Transferring points?
 

Someone on Coupon Connection stated this:

" Marriott points can be transfered by sending in a fax to Marriott stating that you wish to transfer miles to another persons account. the letter must be signed and the person accepting the points must send one in too. It seems tedious but I've done it twice and it does in fact work."

Is this true?

For further info please follow the link below the page at Marriott

http://marriott.com/rewards/usepoint..._left#section2

See also: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=398368.

Let's look at the T&C's:

" Transferring Points from One Account to Another

1.This member benefit is only available at time of reward redemption (only one reward request per redemption, please).


2. Immediately prior to redemption, a member may authorize the transfer of the necessary Marriott Rewards points into the spouse's Marriott Rewards account in order to qualify for a specific reward.


3. Only the Marriott Rewards points needed to redeem the specified reward, rounded to the nearest 1,000 points, may be transferred - not more or fewer.


4. An "Authorization to Transfer Points" form must be completed and submitted to Marriott Guest Services to transfer the points. Forms are available by calling Marriott Guest Services. A request for reward redemption from the transferee's spouse must be submitted to the Guest Services Center with the Authorization to Transfer Points form.


5. Once the authorization for transfer is received and processed, the transferee relinquishes all rights to the transferred points, and they become the spouse's points.


6. For all "stay" related promotions, a "hotel stay" or a "stay" is defined as all consecutive nights spent at Marriott by a Marriott Rewards member."

Seems to me it's pretty clear that this will work only between spouses' accounts. Not sure how they would interpret that for same sex couples, but it sure does seem to exclude transfers between strangers.

On the Website it does clearly say spouse as highlighted by BigLar above, but when I called CS they said points can be transferred to anyone--even to an address in another State or Country!

Jeez! Do they hold you to the part where they say "in order to qualify for a specific reward.", or do they let you do it any time to any one for any reason?

What's the point of having Terms & Conditions if they're going to ignore them? The danger is, you get to depend on them not following their own rules, and then when they do follow the rules, all these whiny threads start popping up. :rolleyes: