Marriott Gift Cards & Certificates - Holiday Bonus

[SueDonJ]

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).

wof45 is correct, the enrollment fees paid by Exchange Members who enrolled Weeks in the DC will cover the DC fees through 12/31/11. This is from the Enrollment Terms and Conditions:

...11. The initial term of Owner's membership in the Program shall commence on the date Owner agrees to and accepts these Terms and Conditions and shall last until December 31, 2011 ...

Think about it - ALL Exchange Members are working with a Jan 1 through Dec 31 Use Year in the DC, which would make more than half of the 2010 Weeks ineligible for use in the DC because it wasn't rolled out until June 20th and the first reservations weren't taken until July 26th. Most of us who enrolled and converted Weeks were working with 2011 Weeks and reservations.

 

[winger]

wof45 is correct, the enrollment fees paid by Exchange Members who enrolled Weeks in the DC will cover the DC fees through 12/31/11. This is from the Enrollment Terms and Conditions:

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I hope you are right, but the quote you made is not clear to me that Club Dues are not owed on January 2011... From what you noted (below), all it states is that the owners' memberships lasts from the time he enrolls until 12/31/2011, unless the "initial term of the Owners' membership" includes NO ANNUAL CLUB DUES, then it would make sense.

...11. The initial term of Owner's membership in the Program shall commence on the date Owner agrees to and accepts these Terms and Conditions and shall last until December 31, 2011 .......

 

[SueDonJ]

I hope you are right, but the quote you made is not clear to me that Club Dues are not owed on January 2011... From what you noted (below), all it states is that the owners' memberships lasts from the time he enrolls until 12/31/2011, unless the "initial term of the Owners' membership" includes NO ANNUAL CLUB DUES, then it would make sense.

I hope I'm right, too, but it looks like you are - I don't see anything about the enrollment fee covering the first term's dues. I could have sworn that a VOA sometime said it did, but I guess we'll all find out come January.

 

[dioxide45]

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).

This is consistent with what an Orlando sales rep told us, and he double checked with someone else.

 

[winger]

Don't ship the Express unless you will be there to sign

I just found out FedEx will NOT deliver say to a neighbor's house, even if you leave a note at the house to the FedEx driver to do so. The driver needs YOUR signature (or at least someone from your house).

 

[abouna]

Just paid mine off with no problems online.

 

[suenmike32]

I've been trying for weeks to do it on line...I just tried a few moments ago and received the same "we are sorry..."message.
We are currently un-enrolled...so I have to wonder why some of us get in and others don't.
I called the OS number last week and was able to pay my MF on my OW unit.
However, they would not take any type of partial payment on my OP weeks as those MF's have not been published yet.
I wanted to use the balance of my $2500.00 gift cards then and there... before Marriott implemented a "rule change" that may prevent using the GC for this purpose.
Mike

 

[Venter]

Paid one of mine.

I am not enrolled and paid my Lake Shore online. I have not had my Son Antem fees yet and cannot pay that. I wonder wheter you cannot pay because your MFs have not been calculated yet.

I would not worry too much about rule change because it is money in Marriotts' pocket no matter what and considering a point is worth so little it is not such a big loss to them. I doubt everybody who owns will pay their MF this way as Tugg membership is not that big for Marriott owners and the people on flyer talk are mostly the same ones that frequent here.

 

[suenmike32]

as Tugg membership is not that big for Marriott owners and the people on flyer talk are mostly the same ones that frequent here.

I tend to agree with you on that. We own 4 Marriott's and our stays in Florida and Myrtle have become an important part of our lives. I monitor our Ocean Pointe newsgroup on a daily basis and am astounded as to how many owners are only just coming to realize that Marriott has introduced a new system.
We've been monitoring this situation since it was first revealed in June and have had almost six months to weigh the pros and cons of enrolling and we're still undecided. I would not want to have to make an informed decision with only 24 days to go, especially at this busy time of the year.
For those that are just waking up...there are volumes and volumes of accurate and some speculative info posted on TUG, not to mention a lot of truly inaccurate info coming from some of the Marriott sales force. Again, I wouldn't want to wade through it in just 24 days.
Mike

 

[dioxide45]

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

Nothing is, unless the other merchant requires other information such as the security code or performs other validations such as to the billing address. It doesn't seem that Marriott's validations are very many when paying MFs.

 

[winger]

.... It doesn't seem that Marriott's validations are very many when paying MFs.

Marriott just wants you to pay your MF's - why make it more difficult than it needs to be (by asking too much info)?

 

[lejo2008]

I'm not sure if this helps anyone but Http://www.ebates.com is offering 1% back when you go through their site to Marriott. So you can also get an additional 1% back with the purchase of the gift cards.

They also state a 10% Bonus Money on the Gift Card ! ...but not sure if both bonus points and bonus money will kick in ..one may void the other .

Would be nice ....

I just ordered $200 worth to verify...

