Question on Marriott travel package

TF865 · Mar 12, 2012

I am looking to book a travel package for the first time and hoping some of you with more experience can help me with a question. Both my husband and I have a us air dividend mile account but am told by Marriott that they put the miles into just one owner account and that USAir would have to put from one account into the other. USAir tells me they will only do this through the share option and will incur a fee. This just doesn't sound right. Is this what everyone has to do or am I going about this wrong? I am frustrated with this process at this point!

tompk · Mar 12, 2012

I don't know anything about the US Air "share" side of it but I do know that US Air is running a promo thru the end of the month where they give you a 50% bonus on hotel points transfers. So if you do a 100,000 mile travel package and transfer to US Air miles you will get 150,000 US Air miles.

rudy · Mar 12, 2012

Correct ..but

Yes, this is correct Marriott deposits into one account. However, you realize you can buy multiple tickets using one airline miles account.

I always buy the travel package with the max miles 120,000.

Good Luck

TF865 · Mar 12, 2012

Thanks to both of you for the info. I was aware of the current us air promo and hoping to capitalize on that. Do you know if they have this promotion often? Rudy, thank you, I did not know I could buy more than one ticket - can you tell how new I am at this? Everything I need to know I learn from TUG!!
Thanks again!

Mr. Vker · Mar 12, 2012

This US Airways hotel transfer promo has generally run once/year in the spring. I have used it in 2010 and 2011 to great advantage.

US Airways does charge to transfer miles from one US Airways account to another. AND they max that transfer to 50k miles annually.

But, as has been posted, you can have all miles in one account and book for whoever you want. Spouse, kids etc. Have done it many many times.

I just cashed into tonight for the Cat 6 120k miles packages. I have ZERO MR points now. I start earning more with a stay Wednesday. :cheer:

BocaBoy · Mar 12, 2012

tompk said:
I don't know anything about the US Air "share" side of it but I do know that US Air is running a promo thru the end of the month where they give you a 50% bonus on hotel points transfers. So if you do a 100,000 mile travel package and transfer to US Air miles you will get 150,000 US Air miles.

I don't know about this specific U.S. Air promotion, but check it out carefully before relying on what was said here. In the past whenever an airline has run one of these bonuses for transferring hotel points the bonus does not apply to travel packages, only to straight transfers of hotel points into airline miles.

Mr. Vker · Mar 12, 2012

BocaBoy said:
I don't know about this specific U.S. Air promotion, but check it out carefully before relying on what was said here. In the past whenever an airline has run one of these bonuses for transferring hotel points the bonus does not apply to travel packages, only to straight transfers of hotel points into airline miles.

My personal experience with US is that they do give the bonus on MR travel packages. I agree one should know all of the T&C's. The terms can change from promo to promo.

Nickfromct · Mar 12, 2012

BocaBoy said:
I don't know about this specific U.S. Air promotion, but check it out carefully before relying on what was said here. In the past whenever an airline has run one of these bonuses for transferring hotel points the bonus does not apply to travel packages, only to straight transfers of hotel points into airline miles.

Last year I did a travel package with 120,000 miles and picked up a 60k bonus.

BocaBoy · Mar 13, 2012

Nickfromct said:
Last year I did a travel package with 120,000 miles and picked up a 60k bonus.

I am not saying you didn't. I am just saying that I have not. Was yours with U.S.Air? My most recent experience was with American when they ran a similar hotel bonus promotion just prior to the end of their relationship with Marriott Rewards.

Has anyone received this type of bonus with a travel package from any airline other than U.S. Air?

GrayFal · Mar 13, 2012

BocaBoy said:
I am not saying you didn't. I am just saying that I have not. Was yours with U.S.Air? My most recent experience was with American when they ran a similar hotel bonus promotion just prior to the end of their relationship with Marriott Rewards.

Has anyone received this type of bonus with a travel package from any airline other than U.S. Air?

In the past 10 years I have gotten bonus points transferring the travel package to American four times. They were usually 20% bonuses

Mr. Vker · Mar 13, 2012

Processed the TP last night. 120k US Airways miles showed this morning. It took about 2 weeks for the bonus miles last time. I will report back.

Nickfromct · Mar 13, 2012

BocaBoy said:
I am not saying you didn't. I am just saying that I have not. Was yours with U.S.Air? My most recent experience was with American when they ran a similar hotel bonus promotion just prior to the end of their relationship with Marriott Rewards.

Has anyone received this type of bonus with a travel package from any airline other than U.S. Air?

Mine was through US.

Antny · Mar 13, 2012

Hotel + Air Packages Room Type?

I'm assuming you only get a guest room with the Hotel + Air Packages. Has anyone upgraded to a larger room? If so, what was the cost, if any?

