AAupgrade I agree with you 100% on this.
I have even refused "trade" offers by long time posters here whom I have not had interactions with.
I have traded with friends made though Flyertalk.

Why did I trade....because someone needed 2 $50BBs, which I had, and a $100 worked for me as I had an upcoming stay at a Marriott. Thought I was doing something that would work out well both ways. I consider FTers friends, and if I can help someone out, then I will. I guess I will have to modify that sentiment.
My TP has been an active member of FT for many years and has over 1000 posts. His communication with me has been excellent and he sent me the $100 via Paypal within hours of my notifying him of the situation. From reading some of his previous posts on FT, I did not have the feeling he intended to defraud me.

never mind

Dalm-in this instance it sure seems to be very much of an honest mistake-and kudos to the honorable FTer you were trading with.
HOWEVER this is not always the case so buyer beware.

Triple7-the terms on the various BB's are not interchangeable.Often 2 $50 BB's will be more valuable than a single $100 BB because of the type of property you stay at.

so the take away from this is that there are fake BB's being issued somewhere=and once again Flyertalk has proven itself to be of great value to travelers.

Counsellor, I think I found your previous thread on this, but I did not see a response by Marriott. I would be most interested in seeing that as I have one of these $100 Bonus Bucks as you describe right now. I probably got it in a trade as well and I would need to go back and research that if it turns out to be a fake.

Would anyone be able to post a picture of the supposed fraudulent certificate here?

I'd do so, but all I have is a poor black/white photocopy.
It's interesting to hear that kanerf has one of these certs and that it was also acquired through a trade. Maybe with some due diligence the source can be found.
The email I received regarding the fraudulent certificate advised me not to use them if I had any more of them (which I don't).

To update on this:

I received an email today from Marriott Customer Care apologizing for inconvenience and stating the BB certificate can be redeemed for said stay. Account will be credited and I should mail the BB to Marriott Customer Care.
My patronage and good will are important to them. :rolleyes:

used one in KUL w/o problem last month. It's hit and miss. I had to follow-up before with the hotel after checking out, but I finally always got through. LNF is not well defined when it comes to BB; Marriott should do a better job educating their properties.

Once again a Marriott hotel where staff are not trained in Marriott procedures.

Customer Service usually gets things resolved, but its a pain for us to have to deal with them for every small thing.

That's just my 2 cents!:)

Just realized that I still have my $50 Savvy Savings coupon valid for a 2 night stay at a Renaissance Hotel, expires Dec 20/09. If anyone would like to have it, please PM me.

I have had the bonus certificates mailed on multiple occasions in the last year. Some locations do not get enough or do not get them in time.

The certificates usually arrive 2 to 4 weeks after your stay.

Any time a hotel tries to pull this crap on me (and it's happened plenty), I now take the position that I was going to use the coupon in the next few days at another property, and that I must have the coupon by checkout. If they still can't do this, I tell them that I'd accept the $ off this stay instead. Most of the time, this is what they do.

In the past, I've agreed to the mailing of the coupon. The problem is, there is no procedure for them to do this, and they don't mail it. I've waisted too much time calling and calling for them to send them to me, and not being able to use the coupon in then meantime.

Last time this happened, a Fairfield inn tried to give me two $25 coupons instead of the $50 coupon. I explained that this required four night, and that I had an upcoming two day stay. I said I'd take the one $25 coupon and $25 off this stay. I've also had success in getting the $100 off for unavailability of Bonus Bucks.

YMMV.

Billy

I'm actually a GSA at a Renaissance in the Midwest. Believe it or not, but Marriott is 'out' of the coupons themselves. My hotel is mailing them out as they come in as well.

From your location I'm guessing the Renaissance Carmel. Excellent property ^ but have had problems with the issuance of BB coupons here before :td:.