Fall/Winter Megabonus
Aug 6, 2009 | 7:41 pm
#31
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BLI
Programs: Alaska Million Mile Flyer, Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite
Posts: 3,365
I didn't get a link or an invite either, but did see after clicking on promotions/progress that indeed I had been pre-registered.
Aug 6, 2009 | 8:25 pm
#32
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: DL GOLD
Posts: 245
I see nothing yet............
Aug 6, 2009 | 8:29 pm
#33
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: MR LT Titanium, AA LT PLT, UA SLV, Avis PreferredPlus, HH Gold, Hertz PC, National Executive, etc.
Posts: 31,670
Same 35K/20 and 50K/25 with Visa as the OP. Same AmEx problem as others. Hello SPG...
Are any of the alternate offers not dependent on the Visa requirement?
Are any of the alternate offers not dependent on the Visa requirement?
Aug 6, 2009 | 8:49 pm
#34
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Programs: DL DM/2MM, UA 1K, Marriott Platinum, Avis Preferred Plus, National Exec Elite, Hertz Gold Plus
Posts: 84
Aug 6, 2009 | 9:20 pm
#35
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 552
I got the 35k/20 nights, 50k/25 nights, pay with VISA offer.
Does anyone know if Marriott uses your upcoming reservations that are already booked to determine which offer you get?
I've got 14 nights booked during the promotion period at a relatively expensive hotel (that's all I have booked right now), so the double points/nights would be much better for me (I'd get significantly more than 50k points that way, plus the double nights). I wonder if that helped drive which promotion I was given. Anyone else ever feel like their promotion was chosen based on their upcoming stays?
I highly doubt that it is completely random.
Does anyone know if Marriott uses your upcoming reservations that are already booked to determine which offer you get?
I've got 14 nights booked during the promotion period at a relatively expensive hotel (that's all I have booked right now), so the double points/nights would be much better for me (I'd get significantly more than 50k points that way, plus the double nights). I wonder if that helped drive which promotion I was given. Anyone else ever feel like their promotion was chosen based on their upcoming stays?
I highly doubt that it is completely random.
Aug 6, 2009 | 10:11 pm
#36
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto (YYZ)
Posts: 6,285
I got 50K for 25nights... ain't gonna happen.
Aug 6, 2009 | 10:16 pm
#37
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Northern Ireland
Programs: MR Lifetime Titanium, United Silver
Posts: 625
Ditto on Visa
Same thing - gotta pay with Visa...
Stay: At any of more than 3,000 participating Marriott hotels from September 15, 2009, through January 15, 2010, and pay with your Visa Card.
Earn: 35,000 bonus points after 20 paid nights, and an additional 15,000 after 25 total paid nights, for a total of 50,000 MegaBonus points.
Would love to know any insight like the others - can a portion of this be paid with Visa? (and the rest with my corporate Amex)
Stay: At any of more than 3,000 participating Marriott hotels from September 15, 2009, through January 15, 2010, and pay with your Visa Card.
Earn: 35,000 bonus points after 20 paid nights, and an additional 15,000 after 25 total paid nights, for a total of 50,000 MegaBonus points.
Would love to know any insight like the others - can a portion of this be paid with Visa? (and the rest with my corporate Amex)
Aug 6, 2009 | 10:36 pm
#38
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 254
Got the 40k offer.
This WILL NOT generate any stays with Marriott from me. I really don't like the "all or nothing" approach this time around. In all my previous megabonus promotions, points were awarded after every 3/4 stays/nights which allowed you to earn at least something if you were not able to hit the 20-30 nights required for the full bonus total. Now I would have to stay 15 nights to get a single bonus point, and if I happened to fall one short, I would get nothing. Not to mention that 20 nights would only earn me 40,000, just 2 free nights at a Cat4.
Sorry Marriott, I will stay with your competitors who appreciate my business without requiring I stay 15 nights before I get a single bonus point.
This WILL NOT generate any stays with Marriott from me. I really don't like the "all or nothing" approach this time around. In all my previous megabonus promotions, points were awarded after every 3/4 stays/nights which allowed you to earn at least something if you were not able to hit the 20-30 nights required for the full bonus total. Now I would have to stay 15 nights to get a single bonus point, and if I happened to fall one short, I would get nothing. Not to mention that 20 nights would only earn me 40,000, just 2 free nights at a Cat4.
Sorry Marriott, I will stay with your competitors who appreciate my business without requiring I stay 15 nights before I get a single bonus point.
Aug 6, 2009 | 11:21 pm
#39
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MIA
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Hertz PC, Delta PM, SPG Gold
Posts: 1,031
I'm bummed that I didn't get the double nights, but I did get the 50k promotion. I'll call and ask for the double nights, or there is a minimal chance I'll make Plat again, and possibly Gold. Else, I'm off to Hilton to enjoy Diamond status.
