While some hotel promotions can be incredibly lucrative (Hyatt's famous Faster Free Nights) or incredibly boring (Hilton's current 1,000 points per night), Marriott Rewards has arguably the least exciting/most reliable promotion in their quarterly MegaBonus. It usually offers something like 35,000 points for 20 paid nights plus an additional 15,000 points for 25 paid nights yelding a total of 50,000 for 25 nights stayed within a three-month period on the high end. On the lower end, it's around 25,000 for 15 nights. It's a targeted promo tied to your recent activity and elite status, you can view your offer under Promotion Central (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page while logged into your Marriott Rewards account).
But there's a little-known feature of this promotion: It's flexible. Say you've been staying at plenty of Marriott properties lately and/or you have elite status. You may log in to see your promo is the 35,000 for 20 plus 15,000 for 25 variety. But with your travel plans don't get you anywhere close to that many nights. No worries, just call the Marriott Rewards customer service and ask them to change your offer to one of the lower thresholds. It won't change the offer you see while logged into the website, but they will track it for you manually. Which means you may have to call back if your points havent posted in 6-8 weeks.
Read this thread at Flyertalk to see what success folks have had with this in the past. The offers fluctuate slightly from quarter to quarter so make sure you're quoting an active offer. Phone numbers are below. Good luck!
Regular Member: 800-450-4442
Silver Elite: 1-800-228-2100
Gold/Platinum Elite: 1-800-321-7396
Marriott Rewards customer service.
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