look like Cat 5 and 6 - so my question is: is this anything really to be excited about? I have Starwood Platinum and Hilton Diamond - Should I really try Mariott because of this offer?
Free Silver Elite Membership with Mariott for one program year
2 Free Night (Cat 1-4) certs with three stays before June 30, 05.
Now, looking at the Mariott website, most decent hotels look like Cat 5 and 6 - so my question is: is this anything really to be excited about? I have Starwood Platinum and Hilton Diamond - Should I really try Mariott because of this offer?
Mar 26, 2005, 12:20 pm
#2
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Silver is worthless.
Mar 26, 2005, 2:03 pm
#3
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How do you sign up? Silver is pretty worthless as the other poster pointed out - but for those of us who will have the three stays before end June the two free night certs sound good.
To answer your question, Cat 1-4 excludes all of the really posh hotels but still allows for stays at a lot of pretty nice Courtyards in cities and full service Marriotts in out-of-the-way places.
To answer your question, Cat 1-4 excludes all of the really posh hotels but still allows for stays at a lot of pretty nice Courtyards in cities and full service Marriotts in out-of-the-way places.
Mar 26, 2005, 2:32 pm
#4
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Originally Posted by PrivatePilot
Got this in the mail today.. seems like a Continental Onepass/Mariott Rewards promo (I am silver with CO and never been to a Mariott before):
Free Silver Elite Membership with Mariott for one program year
2 Free Night (Cat 1-4) certs with three stays before June 30, 05.
Now, looking at the Mariott website, most decent hotels look like Cat 5 and 6 - so my question is: is this anything really to be excited about? I have Starwood Platinum and Hilton Diamond - Should I really try Mariott because of this offer?
Free Silver Elite Membership with Mariott for one program year
2 Free Night (Cat 1-4) certs with three stays before June 30, 05.
Now, looking at the Mariott website, most decent hotels look like Cat 5 and 6 - so my question is: is this anything really to be excited about? I have Starwood Platinum and Hilton Diamond - Should I really try Mariott because of this offer?
Mar 26, 2005, 6:30 pm
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The website was just: http://joinmarriottrewards.com/ and they gave you an account number (your own Marriott Rewards number) to put in to activate the offer.
Mar 28, 2005, 5:30 am
#6
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Originally Posted by PrivatePilot
The website was just: http://joinmarriottrewards.com/ and they gave you an account number (your own Marriott Rewards number) to put in to activate the offer.
Looks like existing members are not eligible and you need to have the number from the mailing. Also looks like you can earn up to 4 free nights. If I were you I'd go for the 4 free nights - what do you have to lose?
Mar 28, 2005, 8:08 am
#7
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I got what sounds like the same offer (but because of my AA status). I agree silver is pretty worthless, from what I've read about it. In fact, since nearly all of my travels involve slumming it at hostels, train stations, or friends homes, I rarely stay in hotels at all. I did have a Marriott rewards account long ago, but with no more than one 1-2k worth of points. I'm signing up basically because I happen to have a trip to NY in a few weeks that will net me the three stay requirement (with some creative hotel hopping each night), and I could definetly use the two free nights, even if they aren't valid at the "good" hotels.
Mar 28, 2005, 1:49 pm
#8
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Got the same offer and I am really disappointed that I am ineligible because I happen to already have a Marriott Rewards account.
Strangely, when you activite the new number from the offer through the website, it asks if you have another Marriott Rewards account number, but it certainly doesn't apply this offer to your existing account. Then it locks out the new number so you can't use the new one either.
Strangely, when you activite the new number from the offer through the website, it asks if you have another Marriott Rewards account number, but it certainly doesn't apply this offer to your existing account. Then it locks out the new number so you can't use the new one either.
Mar 28, 2005, 2:06 pm
#9
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I decided to stay in a different Courtyard every night while I'm NY (all within a 30 mile circle or so). That'll get me four stays (and 7,500 points for the MegaBonus promotion). I figure with two more stays between now and June, which I'll most certainly do, I'll net four free night certs. Not bad, really, considering I was going to be doing these trips anyway. As an aside, I looked up my old account and found out I had a zero balance anyway! Nothing lost by me retiring that old account in favor of this one.