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Abound Owners Sweepstakes [MERGED]

Fasttr said:
Wow....good for you. So far, I'm just an add'l entry "winner" like most.

Do you have a secret....play early in the day, late in the day, start in lower right corner, etc? ;-)
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He said previously it's probably because he's up at farmer hours, long before us non-agrarians. ;-P
 
Yeah, I've played nearly every morning (but not super early) and have yet to win anything other than draw entries....it's a bummer for me so far.
 
Nothing but sweepstakes entries for me. Another Marriott sham if you ask me lol
 
gln60 said:
I was starting to feel that way too..until I won 500 Plus Points yesterday…keep trying…..Tomorrow may be your lucky day
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Yeahhhhhh I won!!! One more entry lol
 
Sometimes when I click button to play the site immediately tells me thanks for playing and doesn't put up the game. I don't "win" anything, not even a sweepstakes entry. It can happen at all times of day. Anyone encounter that?
 
dsmrp said:
Sometimes when I click button to play the site immediately tells me thanks for playing and doesn't put up the game. I don't "win" anything, not even a sweepstakes entry. It can happen at all times of day. Anyone encounter that?
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Haven't seen that, but make sure you don't have any ad blockers turned on.
 
dsmrp said:
Sometimes when I click button to play the site immediately tells me thanks for playing and doesn't put up the game. I don't "win" anything, not even a sweepstakes entry. It can happen at all times of day. Anyone encounter that?
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Happened to me once so far.
 
dioxide45 said:
Haven't seen that, but make sure you don't have any ad blockers turned on.
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It happens mainly on my mobile phone, but I could also play the game on my phone last week AFTER it wouldn't let me on previous days. Has also occurred on my laptop. It's intermittent. I have an ad blocker on my laptop, but also been able to play game on it.
 
So, odd. I cannot find a single link to the sweepstakes after logging in on either Safari, Firefox, Chrome or Edge.
 
My heart raced so fast yesterday when I saw there was a win for the daily instant game. Turned out the prize was 1 entry for the grand prize. bummer.
 
I just get "ineligible email domain" for my yahoo address. : (
 
marriottdude said:
I just get "ineligible email domain" for my yahoo address. : (
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I got this misleading error message at the beginning before I understood that I had to login to MVC first, then click on the link in the email. A new tab appears that shows the Abound entry point, then says 'redirecting...' and I'm good to go.
 
dioxide45 said:
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Thanks, but it's not there on my log in. My first box still has the "Announcing Marriott's Bali Nusa Dua Terrace, Reserve Your Stay Now" box. There is simply no reference to the sweepstakes anywhere. When I tried to register outside the site, I could never get past the invalid email domain error message.

EDIT: After a few more failed efforts to register, and getting the same invalid email domain error message, it is now showing up at log in using the Chrome Browser. Thanks everyone for the help.
 
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BigDawgTUG said:
Thanks, but it's not there on my log in. My first box still has the "Announcing Marriott's Bali Nusa Dua Terrace, Reserve Your Stay Now" box. There is simply no reference to the sweepstakes anywhere. When I tried to register outside the site, I could never get past the invalid email domain error message.

EDIT: After a few more failed efforts to register, and getting the same invalid email domain error message, it is now showing up at log in using the Chrome Browser. Thanks everyone for the help.
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I have found that uBlock Origin (ad blocker) will block that Abound Contest tile when the ad blocker is turned on. Other ad blockers may do the same.
 
jwalk03 said:
all owners. just login to the website.
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ljmiii said:
I got this misleading error message at the beginning before I understood that I had to login to MVC first, then click on the link in the email. A new tab appears that shows the Abound entry point, then says 'redirecting...' and I'm good to go.
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Hmm, must be only open to enrolled owners then.
Tried to sign up for the sweepstake but keep on saying ineligible email domain, even though I am logged in.
I also do not get the email announcing the sweepstakes.
 
paxlin said:
Hmm, must be only open to enrolled owners then.
Tried to sign up for the sweepstake but keep on saying ineligible email domain, even though I am logged in.
I also do not get the email announcing the sweepstakes.
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We are not enrolled owners and I've been playing every day. Even won the 500 PlusPoints or 11,200 Bonvoy Points last week. Assuming I'll be granted the Bonvoy Points since I have no idea what PlusPoints are :)
 
I found I have to turn my VPN off for the box to appear on the MVC website after login. Once I figured that out, I've been able to play every day without issue. Have won twice (other than sweepstakes entries), but have not received either prize yet.

Maybe we should track who has accumulated the most sweepstakes entries, as another wonderful yet meaningless way to win!!
 
paxlin said:
Hmm, must be only open to enrolled owners then.
Tried to sign up for the sweepstake but keep on saying ineligible email domain, even though I am logged in.
I also do not get the email announcing the sweepstakes.
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I own nothing but re-sale weeks. Not enrolled and I have been playing. I have only won entries thus far.
 
BigDawgTUG said:
So, odd. I cannot find a single link to the sweepstakes after logging in on either Safari, Firefox, Chrome or Edge.
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That is odd. Are you scrolling down your home page? The dark blue attachment featured in post #1 appears on my home page, just after I log in.
 
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