Transferring Marriott Points
 

Has anyone been successful in getting points transferred from another persons Marriott to yours then converting those points to SW Points? In a nutshell my dad has a good amount of marriot points he doesn't need and I would like to have them then transfer to my RR :cool:

I don't believe you can transfer points from a Marriott account to another:

However, that is not necessary since if your Dad had a lot of WN points, he could use them to purchase you tickets.

To the best of my knowledge, there is no direct way for your Dad to transfer his Marriott points to Southwest. There are indirect ways, but those are usually at bad transfer rates.

I did this with my husband. I called customer service and told them I wanted to transfer 30,000 Marriot rewards to my spouse so that he could transfer that to 10,0000 SW points, which got him to Companion Pass Status.

They mailed me the form, we signed it, and sent it in. Once they received the form it took 48 hours and then the points were in the SW account. From phone call to points received was a one week process. It would be faster if you used a fax machine.

Obviously the conversion rate is not that great, but was worth it for CP.

Not sure if this is only available to legal spouse or to any two Marriott reward members.

Good Luck!

How did you make the Marriott to Southwest transfer? I have not seen that on the Marriott website.

When you log onto Marriott Rewards, and click on USE rewards, there is a link that says convert to airline miles towards bottom on left hand side. Hope that helps.

It is possible to transfer MR points directly to someone else's RR account as long as the recipient has the same last name. MR only requires the RR destination account #

Great question Boraxo. Who knows this answer?

While Marriott's T&Cs state that points can only be transfered between spouse accounts, in practice (and this has been confirmed by Marriott Concierge)one can combine points from any other account.

So with that, it should be possible to transfer the points from your account to anyone's you choose and then they can initiate the Marriott to Southwest transfer.

It wasn't a question - it can be done.

I second this as I transferred points from my wife's Marriott account to my RR account.

How?

Thread: Point transfer - Most ridiculus procedure ever

Is it mandatory that the award must be booked already before the transfer occurs? Or can you just say that you are planning an award booking, but waiting for the points to transfer first?

Yes - for a Marriott points transfer between Marriott accounts, an award must be booked either prior to or simultaneously with the points transfer.


No. But, you can do a points booking and then cancel it and all of the points will be in the transferee's account. Also, you can redeem for a travel package without a specific reservation - you get a sort-of e-certificate. The transferor can also transfer (in 1,000 point increments) up to the total number points needed for the redemption.

For Marriott-->WN Rapid Rewards, no booking is needed.

Just to update the thread: I was able to xfer between spouses to then xfer to southwest without any problem.