 

[Michigan Czar]

I actually have a better offer, use Bigcrumbs.com and if you sign up and purchase it through their link you will get 4% cash back into your Paypal account.

They also have the code for the bonus 10% on your card or you can get the extra 10 points per dollar spent. So you can stack the 4% cash back and one of the other two offers.

If you decide to sign up please follow the Congo on FlyerTalk which can be found here since their are referral bonuses, read page 1 and then go to the last page to determine who referred you for signup.

 

[wof45]

I actually have a better offer, use Bigcrumbs.com and if you sign up and purchase it through their link you will get 4% cash back into your Paypal account.

They also have the code for the bonus 10% on your card or you can get the extra 10 points per dollar spent. So you can stack the 4% cash back and one of the other two offers.

If you decide to sign up please follow the Congo on FlyerTalk which can be found here since their are referral bonuses, read page 1 and then go to the last page to determine who referred you for signup.

thanks for this

 

[gwhamm]

Where do you find this code?

I actually have a better offer, use Bigcrumbs.com and if you sign up and purchase it through their link you will get 4% cash back into your Paypal account.

They also have the code for the bonus 10% on your card or you can get the extra 10 points per dollar spent. So you can stack the 4% cash back and one of the other two offers.

If you decide to sign up please follow the Congo on FlyerTalk which can be found here since their are referral bonuses, read page 1 and then go to the last page to determine who referred you for signup.

I am interested in the additional 10 % offer. Where do you find this code?

 

[Michigan Czar]

I am interested in the additional 10 % offer. Where do you find this code?

After you sign up, go to shop, then under that choose online retailers, then choose M for Marriott, scroll down, click on Marriott International and you will see the extra 10% offer.

 

[KCI]

I called Marriott Owner Services and asked them if these certificates could be used to pay MF and they said no.

 

[dioxide45]

I called Marriott Owner Services and asked them if these certificates could be used to pay MF and they said no.

Of course they did. You need to follow the work-around in this thread.

 

[mas]

I called Marriott Owner Services and asked them if these certificates could be used to pay MF and they said no.

I ordered my gift card on Wed this week, got the card on Friday and used it on the my-vacation site within 30 minutes of receiving it...worked like a charm.

 

[GetawaysRus]

I ordered my gift card on Wed this week, got the card on Friday and used it on the my-vacation site within 30 minutes of receiving it...worked like a charm.

Not so fast....

Notice that the following little statement appears:
Please allow up to 48 hours for payment application

I have a bunch of left over $50 gift cards. So I tried one. I did get an approval message. But when I went back to try to apply another $50 card, the original maintenance fee is unchanged. Guess I'll have to wait 48 hours to see what happens.

By the way, I did try a Marriott gift card on another (non-Marriott) website for a small online purchase. At first, it appeared to accept the card as a VISA payment. But a day later I got an email that this charge had not gone through.

 

[dioxide45]

Not so fast....

Notice that the following little statement appears:
Please allow up to 48 hours for payment application

I have a bunch of left over $50 gift cards. So I tried one. I did get an approval message. But when I went back to try to apply another $50 card, the original maintenance fee is unchanged. Guess I'll have to wait 48 hours to see what happens.

By the way, I did try a Marriott gift card on another (non-Marriott) website for a small online purchase. At first, it appeared to accept the card as a VISA payment. But a day later I got an email that this charge had not gone through.

The thing is though that people have been able to call and verify the balance of the gift card after their MF payment. All have indicated that the balance was at $0. That would indicate that the payment was authorized.

 

[WINSLOW]

Received my gift card last week, paid one of our MF's with it to see if it would work. Everything went thru online and as of today the balance on MVC website says MF's balance $o.oo due. So I would think that we are all set, unless something happens later and they back charge me.

Thank You!!! to the OP for how to use the card on MF and get a great bonus of points to pay something that we had to pay anyway.

 

[GetawaysRus]

The thing is though that people have been able to call and verify the balance of the gift card after their MF payment. All have indicated that the balance was at $0. That would indicate that the payment was authorized.

Ok, you are 100% correct. It seems to have worked. Thanks for the tip.

After entering the payment via gift card, I first received an email that my payment was accepted. At this point, there was no change in the maintenance fee balance.

About 15-30 minutes later, I went back to the vacationclub.com page for payment of maintenance fees. The remaining balance of the maintenance fee has now been reduced by the amount of the gift card.

And I then checked the remaining balance on my gift card online. It shows a remaining balance of zero.

 

[jimf41]

Has anyone received the 10 point bonus after paying MF with the gift card? They are supposed to post after the promotion ends 31DEC10 but sometimes they post earlier than indicated.

 

[Dave M]

There is no 10-point bonus for paying MFs with the gift card. You get 10 points per $ for buying the gift card and another 5 points per $ if you purchased the gift card with the Marriott Premier Visa card.

That's 10 points more per $ than you would have gotten if you had paid your MFs with your Marriott Visa instead of buying and using the gift card.