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Current Mega Bonus with MR

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I just spoke with someone at MR. He said our MVC reservations, both weeks and DC are not included in the nights for the Megabonus.

Is this true?
 
Correct. The megabonus is a rebate for booking a commissionable rate. With a timeshare stay not only is it not a commissionable rate, but there is zero revenue on which to earn a rebate. The money has to come from somewhere.

We are fortunate that we get Elite Night credits for timeshare stays. They don't have a direct financial impact which is why it's ok but it could easily not be the case.
 
Saintsfanfl said:
Correct. The megabonus is a rebate for booking a commissionable rate. With a timeshare stay not only is it not a commissionable rate, but there is zero revenue on which to earn a rebate. The money has to come from somewhere.

We are fortunate that we get Elite Night credits for timeshare stays. They don't have a direct financial impact which is why it's ok but it could easily not be the case.
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I guess you could make an argument that with timeshares we pre-paid a commissionable rate with our up front purchases, especially where this was from Marriott before the split.
I won't push that one too hard though and I certainly do value the continuing Elite nights credit for timeshare stays.
 
I know you aren't pushing but that commission was already 100% paid out. Nothing left for a residual. The nightly rates have an amount built in to cover the mrp earnings.
 
My Megabonus now is earn double points for first 3 stays.
I was at a Courtyard last month and my charge backs to room received the double. This was on free night cert. Just came back from a Marriott TS stay....will know in a day or two if the charge backs counted. Think they will.
 
mdurette said:
My Megabonus now is earn double points for first 3 stays.
I was at a Courtyard last month and my charge backs to room received the double. This was on free night cert. Just came back from a Marriott TS stay....will know in a day or two if the charge backs counted. Think they will.
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Highly doubtful but do report back.
 
mdurette said:
My Megabonus now is earn double points for first 3 stays.
I was at a Courtyard last month and my charge backs to room received the double. This was on free night cert. Just came back from a Marriott TS stay....will know in a day or two if the charge backs counted. Think they will.
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I am sure they will count. They are incidental charges that earn MRPs, which have always counted in these things, unless the promotion refers to double points on the room rate only, which this does not.
 
The terms specify double points on paid stays only. Not sure if they enforce that in practice or not but that's what it says.
 
Saintsfanfl said:
The terms specify double points on paid stays only. Not sure if they enforce that in practice or not but that's what it says.
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I suspect it may be programmed as a paid stay if there is a balance paid on the folio at checkout. A year or two ago we stayed at Grande Ocean for 28 nights on DC points and had a 2-night paid weekend reservation at the end, and the resort combined them into a single reservation (we had not even requested this combination). Because the 30-day reservation had a paid component, all 30 nights counted as paid nights for the promotion. Not apples to apples with this one, but it may be what is going on here. Just guessing of course.
 
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Vacation Club stays have never counted in the past for stay two nights get a free night certificate. Why would this count as a stay? Guess we will find out soon enough.
 
BocaBoy said:
I suspect it may be programmed as a paid stay if there is a balance paid on the folio at checkout. A year or two ago we stayed at Grande Ocean for 28 nights on MR points and had a 2-night paid weekend reservation at the end, and the resort combined them into a single reservation (we had not even requested this combination). Because the 30-day reservation had a paid component, all 30 nights counted as paid nights for the promotion. Not apples to apples with this one, but it may be what is going on here. Just guessing of course.
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I think that may have been an anamoly due to the single reservation. I have never had a timeshare stay without a balance paid on the folio. I'll have to look back but I am pretty sure I had timeshare stays during a promo.
 
BocaBoy said:
I suspect it may be programmed as a paid stay if there is a balance paid on the folio at checkout. A year or two ago we stayed at Grande Ocean for 28 nights on MR points and had a 2-night paid weekend reservation at the end, and the resort combined them into a single reservation (we had not even requested this combination). Because the 30-day reservation had a paid component, all 30 nights counted as paid nights for the promotion. Not apples to apples with this one, but it may be what is going on here. Just guessing of course.
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I think it depends on what confirmation number survives the merge of the two reservations. If the cash confirmation survives, then I think that could explain what happened in your situation. I thin this is much different than a pure MVC stay.
 
dioxide45 said:
I think it depends on what confirmation number survives the merge of the two reservations. If the cash confirmation survives, then I think that could explain what happened in your situation. I think this is much different than a pure MVC stay.
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The surviving confirmation number in my case was not the confirmation number of the cash reservation. In any event, I agree with you that this is much different than a pure MVC stay. I am not saying that the stays being discussed should receive the double points bonus because I don't think they should. However, I am suggesting that the system might credit them, as it apparently did in Post #5. I am very interested in seeing the eventual outcome from others. I will have some MR stays during this promo period but I do not expect to have any incidental charges, so I know I will not receive anything from this promotion.
 
mdurette said:
My Megabonus now is earn double points for first 3 stays.
I was at a Courtyard last month and my charge backs to room received the double. This was on free night cert. Just came back from a Marriott TS stay....will know in a day or two if the charge backs counted. Think they will.
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Reporting back - did not get mega bonus points. Just the regular 10x and elite and 7 nights.

Thinking back, the above Courtyard info I gave was not correct. I recall now paying for my room (thus the mega bonus applied) I used a cert for the in-laws that needed a night. All well, will take what I got anyway!
 
Between me and DH we have 21+ stays (128 nights) during the promotion period. Some will be paid, most are MVC with a few hotels on the way and then the way home. I was trying to divide the reservations to maximize the nights on each MR number.

We had a paid stay at a Courtyard on the way down. After 10 days it still wasn't showing up in either account. I called the hotel and they confirmed my MR number was on reservation. When I called MR the rep said he could see it but it had been discarded because the rate wasn't confirmed (whatever that means). He added it back.

Time will tell what goes through and what doesn't.
 
mdurette said:
Reporting back - did not get mega bonus points. Just the regular 10x and elite and 7 nights.

Thinking back, the above Courtyard info I gave was not correct. I recall now paying for my room (thus the mega bonus applied) I used a cert for the in-laws that needed a night. All well, will take what I got anyway!
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That was undoubtedly the correct outcome, although not your preferred one.
 
We had a stay at an MVCI resort at the beginning of February. Some incidentals we billed to our villa did get 2x reward points.
 
Not sure how it works, but checked my file and it says I earned
Your total:
  • 26,090 Bonus Points
 
Art said:
We had a stay at an MVCI resort at the beginning of February. Some incidentals we billed to our villa did get 2x reward points.
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How did you pay for your stay? Was it a cash reservation?
 
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