Fall megebonus
Sep 22, 2008 | 10:23 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 4
Fall megebonus
I am gold and registered for the Fall megabonus
Earn: 5,000 Marriott Rewards bonus points for every third Visa-paid stay you make – up to a total of 25,000 points
What is a "stay"? Do they count the entire resevation as one stay or individual night as one stay? I stayed there last week for 3 nights but only credited one stay under "promotion progress". Can I work around this if I pay each night using different Visa card?
Thanks.
Earn: 5,000 Marriott Rewards bonus points for every third Visa-paid stay you make – up to a total of 25,000 points
What is a "stay"? Do they count the entire resevation as one stay or individual night as one stay? I stayed there last week for 3 nights but only credited one stay under "promotion progress". Can I work around this if I pay each night using different Visa card?
Thanks.
Sep 22, 2008 | 10:43 am
#2
Company Representative - Marriott Concierge
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 1,083
Hi tony098,
A stay is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/check-out activity.
Best regards,
Drew
A stay is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/check-out activity.
Best regards,
Drew
Sep 22, 2008 | 12:08 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Clearwater, FL
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat.
Posts: 299
In the next few weeks, I have two 3-night trips. So, I'm checking out of my first hotel after one night, then checking into another, then another (or even back to the original). Counts as three stays in each trip.
Ah, the things I go through in order to accrue points. If I were to look at the dollar value, it's almost certainly not worth all this effort. But business travel gets pretty old sometimes and playing these games livens things up a bit.
Ah, the things I go through in order to accrue points. If I were to look at the dollar value, it's almost certainly not worth all this effort. But business travel gets pretty old sometimes and playing these games livens things up a bit.
Sep 22, 2008 | 1:26 pm
#5
Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: McKinney, TX, USA
Programs: United Silver; AA Plat/2MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,775
I've never gone to the check-in/out daily routine, but for some longer stays (i.e. two weeks) I have switched over the weekend to get three or four stays posted.
But I do understand the temptation. Its just the packing and unpacking everyday that would get to me.
But I do understand the temptation. Its just the packing and unpacking everyday that would get to me.
Sep 22, 2008 | 2:08 pm
#7
Used to be bulldoggolfer05
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Săo Paulo, BR/Miami Beach, FL/NYC/DXB
Programs: HGP DMD, HHonors DMD, SPG PLT, MR PLT
Posts: 2,295
You mean 30-40 days on the road straight with 25-30 different hotels isn't the norm?!? 
. I too just keep everything packed and sift through to find what I need the day of. Then do a refolding/repacking once a week or so.
. I too just keep everything packed and sift through to find what I need the day of. Then do a refolding/repacking once a week or so.
Sep 22, 2008 | 2:23 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 4
I'm confused by this because my tracker seems to tracking nights. It says what's printed above, but the original promotion (and what I signed up for) was 15 nights paid with a visa card. As I mentioned that's what the tracker is reflecting. Is it an either/or thing? Or can I earn 25,000 for 15 nights + 5,000 for each 3 visits?
Sep 22, 2008 | 2:32 pm
#9
Used to be bulldoggolfer05
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Săo Paulo, BR/Miami Beach, FL/NYC/DXB
Programs: HGP DMD, HHonors DMD, SPG PLT, MR PLT
Posts: 2,295
Marriott Rewards promotions are targeted and there may be any number of "different" promos running at any given time. The OP's promotion and your promotion do not appear to be the same one, so you will only earn the bonus points for the promotion you were targeted for.
Sep 22, 2008 | 2:56 pm
#10
Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: McKinney, TX, USA
Programs: United Silver; AA Plat/2MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,775
There have been some posts by others here that Marriott may be having some online difficulty with matching up the offer listed in your promotional text versus what is showing on the tracker. So you might want to give MR a call just to make sure which of the promo versions you really are signed up for.
Sep 22, 2008 | 9:19 pm
#11
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 4
I appreciate the feedback, I'll check in to it.
-Nick
-Nick