Anniversary Certificate - No Leniency
I just received my Visa Category 1-5 anniversary certificate, so I called the Plat line to see if I could use it on an upcoming stay at the Ren. LHR in November. The certificate expires in October,...
View ArticlePoints devalued!!!
All, Marriott has devalued the points significantly. I used to get 1000 Marriott dollars for 135,000 points. Now it takes 255,000 points. The service person told me that the new point requirements...
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Grand Cayman Welcome Back Slap In The Face
After staying at the Marriott Grand Cayman Beach Resort last month and having a few issues during our stay I received a message from the hotel apologizing for our inconvenience and offered to send a...
View ArticleFred and Ginger*, The Incredible Mark II,** a Divide,*** and other obscure...
Here is the definition of a continental breakfast courtesy of the Business Dictionary.com A hotel breakfast that may include sliced bread with butter/jam/honey, cheese, meat, croissants, pastries,...
View ArticleWill the Cosmopolitan Honor the New Breakfast Benefit?
This week Marriott Rewards announced a new Breakfast Benefit for Gold & Platinum Rewards Members. It's a fresh perk for Gold and Platinum Elite Marriott Rewards members: Starting June 22 we will...
View ArticleE195 Checks
I am a PP member who stays 200+ nights every year in a Marriott. I choose to use Marriott because of the E195 ($1000 Marriott Checks for 135000 points). these are no longer offered. I use those...
View ArticleMay 2013 "Unexpected Bonus" (mega style)
I just checked Promotion Central link on the website. A new promo is now available. Titled Unexpected Bonus. Time frame May 15-Sept 2.
View ArticleAny comments on how Marriott treats their most frequent customers?
Refuge from Hilton "Upgrade Extortion" - Looking to try Marriott for a year I am fed up with what I call Hilton's Upgrade extortion ($ or Pts) so am giving Marriott a try based on coworkers claims of...
View ArticleTouchy feeley issues
OK. So I got a new touchscreen computer, and trying to be suave, I inadvertently passed my hand (not my finger) over a hotel rate listing for a resort and voila I had booked it--not to mention at an...
View ArticleParis renaissance arc
Well I am currently staying at the Renaissance at the Arc and have a nice room on points but key question some have been raising regarding breakfast. Yes we got free full breakfast( it's Saturday...
View ArticleWhat exactly is contained in a free continental breakast on weekends?
Just wondering, because we've all had the plastic wrapped danishes, boxed OJ, and slightly overheated coffee at some other chains. So will it be any of the following? A selection of breads and...
View Article$1000 Worth of Marriott Gift Checks Not All They are Cracked Up to Be
So I cashed is 135,000 point to get Fifty $20 Marriott gift Checks. Let me tell you about my first experience using them... First I found out that you can't use them if you have booked a AAA rate of...
View ArticlePlatinum Premier - An Insulting Status, If Ever There Was One.
Hi, all. For those that do not know, there is a level called Platinum Premier that is supposed to be above the "Platinum" level. The status used to mean something, as I found out, when I first...
View ArticleSurveys
Anyone else get an email from "SSISurveys?" Mentions Marriott but nowhere is there a logo, and most of the questions are demographic, so I decided not to go further even for the alleged 2000 points...
View ArticleCertificates
So, I currently have 5 certificates to use from the various promotions running. I find them completely useless. I can not find a hotel in a location that I would like to use, and if I do, I'd rather...
View ArticleWhere was your last Marriott stay and were you upgraded to a Suite???
Please let Insider's know where your last Marriott stay was and whether or not you were upgrade to a Suite. This will give Insider's a read on whether or not they have a good chance of getting a suite...
View ArticleLove the new Townplace Suites in Ann Arbor, Michigan!
We have had to go back and forth to Ann Arbor, for medical care. We have stayed at all of the Marriott's in the area, but are now hooked on the nearly-new Townplace Suites. As if the bright, cheery,...
View ArticleBusiness 101 essentials
Just got to thinking that we (as a group) expect certain things in a lodging experience that transcend the door we enter and four walls of the room in which we stay. That being said, what elements of a...
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Is A Perfect Storm Brewing @ Marriott?
Above: Eye of Hurricane Ophelia travelling west towards North America and the southeastern coast of the United States as seen from space by NASA and posted on YouTube (1) The Andrea Gail, a fishing...
View ArticleFunny Story about Platinum Premier Telephone Number
I am a Platinum Premier Elite member, staying over 200 nights a year. I recently had a problem with the "Refer a Friend" program. I spent almost 40 minutes on the phone with a very helpfull girl named...
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