topic Re: Marriott Free Nights in Credit Cards

Marriott Free Nights

ojefferyo — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:25:31 GMT

How do you use the free night at a higher category? Do you call and say you have a certificate and pay the difference in points or cash or is that even possible and you're limited to whatever category the certificate is for?

Re: Marriott Free Nights

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:29:04 GMT

@ojefferyo wrote:
How do you use the free night at a higher category? Do you call and say you have a certificate and pay the difference in points or cash or is that even possible and you're limited to whatever category the certificate is for?

As far as I know. You can't....

I tried to use ours for Cat 5 and they wouldn't go for it even paying the difference.

Re: Marriott Free Nights

ojefferyo — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:34:10 GMT

That's weaksauce

Re: Marriott Free Nights

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:53:16 GMT

I agree! I would pay extra to a better hotel but free is free I guess.

Re: Marriott Free Nights

-Cal- — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:03:49 GMT

Anyone know if free nights carry over to the next year? Can I accumulate them over 5 years and spend 5 consecutive days at a place?

Re: Marriott Free Nights

onstar — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:08:51 GMT

@-Cal- wrote:
Anyone know if free nights carry over to the next year? Can I accumulate them over 5 years and spend 5 consecutive days at a place?

Each free night certificate has an expiration date that is 6 months from the date of issue.

So NO to your accumulation question.

Re: Marriott Free Nights

-Cal- — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:09:09 GMT

how/where do you get this certificate?

Re: Marriott Free Nights

onstar — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:09:58 GMT

@-Cal- wrote:
how/where do you get this certificate?

Chase Marriott card members get a free certificate every year. Good for a category 1-5 hotel.

Re: Marriott Free Nights

-Cal- — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:12:01 GMT

Where do we "get" this certificate from? Is it something that is mailed? found online? My first year as a Marriott holder so I'm not sure how/when/where I should get it.

Re: Marriott Free Nights

jsucool76 — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:17:17 GMT

@-Cal- wrote:
Where do we "get" this certificate from? Is it something that is mailed? found online? My first year as a Marriott holder so I'm not sure how/when/where I should get it.

It will be in your marriott rewards account online.

Certs have expiration dates but they CAN be extended by a simple call to MR customer service. Others have also had luck getting them converted into points. all a YMMV thing, but extensions seem to be like a 99.99% success rate.

You can NOT use a cat 1-4 cert at anything above a cat4, cannot use a cat 1-5 at anything above a cat5. They're for standard rooms only, though based on status you may be able to get an upgrade.

Re: Marriott Free Nights

onstar — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:18:28 GMT

@-Cal- wrote:
Where do we "get" this certificate from? Is it something that is mailed? found online? My first year as a Marriott holder so I'm not sure how/when/where I should get it.

Log into Marriott Rewards. It's in your Account Activity screen. It will show up as an Unused Certificate just below the Activity section.

Re: Marriott Free Nights

ojefferyo — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:22:56 GMT

@-Cal- wrote:
Where do we "get" this certificate from? Is it something that is mailed? found online? My first year as a Marriott holder so I'm not sure how/when/where I should get it.

It should be automatically added to your account. You can check to see if you have it by looging into your Marriott account. Under My Account/Account Overview. You'll see the certifcate right under that status bar if you have one.