SueDonJ · Mar 13, 2012

Antny said:
I'm assuming you only get a guest room with the Hotel + Air Packages. Has anyone upgraded to a larger room? If so, what was the cost, if any?

from the marriott.com FAQ about using MRP at the timeshares:

How many points are required for 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom & 3-bedroom villas?

A 1-bedroom is an additional 5,000 points per night, a 2-bedroom is an additional 10,000 points per night, and a 3-bedroom is an additional 15,000 points per night.

Mr. Vker · Mar 13, 2012

Antny said:
I'm assuming you only get a guest room with the Hotel + Air Packages. Has anyone upgraded to a larger room? If so, what was the cost, if any?

Or a hotel room with full hotel and MR benefits. We combine the two many times.

Nickfromct · Mar 14, 2012

Antny said:
I'm assuming you only get a guest room with the Hotel + Air Packages. Has anyone upgraded to a larger room? If so, what was the cost, if any?

With the travel package you're only getting the basic room at the hotel. Depending on your marriott status, you may get a free upgrade depending on how crowded the hotel is for the nights you are staying. I'm sure you could upgrade with cash/points if you don't have status with marriott.

Antny · Mar 14, 2012

SueDonJ said:
from the marriott.com FAQ about using MRP at the timeshares:

Thanks! So here's my real question.. If you purchased a 7-night + air reward but only wanted to use 4/5 nights.
1. Can you "bank" the other nights for use another time?
2. Can you apply the remaining nights (if ques. 1 were true) as a room upgrade instead?
3. How would the “Redeem for 4 nights and Get the 5th Night Free” Reward apply? - Could that extend it to 8-nights?

Sorry for the noobie questions.. I'm still learning

Mr. Vker · Mar 14, 2012

Antny said:
Thanks! So here's my real question.. If you purchased a 7-night + air reward but only wanted to use 4/5 nights.
1. Can you "bank" the other nights for use another time?
2. Can you apply the remaining nights (if ques. 1 were true) as a room upgrade instead?
3. How would the “Redeem for 4 nights and Get the 5th Night Free” Reward apply? - Could that extend it to 8-nights?

Sorry for the noobie questions.. I'm still learning

Nope you must use it as 7 consecutive nights. Cannot split or bank. In theory, the 5th night free was taken into account when determining package point costs.

(You can book a 5 night TP if you are a MVCI owner.)

Other than that it is a certificate good for the listed category for the stated number of nights.

Antny · Mar 14, 2012

Mr. Vker said:
Nope you must use it as 7 consecutive nights. Cannot split or bank. In theory, the 5th night free was taken into account when determining package point costs.

(You can book a 5 night TP if you are a MVCI owner.)

Other than that it is a certificate good for the listed category for the stated number of nights.

Thank you!

emt · Mar 15, 2012

Book 5nt package, only use 4nts?

We're planning a 4 night trip (cat5) and I'm considering a 5nt travel package so to cash in for some air miles. Would like to stay 5nts but may not be possible (childcare, work, etc.) or may see about using the 5th day as post-red-eye or pre-flight 'bonus' time.

If we don't use the 5th day is there any penalty? Am I missing something in considering the 5th day as 'free'??

Thanks-

Mr. Vker · Mar 15, 2012

emt said:
We're planning a 4 night trip (cat5) and I'm considering a 5nt travel package so to cash in for some air miles. Would like to stay 5nts but may not be possible (childcare, work, etc.) or may see about using the 5th day as post-red-eye or pre-flight 'bonus' time.

If we don't use the 5th day is there any penalty? Am I missing something in considering the 5th day as 'free'??

Thanks-

You can check out early. You just lose the unused portion. You need to reserve for the full length of the certificate.

jdunn1 · Mar 22, 2012

Are there five night packages that include air. I only see seven night packages. If so how many points for the highest mileage package. Thanks.

SueDonJ · Mar 22, 2012

jdunn1 said:
Are there five night packages that include air. I only see seven night packages. If so how many points for the highest mileage package. Thanks.

There are 5-night packages available only for MVCI owners. Not sure if this link will work but it should direct you to the right page once you sign in to your my-vacationclub.com account. If it doesn't work, sign in your usual way and then click on "Program Enhancements" under "Marriott Rewards" in the column on the right.

jdunn1 · Mar 22, 2012

Sue, thank you. This is great news. You were right, I needed to sign in, but your link brought me right to this page.

SueDonJ said:
There are 5-night packages available only for MVCI owners. Not sure if this link will work but it should direct you to the right page once you sign in to your my-vacationclub.com account. If it doesn't work, sign in your usual way and then click on "Program Enhancements" under "Marriott Rewards" in the column on the right.

jdunn1 · Mar 22, 2012

One more quick question. Is Soutwest now one of the participating airlines? I think the chart listed on the MVCI site is from 2009 and back then the Southwest frequent flier program was different. Thanks.

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