Marriott Gift Cards & Certificates - Holiday Bonus

[gwhamm]

FedX is not the only option

I ordered a gift card last week and the shipping charge for normal postage was only $1. The card was shipped the next day after ordering (received email stating such) and I received the card within a weeks time.

Using the gift card this week for our stay in Aruba but will be ordering more for paying maintenance fees now that it has been determined we can do so.

 

[jin]

Awesome! Well, I guess I will take the dive and order a card !

Why is the only shipping option the $8.50 Express (2-3 business day) ?

I did the same thing yesterday: Called 800 #, told them I had a visa card (since all visa cads start with 4), gave them expiration date, and $2500 worked great to pay off 2 and a half M.F.'s, rest I put on Marriott card. Pete

 

[dima]

Did they ask for 3-digit security number over the 800-number?

 

[dima]

YES! just did my MF payment over the phone. It works great!
Thanks tuggers:rofl:

 

[FlyerBobcat]

YES! just did my MF payment over the phone. It works great!
Thanks tuggers:rofl:

Can you now answer for us the "3-digit security number" question? Thanks

 

[dima]

Over the phone there is an automated service.
They ask only for GC number that I entered with 4 and the experation date.
Good luck!

 

[pharmgirl]

would like to use gift card for MFs but still can't access online. So I signed up for ebilling
anyone have this? and did you receive MFs on email even if you couldn't access online?

 

[MOXJO7282]

I spoke with live person at 800-845-4226. They didn't ask for security code. Jus the number and expiration.

 

[suenmike32]

From what I was told by a Marriott rep...you cannot make a payment on your maintenance fees until your new M/F's are published.
I didn't understand why...so I tried again about an hour later (different rep) and got the same message.
I was able to pay one of my M/F's...but that was because I had received it in the mail.
Perhaps you will be able to make a partial payment...when their site comes back up...I don't know...but right now its been down for several days.
Mike

 

[MOXJO7282]

I'm surprised Marriott is allowing this. It's only an extra 25k points fom this gift card promo, but its a nice little topper to the 70k points I already get for paying my MF with the Marriott Visa.

 

[zerap]

I want to purchase 2 seperate gift cards for $2,500. Wiil Marriott post 2 seperate 25,000 points to my account

 

[wof45]

Marriott tracks the 25,000 total bonus by Marriott rewards numbers.

If you want more the 25,000 points bonus, you need to have more than one rewards number

 

[ral]

Do I understand this correctly? If I purchase $2500 on a gift card using my Marriott Platinum credit card, I will be getting the following: 25,000 bonus points for purchasing $2500 Gift Card by Dec. 31, 12,500 points for $2500 Marriott purchase on the Marriott Platinum card and 25,000 points when using the gift cards toward Maintenance Fees for a total of 62,500 points vs. 25,000 points for $2500 marriott maintenance fee direct purchase plus 12,500 points for paying with credit card for a total of 37,500 points without using the gift card.

Is this correct?

 

[Dave M]

Not correct.

If you buy and use the cards for your MFs, you get 10 points per dollar spent on the card and 5 points for charging the purchase on your Marriott card. For a $2,500 purchase, using it all for MFs, that's 37,500 points. You get no additional points for using the card.

If you simply pay $2,500 of your MFs by using your Marriott card, you get 5 points per dollar for a total of 12,500 points.

If you decide to buy gift cards for something else, such as staying at Marriott hotels, you'll still get the 10 points per dollar, but that's not an apples to apples comparison to the alternatives for paying MFs.

You can go back to the second post in this thread for the specifics of how points are given.

 

[Pens_Fan]

Over the phone there is an automated service.
They ask only for GC number that I entered with 4 and the experation date.
Good luck!

What phone number did you use to call them?

The 800 number on their website comes back with a message saying that they are closed for the holiday weekend.

 

[dima]

What phone number did you use to call them?

The 800 number on their website comes back with a message saying that they are closed for the holiday weekend.

I found two numbers on MVCI website:
1-800-443-4391
+353 21 730 4450 (Ireland)
Because I was calling from Russia, I used Ireland's number. Works great, no problems at all.
Good luck!

 

[Pens_Fan]

Ahh, it worked.

Good thing, I was not excited about having a $1500 gift card.

 

[DebbieF]

Ok called MR for the shipping info. You have to buy $1000 or less and have 4 cards or less to get the $1.00 shipping option to come up. So I just placed 2 separate orders for $1500 totaling 3 cards and that worked.

 

[winger]

Ok called MR for the shipping info. You have to buy $1000 or less and have 4 cards or less to get the $1.00 shipping option to come up. So I just placed 2 separate orders for $1500 totaling 3 cards and that worked.

Nice job...I just placed one large order on one card and ate the $8.50

 

[GreenEyedGuru]

So.. If these things are just VISA cards what's stopping anyone from using them anywhere VISA is accepted?

 

[wvacations]

what are people using for the 3 digit security code. Most time when using a credit card online it is going to ask for this code.

 

[FlyerBobcat]

what are people using for the 3 digit security code. Most time when using a credit card online it is going to ask for this code.

That is covered in #78 and #81....

 

[winger]

Don't forget about the DC annual fee...

For those who also have enrolled in the new DC program, the annual fee will be due sometime in January (approx $165 for standard membership, and $199 for Premium) - that is additional 'MF' still due : )

 

[wof45]

For those who also have enrolled in the new DC program, the annual fee will be due sometime in January (approx $165 for standard membership, and $199 for Premium) - that is additional 'MF' still due : )

the initial legacy enrollment covered through the end of 2011, so no fee this year

 

[winger]

the initial legacy enrollment covered through the end of 2011, so no fee this year

Hmmm, I understood the initial enrollment covered only 2010, but I called my DC VOA just to confirm. She says statements are being mailed this year because they are backlogged, but we should see the mail arrive in Dec, due sometime in January. She also states the fee would show up on the same page as our MF amounts; versus a different area on the website (once logged on under our MVC account).