Marriott is offering its Bonvoy rewards members: Earn 1,000 bonus points and 1 bonus Elite Night Credit for each eligible paid night spent during the promotion period. Registration is required.
Thanks to Community Member Miami305 for finding this deal.
Details:
Get 1,000 bonus points and 1 bonus Elite Night Credit each night.
Registration of your Marriott Bonvoy Account is required.
Marriott Bonvoy members who register for this promotion by April 14, 2025, will earn 1,000 bonus Points per eligible paid night, plus one bonus Elite Night Credit per eligible paid night.
Only for stays booked through Marriott Channels
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Marriott is offering its Bonvoy rewards members: Earn 1,000 bonus points and 1 bonus Elite Night Credit for each eligible paid night spent during the promotion period. Registration is required.
Thanks to Community Member Miami305 for finding this deal.
Details:
Get 1,000 bonus points and 1 bonus Elite Night Credit each night.
Registration of your Marriott Bonvoy Account is required.
Marriott Bonvoy members who register for this promotion by April 14, 2025, will earn 1,000 bonus Points per eligible paid night, plus one bonus Elite Night Credit per eligible paid night.
Only for stays booked through Marriott Channels
Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
1,000 points are worth about $8. (a $200 per night hotel is about 25,000 points)
As a lifetime gold at Marriott, I can tell you the bonus qualifying night to reach gold staus is almost worthless. Platiunum is requried (50 nights per year) to get lounge access or breakfast.
Hilton and Hyatt are running double points right now.
My results from both the SD Link and direct Link as well as app:
Sorry, this promotion is not available
This could be because:
You are not eligible for it
It has expired
You're trying to access a miles promotion and are a points-earner, or vice versa. If this is the case, you can easily change your earning preferences.
Questions? Contact Marriott Bonvoy Customer Support.
Check your promotions to see if there are any new promotions available.
FWIW i'm finishing up the 9000pt promo.
I stayed last week and staying again tonight.
see what happens in next few days.
My results from both the SD Link and direct Link as well as app:
Sorry, this promotion is not available
This could be because:
You are not eligible for it
It has expired
You're trying to access a miles promotion and are a points-earner, or vice versa. If this is the case, you can easily change your earning preferences.
Questions? Contact Marriott Bonvoy Customer Support.
Check your promotions to see if there are any new promotions available.
FWIW i'm finishing up the 9000pt promo.
I stayed last week and staying again tonight.
see what happens in next few days.
Curious if this would work if booking through my work's travel booking portal. It says:
"only for stays booked through Marriott Channels and other Qualifying Channels which include, but are not limited to: Marriott Websites, the Mobile Apps, Participating Properties, and the Customer Engagement Centers."
Hoping it falls in the latter two categories. Guess we'll find out.
In the past it has worked for me. We use Concur and basically the reservation shows up in the Bonvoy app right away.
One time I booked through something else (forgot) and I wasn't able to link my Bonvoy to it because they said I booked through a 3rd party - so no nights/points for that trip.
How do you do the ghost stay? Or is it as simple as booking a room and then checking in via the app with a hotel that supports the app as a key?
Basically. I've done this before, specifically at this property: Fairfield Inn & Suites Rapid City.
Just book a reservation like normal, and just let it go. Not many people realize that hotels don't care if you physically show up so long as they get their $$. In fact I've thought of calling up one of these (middle of nowhere) hotels and trying to bargain a discounted rate with them because your stay will cost them $0 - no free breakfast, no housekeeping, nothing.
In general though you can go to the website/app, search for however many nights you need (enter start and end dates) and a vague area - they only let you be as vague as a state. I searched some states that aren't known for tourism or big cities, then sort by price. I tried that in Mexico too but some of the lower tier properties down there (I forget the property names but we don't have them in the US) don't accumulate elite night credits.
What are people experience with elite night usage? Seems like the trips that you want to use them on are often busy season…
I think you're confused - elite nights are for status only. They are not free nights or anything like that. Points can be used for free nights if you have enough. I've never had issues being able to use points.
I am loving my Marriott CC. I have over 100k points just from promos since I signed up 8 months ago. That's almost a weeks worth of hotel visits for a regular hotel stay.
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As a lifetime gold at Marriott, I can tell you the bonus qualifying night to reach gold staus is almost worthless. Platiunum is requried (50 nights per year) to get lounge access or breakfast.
Hilton and Hyatt are running double points right now.
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https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/promotion.mi?promotion=FT25
Sorry, this promotion is not available
This could be because:
You are not eligible for it
It has expired
You're trying to access a miles promotion and are a points-earner, or vice versa. If this is the case, you can easily change your earning preferences.
Questions? Contact Marriott Bonvoy Customer Support.
Check your promotions to see if there are any new promotions available.
FWIW i'm finishing up the 9000pt promo.
I stayed last week and staying again tonight.
see what happens in next few days.
https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/promotion.mi?promotion=FT25
Sorry, this promotion is not available
This could be because:
You are not eligible for it
It has expired
You're trying to access a miles promotion and are a points-earner, or vice versa. If this is the case, you can easily change your earning preferences.
Questions? Contact Marriott Bonvoy Customer Support.
Check your promotions to see if there are any new promotions available.
FWIW i'm finishing up the 9000pt promo.
I stayed last week and staying again tonight.
see what happens in next few days.
"only for stays booked through Marriott Channels and other Qualifying Channels which include, but are not limited to: Marriott Websites, the Mobile Apps, Participating Properties, and the Customer Engagement Centers."
Hoping it falls in the latter two categories. Guess we'll find out.
One time I booked through something else (forgot) and I wasn't able to link my Bonvoy to it because they said I booked through a 3rd party - so no nights/points for that trip.
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Just book a reservation like normal, and just let it go. Not many people realize that hotels don't care if you physically show up so long as they get their $$. In fact I've thought of calling up one of these (middle of nowhere) hotels and trying to bargain a discounted rate with them because your stay will cost them $0 - no free breakfast, no housekeeping, nothing.
In general though you can go to the website/app, search for however many nights you need (enter start and end dates) and a vague area - they only let you be as vague as a state. I searched some states that aren't known for tourism or big cities, then sort by price. I tried that in Mexico too but some of the lower tier properties down there (I forget the property names but we don't have them in the US) don't accumulate elite night credits.
I think you're confused - elite nights are for status only. They are not free nights or anything like that. Points can be used for free nights if you have enough. I've never had issues being able to use points.
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