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old 5 night travel packages values

tatmtr7

tatmtr7

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I have looked at the MVCI website and cannot find the values for the current travel packages. I just upgraded one 5 night from a year ago but want to order another if only for the miles.
Thanks
 
tatmtr7 said:
I have looked at the MVCI website and cannot find the values for the current travel packages. I just upgraded one 5 night from a year ago but want to order another if only for the miles.
Thanks
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You have to call Marriott. It may be on the website, but I just call to get the 5 night package. I just did it last week. I believe it was 235K points for the Cat 1-5 and 120K miles with most airlines. United gets you 10% more.
 
They are a pain in the butt to find in the new website, but the link by @kds4 works like a charm!
 
dioxide45 said:
They are a pain in the butt to find in the new website, but the link by @kds4 works like a charm!
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I agree with difficulty finding it online. The only reason I still have ready access to it is because I have it saved in my Favorites.
 
that link does not work for me as I am not a MVC owner. Going to have to dig it out from Marriott.com
 
Sandy VDH said:
that link does not work for me as I am not a MVC owner. Going to have to dig it out from Marriott.com
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I don't know that the 5 night package chart was ever available on Marriott.com.
 
Thanks! Now I need to call and be prepared to wait. I agree the 5 night chart has never been online as it is only available to Marriottvclub owners.
 
Sandy VDH said:
that link does not work for me as I am not a MVC owner. Going to have to dig it out from Marriott.com
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I thought the 5 night packages were only available to MVCI owners though.

If I were you tatmtr7, I'd call MVCI to get the 5 nighters, not MR. You'll find much faster access. I just did this a week ago, call was answered immediately, and, they knew everything needed to order them.
 
Steve Fatula said:
I thought the 5 night packages were only available to MVCI owners though.

If I were you tatmtr7, I'd call MVCI to get the 5 nighters, not MR. You'll find much faster access.
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They are supposed to be for owners. I've seen mixed reviews on multiple sites.
 
tatmtr7 said:
Thanks! Now I need to call and be prepared to wait. I agree the 5 night chart has never been online as it is only available to Marriottvclub owners.
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You should be able to call MVC Owner Services to convert to a five night certificate. Little wait that way vs MR customer service.
 
The 5 night Category 9 package does not have the 5th night free when calculating the points.
I questioned a rep, of course they were clueless. I was thinking of upgrading to Cat 9 before Aug 1st but to lose the 5th night free is not good.
 
NiteMaire said:
They are supposed to be for owners. I've seen mixed reviews on multiple sites.
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Yes, the 5 Night Travel Package are only available to MVCI Owners.
The clues are that
- they are only referenced on the owners.marriottvacationclub.com website
- they are found under the heading “Owner specials”
I have read that some non Owners have been able to book them by calling Marriott Rewards, but if true that is similar to others who use discount codes when they are not eligible, e.g. Senior
Discount when you are not a Senior, higher Owner Benefit level discounts when you are not at that level...etc
It shouldn’t be possible and is not right.
 
Is my recollection is correct
  • Miles deposited to frequent flyer account and subject to the airline expiration dates.
  • The 5 night stays can be used outside of using the "purchased" airline miles, but need to be used at same location for the full 5 days.
In other words, that do not need to be used for the same trip. I can fly to California with miles in June 2019 and then choose to use the hotel voucher in Chicago November 2018. Are the vouchers good for one year? I have seen mention that Marriott may allow another years extension?
 
DJensen said:
Is my recollection is correct
  • Miles deposited to frequent flyer account and subject to the airline expiration dates.
  • The 5 night stays can be used outside of using the "purchased" airline miles, but need to be used at same location for the full 5 days.
In other words, that do not need to be used for the same trip. I can fly to California with miles in June 2019 and then choose to use the hotel voucher in Chicago November 2018. Are the vouchers good for one year? I have seen mention that Marriott may allow another years extension?
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Yes. You can spread out a TP over 2 trips. Use the AC for one (subject to MR rules for expiration/extension) and FF miles for another (subject to the airline expiration rules).
 
kds4 said:
Yes. You can spread out a TP over 2 trips. Use the AC for one (subject to MR rules for expiration/extension) and FF miles for another (subject to the airline expiration rules).
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You can use the FF miles however you like. They can be used for one, two or ten trips. The hotel cert has to be used all at once. The FF miles are simply added to your existing FF account total to be disposed of as you wish. They do not have to be used all at once.
 
Mr. Vker said:
You can use the FF miles however you like. They can be used for one, two or ten trips. The hotel cert has to be used all at once. The FF miles are simply added to your existing FF account total to be disposed of as you wish. They do not have to be used all at once.
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Yes. I did not intend to imply that you had to use all FF miles for a single trip. My apologies if that was unclear.
 
Mr. Vker said:
You can use the FF miles however you like. They can be used for one, two or ten trips. The hotel cert has to be used all at once. The FF miles are simply added to your existing FF account total to be disposed of as you wish. They do not have to be used all at once.
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So here is a question: Can I request the same or similar 5-day travel package for the hotel cert only because I have enough miles?
 
Are the 5 night TP's considered one of the best use of points? Might make sense to just get one if you have the points in your account. Owners Login is down right now so I can't look at the point cost.
 
We decided to get a 2nd "floating" 5 night TP Cat 7 (future Cat 5) next week. We will have 2 TP comes August where we have nothing planned for. We just want to stock up on airline miles because we don't see ourselves doing future TP.
 
Wally3433 said:
Are the 5 night TP's considered one of the best use of points? Might make sense to just get one if you have the points in your account. Owners Login is down right now so I can't look at the point cost.
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I think they are. Even though you can create the 5 night AC by redeeming points for 4 nights and getting the 5th night free, I see the value in the airline mile conversion. For travel packages the airline mile conversion rates are close to 1:1. Doing strictly an airline mile conversion by itself (not in a TP), the conversion rate can be as bad as 3:1.
 
I think we all know the regular MR line is a mess. There was a report on the FT thread where someone called to order a 7 night package the rep INSISTED they could get a 5 night even though they didn't own a MVCI. So much for rules and training. That really aggravated me.
 
Old Hickory said:
So here is a question: Can I request the same or similar 5-day travel package for the hotel cert only because I have enough miles?
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That's not a travel package-that's just an award stay. The 5th night is free.
 
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