Aug 7, 2009 | 5:07 am
#40
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: FL
Programs: UA 1K, AA Gold, Marriott Plat
Posts: 151
Aug 7, 2009 | 9:05 am
#42
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AA PLT/2MM, UA, Marriott PLT, Starwood
Posts: 221
Thanks to Flyertalk for information
Hooray - thanks to Flyertalk I found out about this promotion! -- I guess I would have seen it eventually on the Marriott Rewards promotions pages but, glad to know earlier. Here is what we got:
Platinum spouse: Was preregistered; 35,000 after 20, 25,000 after the next 15, for 50,000 total. Use Visa Card
Silver spouse: Not preregistered; 2500 points per stay starting with second stay, up to 25,000. Use Visa card.
Not sure these fit us the best, we'll have to see - like some others, would have liked another chance at double elite nights.
Platinum spouse: Was preregistered; 35,000 after 20, 25,000 after the next 15, for 50,000 total. Use Visa Card
Silver spouse: Not preregistered; 2500 points per stay starting with second stay, up to 25,000. Use Visa card.
Not sure these fit us the best, we'll have to see - like some others, would have liked another chance at double elite nights.
Aug 7, 2009 | 9:10 am
#43
Company Representative - Marriott Concierge
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 1,083
Good Morning, all.
Just a quick F.Y.I. - the following post has just been made on Marriott Rewards Insiders (http://www.marriottrewardsinsiders.m...ID=13000003503).
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Greetings, Insiders.
I am happy to announce to the community that our award winning MegaBonus promotion has returned!
Registration is required by October 31st. Earning dates are between September 15, 2009 and January 15, 2010.
Reminder – payment must be made using your Visa Card.
Visit www.marriottrewards.com/megabonus today to view the offer created exclusively for you. Offers start at 2,500 MegaBonus points every paid stay, starting with your second stay - up to a maximum of 25,000 points!
Remember to register by October 31, 2009! Go to MarriottRewards.com/MegaBonus or call 888-MARRIOTT.
Just a quick F.Y.I. - the following post has just been made on Marriott Rewards Insiders (http://www.marriottrewardsinsiders.m...ID=13000003503).
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Greetings, Insiders.
I am happy to announce to the community that our award winning MegaBonus promotion has returned!
Registration is required by October 31st. Earning dates are between September 15, 2009 and January 15, 2010.
Reminder – payment must be made using your Visa Card.
Visit www.marriottrewards.com/megabonus today to view the offer created exclusively for you. Offers start at 2,500 MegaBonus points every paid stay, starting with your second stay - up to a maximum of 25,000 points!
Remember to register by October 31, 2009! Go to MarriottRewards.com/MegaBonus or call 888-MARRIOTT.
Last edited by Marriott Concierge; Aug 7, 2009 at 9:53 am
Aug 7, 2009 | 10:21 am
#44
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: CO Plat, Starwood Plat, Hyatt Plat, Hilton Diamond, CO Pres. Plus, Hertz #1 Gold
Posts: 1,223
Good Morning, all.
Just a quick F.Y.I. - the following post has just been made on Marriott Rewards Insiders (http://www.marriottrewardsinsiders.m...ID=13000003503).
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Greetings, Insiders.
I am happy to announce to the community that our award winning MegaBonus promotion has returned!
Registration is required by October 31st. Earning dates are between September 15, 2009 and January 15, 2010.
Reminder – payment must be made using your Visa Card.
Visit www.marriottrewards.com/megabonus today to view the offer created exclusively for you. Offers start at 2,500 MegaBonus points every paid stay, starting with your second stay - up to a maximum of 25,000 points!
Remember to register by October 31, 2009! Go to MarriottRewards.com/MegaBonus or call 888-MARRIOTT.
Just a quick F.Y.I. - the following post has just been made on Marriott Rewards Insiders (http://www.marriottrewardsinsiders.m...ID=13000003503).
---
Greetings, Insiders.
I am happy to announce to the community that our award winning MegaBonus promotion has returned!
Registration is required by October 31st. Earning dates are between September 15, 2009 and January 15, 2010.
Reminder – payment must be made using your Visa Card.
Visit www.marriottrewards.com/megabonus today to view the offer created exclusively for you. Offers start at 2,500 MegaBonus points every paid stay, starting with your second stay - up to a maximum of 25,000 points!
Remember to register by October 31, 2009! Go to MarriottRewards.com/MegaBonus or call 888-MARRIOTT.
BTW, just checked my account online, and my maximum bonus was 25,000: 5,000 every other paid stay.
Aug 7, 2009 | 10:34 am
#45
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: MR Gold, DCL Silver, RSSC Silver
Posts: 775
When I tried to register using the link, I got a page that says:
"Unfortunately, it seems that you are not eligible for the MegaBonusSM promotion, so we could not register you. "
"Unfortunately, it seems that you are not eligible for the MegaBonusSM promotion, so we could not register you. "