darthbimmer

No "Plan B" here; I'm spending through my $1000 of gift cards in three weeks.

What I need is a way to hit this promo a second or even a third time. Has anyone found a way to get the bonus credited to the same RR account a second time?

sdsearch

Someone proposed another way here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...ds-points.html

gtu2004

It's not new. People have been doing it. The only problem is that you can hardly sell Marriott GCs to sites for more than 83%. In the end it might still be a profit (when you factor in the value of miles and points) but I don't know if it's worth the effort.

crazyhorse

Has anyone had any success in getting a second round of 12K points for themselves? I have already got 12K points for myself and my spouse.

sdsearch

According to the T&Cs:
Not true!

I bought 4 $100 cards a few weeks ago, and was charged $1 shipping.

Then yesterday (last day of the promo), after my credit card cycled that day (so I get an extra month to pay ), I went to buy 6 more $100 cards. It comes up saying the only option is $9 shipping.

The only way I could figure out to get $1 shipping was to break it up into two orders (which meant it was $2 shipping total).

So apparently it's not related to just the order amount but actually to the number of cards as well.

FWIW, I find it much less of a hassle to redeem Marriott gift cards in full, even if it doesn't cover 100% of my stay, than to use on card over multiple stays. Hotels seem to process "use all $100" a lot faster than oddball amounts (when you have some left over on one card but need to get the rest from another card). That's because they can't key in "use all" as an option, they have to separately query how much is left on the card and then manually enter exactly that amount. (While if you're using up a $100 gift card the first time you use it, they just type 10000 and they're done.) So that's why I wanted separate smaller gift cards (even though I'm keeping them all to use myself).

antinseattle

THIS is my favorite promo of all time
Bought 11k in GC. Received 132k WN points

Sold all 11 k GC for 890$ per 1000. Call it 9750 after shipping

For 1250$. Received 132k pts. (Which I for sure always need/use) And 66k Hilton points. Manufacturing at its best....

mdurette

Anyone seen this promo come up for 2014 yet????? I have been looking since I will be a bit short for my CP for 2015.

And to the above poster....how did you pull this off when it appears they max you out at 12,000 points per rapid rewards number?

antinseattle

It was on 10 different accts. Family/friends RR , posted 2x on mine 24,000 even though it said max 12,000. But family all shares RR points


I probably would only do this 1x if it came back. With the devalue of points.


Have not seen a promo like this recently

DoctorK

I was just checking myself - my receipt from 2013 was dated 9/26/13 so it's already overdue if they're doing it at all.

sdsearch

Keep in mind that at the time of this promo last year, Marriott GCs were also available at retail (such as grocery stores). Since then, Marriott pulled its GCs out of all retail channels:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...r-staples.html

So maybe they stopped offering them to online partners as well (such as Southwest)?