Well I think it is fairly obvious that their control mechanism is to delay the EEOs long enough so we only have a couple weekends to use them. :D

In all seriousness, Chris implied in his reply in this thread that electronic coupons were controlled to one per elite member. It really doesn't matter how, but Chris would be the one to whom that question should be addressed as none of us know.

To a certain extent these offers are not giveaways. They are not only a perk for your customers, they also serve as promotions for the services in the coupons. As frequent travelers we know that hotel restaurants are usually (except for certain conventions) half full at most. Full service hotels tend to have low occupancy during the weekends. Providing a free meal (when one is purchased) or a free hotel day on the weekend (when one is purchased) is a traditional promotion (see the Entertainment Card, which built a huge business with similar promotions), and makes sense for the company and the customers.

I'm not arguing that these offers are not good perks. They are. But to think that somehow Marriott will be upset or suffer financial discomfort if too many of us take advantage of the offers or use more than one of the offers more than once, doesn't make sense to me. In my opinion, the more these offers are utilized, the happier Marriott will be, and the more successful the promotions will be considered. If you utitlize the offer, you will pay for a weekend night when the hotel will otherwise have an empty room, and you will buy a dinner at a restaurant that will otherwise not have that business. Sounds good for Marriott and for us.

The last information I received said they should be posted sometime this week.

Well said, Ohmark....

I'd also add that a measure of control for Marriott kicks in with the list of "exempted" hotels that tend to be busy on weekends, and thus don't offer the second free nights. And then, of course, these are always subject to availaibility. But basically, I'm sure than when a property traditionally has excess perishable inventory on weekends, they'd rather have a bunch of folks at 50% than nobody paying nothing! As a businessman, I'd sure take that deal!

Called today & was told to be patient as the internet coupons are to be posted this week :confused: :( :mad:

WT

Does anyone know when the last day of Fall is?

or

The first day of Winter?

Dash

You've got about six weeks.

Either the 21st or 22nd of December. Date and exact time of day varies by year.

Bingo
 

They're up.

Wierd...all of the offers are valid from Oct 1, 2005 through November 12, 2005.
















(Just kidding. :p )

Just printed out the Renaissance 'Weekend getaway - free second night' certificate.

Called Plat. Reservations Line and they recognized it and a $100 dollar Bonus Buck as valid for consecutive two-night reservations.

Net of it is that for four nights at the Ren Mayflower the bite will average out to $101.75 per night (before taxes).

Outcomes like this cause me to forgive their gaffes.

Good for you! Of course I wouldn't stay at the Mayflower again even if it was free, but maybe you'll have a better experience than I did.

You have a very valid point. When I say draw the line I really mean in the spirit of the promotion, not enforcement. I know with us, they would obviously be able to easily track the use of the coupon. I doubt it is a "flag" but I would be certain that all of your rate usage, type of room all of that sort of thing is in a central data base. Where I would think it is less trackable would be us giving it to non-elite members...even it your number is on it, I would doubt that would show up in a data dump.

Thank you.

In view of the mixed experiences previously reported I'll post mine after we return.

Hi Chris,
any update for us FTs who are soeager to discover and enjoy the elite promotions MR is preparing for us ?
They must be really great if it takes so long to obtain them !