Join Marriott Rewards and be automatically registered to earn your free night certificate
Stay twice at participating hotels during your earning period*. Your earning period starts the day you enrol through the end of that month, plus an additional 120 days
Earn a free night at a category 1 – 5 hotel after your 2nd paid stay
E.g. very outer London hotels are £58-62 some nights. You can stay 1 night. Then another time, 1 night. Then another time, have your 1 free night.
Do they not offer a best price guarantee e.g. book, send link and then get refund?
manbearpig
28 Nov 16#18
Rubbish deal. Hardly any Category 1-5 in cities I go to (hong kong and new york).
Cold.
montana78
31 Oct 16#17
The nororious B.I.G used to rap about this hotel. It must be good :wink:
eddibabyyeah
23 Oct 16#16
Yea. Unfortunately this is how the big chains work now. You could call the hotel and see what they say. Some hotels/management are more helpful than others when it comes to rules. Its also worth noting that there aren't many Cat 1-5 Marriott's in the UK. There are plenty elsewhere, but the list in the UK is fairly sparse these days.
stevenfeeney
22 Oct 161#15
Hotels.com are still the best reward scheme in the U.K.
Booking directly with Marriott for reward status is not advised (normally) since Hotels.com have a much more superior loyalty scheme.
tom00
21 Oct 161#14
Thanks for confirming. I thought the free night thing might be different since the T&Cs don't mention anything. I've been looking at my cancellable bookings on hotels.com and hotels to book directly with Marriott instead, but they're so much more expensive. I don't think I'd be any better off even if I did find a nice hotel to redeem the free night on.
eddibabyyeah
21 Oct 16#13
No. Stays with hotels.com DO NOT qualify for status or anything normally with Hilton on Marriott. I am a marriott Platinum and my company recently booked a room via hotels.com. The nights did not appear on my account and I did not get any Platinum benefits. I spoke to the manager and he said this has been the case for some time.
arthurx1234
21 Oct 16#12
WHAT A SWIZZ
Signed in as a new member -- got this below, basically telling me to F.R.O
A Note About This Promotion
We’re sorry, but there was an error in directing you to this promotion.
The reason for this error could be:
You’re trying to access a miles promotion and are a points-earner, or vice versa
You are not eligible for this promotion
This promotion has expired
Updating your earning preference is fast and easy; simply sign into your account. For all other issues, please contact Marriott Rewards Customer Support.
Has anyone got a free night??
tom00
21 Oct 16#11
Ah... never mind then :neutral_face:
boyaloud
21 Oct 16#10
I think it will need to be as it's all about the Marriott Rewards scheme.
tom00
21 Oct 161#9
Yeah, I guess they only mean you can't check out and in again to qualify for a new stay.
I have a night booked at a Marriott Courtyard coming up soon so I might try to book another one somewhere. I assume a stay booked via Hotels.com would qualify... can't see anything that says it needs to be booked directly.
boyaloud
21 Oct 16#8
I think you can stay 1 or 2 or 3 or however many nights but it must be 2 occasions. They mean if you stay 2 or 3 nights, it still counts as one STAY and you must have two STAYS.
tom00
21 Oct 16#6
"A stay is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel" - does this mean you have to stay at least two nights per stay? A single night can't be consecutive.
Also, where does it say that you can qualify by staying two nights in a row (original post)?
boyaloud to tom00
21 Oct 16#7
you're right - i've edited the OP.
stevenfeeney
21 Oct 161#5
This will only work once for one free night and it is only for new joiners to the loyalty scheme.
The best loyalty scheme still remains Hotels dot com with 1 free night for every 10 stays.
Failing that you would be better signing up for IHG accelerate
ultrak3wl
21 Oct 16#4
New joiners only :disappointed:
eddibabyyeah
21 Oct 16#3
Not many Cat 1-5 in this country.
alababaju
21 Oct 161#1
Oooooo! This sounds brilliant for people touring a country for example who want to make 1-3 day stays in each location.
Anyone know if this is repeatable?
Like
2 nights in Spain, 1 night free in Morroco, then again
2 nights in Cairo 1, night free in Quebec then again e.t.c
boyaloud to alababaju
21 Oct 16#2
Don't see why not. I think the free stay is ANYWHERE as long as it's category 1-5.
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Join Marriott Rewards and be automatically registered to earn your free night certificate
Stay twice at participating hotels during your earning period*. Your earning period starts the day you enrol through the end of that month, plus an additional 120 days
Earn a free night at a category 1 – 5 hotel after your 2nd paid stay
E.g. very outer London hotels are £58-62 some nights. You can stay 1 night. Then another time, 1 night. Then another time, have your 1 free night.
You get 4-5 months to do these stays, but then a year to claim your free 1-night stay. Catagories of hotels can be seen http://www.marriott.co.uk/rewards/usepoints/hotelrew.mi
Latest comments (19)
Cold.
Booking directly with Marriott for reward status is not advised (normally) since Hotels.com have a much more superior loyalty scheme.
Signed in as a new member -- got this below, basically telling me to F.R.O
A Note About This Promotion
We’re sorry, but there was an error in directing you to this promotion.
The reason for this error could be:
You’re trying to access a miles promotion and are a points-earner, or vice versa
You are not eligible for this promotion
This promotion has expired
Updating your earning preference is fast and easy; simply sign into your account. For all other issues, please contact Marriott Rewards Customer Support.
Has anyone got a free night??
I have a night booked at a Marriott Courtyard coming up soon so I might try to book another one somewhere. I assume a stay booked via Hotels.com would qualify... can't see anything that says it needs to be booked directly.
Also, where does it say that you can qualify by staying two nights in a row (original post)?
The best loyalty scheme still remains Hotels dot com with 1 free night for every 10 stays.
Failing that you would be better signing up for IHG accelerate
Anyone know if this is repeatable?
Like
2 nights in Spain, 1 night free in Morroco, then again
2 nights in Cairo 1, night free in Quebec then again e.t.c