Marriott's Online Claim Form - Comparison Rate Section "* Where did you find the lower rate?

Select: Official Marriott Web site

I have been very successful with a Marriott vs Marriott LNF. This is why one should check all Marriott Codes in addition to OTAs.

That is an ethical dilemma, isn't it? On the one hand, you want max points, and on the other hand, if your client ever finds out that you are not getting his/her company the lowest rate possible (within the bounds of your contract), then you might not keep that client very long. If it is easy to find a range of rates, and the client ever looked up rates for that hotel, and found out that you were booking a $249/night rate, when a $189 or $199 rate was consistently available, how long do you think you will have that client?

OTA = Open To All

or

OTA = Online Travel Agent?

It is! I booked through Marriott.com and they have since lowered the rate. I really had no reason to be checking up on it... It was booked legitimately and as requested.

Not too worried about the "client" checking up on it. Because of a few circumstances I won't say in public.

Even so, if you wish to hold your head high, and especially to adhere to the highest standard of business ethics, you will change to the lower rate to save your client money. Of course, there is nothing to prevent you from printing out a before and after and letting your client know that you saved them the big bucks!

It would be to me. TEHO.

But if you are not, what was the point of your original post on whether an LNF is possible?

the guarantee states one will always book the lowest rate - why would they themselves be exempt? We (FT'ers) would be pretty quick to jump all over them if it were found out it applied to everyone but their own site....

As for how, what, where, and why -
1) kmwjes is correct. Check all the codes posted here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...ion-codes.html
2) find any that work, but do not have specific criteria
3) follow LNF directives
4) wait for claim to be approved

It is harder now - due to threads & posts like this one!- but can be done. In fact, for many years, the only site I ever used for LNF was Marriott itself...and I have never had a claim denied.

My original point was so that if I went the route US suggested in showing that I saved a lot of money could be useful. (Like I said before, it is a unique situation and I know the price of the hotel is pretty much irrelevant. Not hard to guess what my profession is by my username, and when you're putting out over 300k a month for your jet - $40 bucks a night is not going to matter.)

Secondly, I'm new to LNF and was just trying to figure out the intricacies so I can more effectively use it on personal bookings.

In that case, the thread that will help you the most is:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...rsion-brg.html

which give you all the rules, regs, ideas, and details.

And while the $40 may not matter, the integrity of the situation might.....

LNF Request for :

Residence Inn Huntington Beach
4-13-13 / 4-14-13
Marriott Rate $139.00

Thanks!

Looking for a last minute trip. I'd like to stay at the Raphael Hotel ($249) in Kansas City, but I would take a lower price any the Marriott Downtown ( $199)or at the Country Club Plaza ($116). April 5 - 7th. Looked for the last two weeks.

I was going to Minneapolis this weekend to the Hotel Minneapolis ($71.99 AAA Rate) but it still looks like it's going to be a bit chilly to walk much outside, so I'm looking at KC more seriously.

Marco Island Marriott
7/3/13 - $279
7/4/13-7/7/13 - $439

Fairfield Inn & Suites Newark Liberty International Airport
 

LNF Request for 4/6-4/7 for Fairfield Inn & Suites Newark Liberty International Airport or nearby.

Thanks!

If you want someone's help on LNF, then you need to provide the price you are looking to beat. As for "nearby," this thread is not a travel research service to check every hotel in Northern New Jersey or New York City. LNF is specific, there is no pitting one hotel against another, it does not work that way. If you provide the hotel name, the dates you wish to stay, and the best marriott.com rate you can find, then maybe someone else can find a better rate on another site, and you can make a LNF claim. Other hotels have nothing to do with it.

Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel
May 13-17 €369

Thanks!

I've tried every website in Mr. USIrritated's great list... looking for some luck!