Hotel Dining
During recent trips we have noticed two things about the restaurants in Marriott Hotels. 1. They, serve nice breakfasts, but, in general, are not very good at dinner. We have been disappointed,...
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ROADY AWARDS... VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN... Ummmmm
Its time for the ROADY Awards. What I hear you ask, well you're not alone. I only learned of these when bejacob asked about them at the beginning of the month, but for all us newer members, stewards...
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The Soaragami and Other 'Unique' Travel Gadgets
Behold, The Soarigami Could Solve Airplane Armrest Woes FOREVER Be sure to check a few paragraphs below in the article, the World's Weirdest Travel Gadgets (PHOTOS) Number six could change the world...
View ArticleMarriott rewards expire?
I have 2 stays this year and another 4 days booked at Residence Inn by Marriott New York central park this week total of 6 and only 2000 reward plus this upcoming stay of..... My question is once this...
View Article73 nights by 12/31 - can I get to platinum
Hello everyone, Including holiday travel, I will be at 73 nights by year end. I have two questions: Our last check out of the year is on Dec. 30 - charges from this last trip should be around $3000 on...
View ArticleLifetime points balance
I would like to be able to see my lifetime points accumulated on the Marriott website. The total room-nights over a lifetime are there but without the lifetime points number we can't track progress...
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Home for the Holidays
Insiders have shared where we travel to during the holidays and what we like to do, how about some details about your actual hometown over the holidays? Certainly, Washington DC like several major...
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MegaBonus - Promo Certs or Points?
I was again thinking about the difficulties MR members face when it comes to choice with regards to the MegaBonus promotions. Since the Marriott IT and marketing folks have been showing a lack of...
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Ritz Carlton 140k points offer is back!
Just wanted to let everyone know, the ritz carlton 140,000 point offer is back! Thats 2 nights in a good tier ritz, or many nights in a marriott! https://www.theritzcarltonrewardscard.com/offer140k
View ArticleHow often do you have to request for bonus points to be credited after your...
Like many others here, I too am a Lifetime Platinum member.I stay well over 100 nights per year at Marriott properties.For each stay, we all are entitled to the Platinum arrival bonus and I am told the...
View Articleis platinum all its hyped up to be ?
apart from the 50 per cent bonus are there any other real benefits from being a platinum member think the whole thing needs looking at there is nothing more on offer from plat -gold im already a silver...
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Bar Food - Insiders as the Vanguard
Whereas many long time loyalists are concerned that Mother Marriott sometimes overlooks us when distracted by their bright new shiny target audience (of which we proudly include several members), we,...
View ArticleProblems with point/stay credits at Autograph Hotels
I'm curious if other people are having the same problems I am with getting credits for points and stays after staying at Autograph properties. As kind of a change of pace, I recently chose the House of...
View ArticleThe "I'm sat in the Exec Lounge right now, and it's..." Thread
I'm sat in the Exec lounge at the Marriott London Kensington enjoying the excellent wings and free beer and thought it would be a good idea to start a resource about lounges, confident in the fact that...
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New Marriott Cancellation Policy in 2015
http://travelupdate.boardingarea.com/marriott-cancel-1159-pm-avoid-penalty-fees-new-policy-says/ Although often you can run into properties with 1, 2, or 3 day prior to reservation cancellation times,...
View ArticleMobile check-in and upgrades
I've recently started using the mobile check-in service and wondering if anyone has had luck with upgrades when they use this check-in procedure? I do know that by using it I can let the hotel know...
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Marriott.com profile badges
So I've noticed there's badges with cool points associated to them. I got the plat. prem one but don't seem to have credit for others that maybe I should. Does anyone know if these things work from...
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Happy Holidays Courtesy of MR Customer Service
Now here's something you don't see every day. I have one last cat 1-4 certificate (from last year's MegaBonus) this will expire in late March 2015. I asked to have it extened until the end of June...
View ArticleMarriott Certificates
I have been trying to use two of my certificates earned through my credit card and through a bonus, which are categories 1-5. First, since Marriott changed many of the categories in April of this year,...
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